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A waiting game.
By the end of this month, the Treasury should have made a statement about the future of the Insuranc...
East West should not be blamed for effects of pricing policy.
I read with interest the article by Andrew Newman on the fallout of the private motor sector, and in...
Aon restructure.
Aon Risk Services has completed a restructuring programme which has seen the organisation divide int...
Risk management offers protection for the regional broker.
Your risk management article (PB, May, p38) made very interesting reading, and as an insurance pract...
Apologies to Rob Ryan.
Our apologies to Orion's managing director Rob Ryan for confusing him with the company's head of bus...
Ill-gotten gains.
Over three-quarters of company fraud is committed by employees. However, Edmund Tirbutt says that the take up of fidelity guarantee insurance is still comparatively low.
IOB widens membership net.
Brokers and intermediaries will be able to join the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau under changes to the ...
MP warns of chaos if IBRC is abolished.
If the government abolishes the Insurance Brokers Registration Council it could lead to mass deregis...
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Iron Trades has appointed Robert Hardy as group chief executive. Mr Hardy joined Iron Trades in July...
CIGNA relaunches policy.
CIGNA has relaunched its policy for printers, adding, what it claims, are several unique additions t...
Critical illness sales are up.
Sales of critical illness sales reached an all-time high last year with 626 584 new policies sold - ...
Guardian Insurance has done its homework.
Guardian has introduced its new Homeworkers policy, designed to cover the needs of self-employed peo...
Alliance debt down to £3m following sale.
The sale of troubled intermediary Alliance Insurance Centres to broker HSBC is expected to reduce it...
Welsh broker found guilty by IBRC, but not struck off
Charles Hetherington, a North Wales insurance broker, has been found guilty of unprofessional conduc...
IIB survey results.
According to research conducted on behalf of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, 84% of consumers fa...
RSA trades up its motor dealer package.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched Excelerator, an enhanced motor trader package which focuses on the ...
TL Dallas joins Unitas.
Unitas, the alliance of six regional brokers, has recruited a seventh member: Yorkshire-based TL Dal...
AXA offers three-year contracts.
AXA Provincial has introduced three-year contracts across a range of its commercial policies. The mo...
Low response to Y2K survey.
Brokers could face a bombardment of time-consuming year 2000 compliance questionnaires from individu...
This fragile earth.
Extreme weather conditions and climatic changes over recent years have had worrying implications for insurers. Simon Threadgold considers the strategies they are using to cope with this unpredictable area.
Lombard fills PHI/personal accident gap.
Lombard has developed a group disability package to fill the gap between permanent health insurance ...
Appointment at Swire Renshaw.
Swire Renshaw has made two senior appointments. Simon Donnelley is the new claims manager and will b...
Smart & Cook name drop.
Harrogate-based insurance broking and financial services company, Smart & Cook Group, has changed it...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Sandra Rynn (above) has joined NIG Skandia's as a commercial underwriter. Her appointment is part of...