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Eagle Star Direct has reduced its standard premiums for home and contents insurance by 10% for polic...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bill Katesmark has been appointed senior hull underwriter at Hiscox. He joins the company from the H...
The emergency services.
Following a serious house fire or theft, a prompt claims settlement is essential. However, Shona Cronin says that loss adjusting now means more than this - customers have learnt to expect more from insurance, making service the key.
Brokers could have to choose between two regulatory bodies.
Brokers are facing the unwelcome prospect of two separate regulatory bodies taking the place of the ...
Wellington boots policies to Chubb.
Wellington has completed the sale of its high net worth business to Chubb and will start to transfer...
Mandatory accident cover?
The amateur football insurance market looks set expand amid growing speculation that personal accide...
Apex offices still trading.
An article in your July issue (p1) reads as though all offices trading under style of Apex Insurance...
AA closes high street shops in strategic review.
Following a strategic review, the Automobile Association is closing its 142 high street shops and en...
PPH merge operations to form Cendant.
Motor repair and claims specialist PHH Insurer Services has merged with its sister operation PHH Acc...
Les McIntosh.
Electronic insurance trading is still needlessly bogged down in a morass of different systems. Why can't insurers sort it out?
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Dr William Stockdale has been made a non-executive director of Iron Trades. He is currently managing...
NIG Skandia develops new facility.
NIG Skandia has a developed a new facility with Enterprise Rent-A-Car in an effort to contain credit...
Sorry, no charge.
Last month Professional Broking inadvertently said that Broker Brands charges its members for advert...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Alan Sumner has been appointed area sales manager at Independent Insurance's Leeds office. Mr Sumner...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Broking group RP Hodson, based in Wakefield, has made Michael Frank (above) a non-executive director...
Girl Power.
There is intense competition in the female driver sector of the motor market, but some portfolios are experiencing deterioration as female driving habits gradually change. Andrew Newman examines the consequences.
Talk to the animals.
The untapped potential in the pet insurance market is undeniable, although it is not a goldmine. Edmund Tirbutt reports on the measures insurers are taking to increase their market share and help pet owners sleep at night.
Letter of the month - It makes no odds who wears the trousers.
Well done W. Robert Hardy (PB, August 1998). I am glad it was a man who brought up the matter of una...
New Lloyd's firm all set.
The boards of Angerstein and Murray Lawrence have reached agreement in principal to merge to create ...
Foreman snaps up P&G.
Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has acquired Stubbington-based Personal & General Insurance Servic...
David Worsfold.
The 150-page Financial Services and Markets Bill leaves many issues unresolved, not least the gap left by the scrapping of the Policyholders Protection Board.
Market slams Barclays' price discounting.
The motor insurance market has reacted angrily to Barclays' announcement that it will guarantee to b...
Insurance Investigator.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has recently become embroiled in the world of insurance investigation. The Darl...
FSM launch into health.
Feasey Slot Management has announced the launch of a new company specialising in underwriting accide...