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Appointment at Avon Insurance.
Bill Atkinson (above) has been promoted to area manager (North) at Avon Insurance, replacing the rec...
Independent upgrades motor trade contract.
Independent Insurance has updated its motor trade policy to include three and five-year long term po...
A package of three.
Preston Whiteside Commercial Insurance Underwriting has assembled a range of new schemes under the S...
Cornhill takeover of AGF leaves over 400 jobless.
AGF UK ceased writing new business this month and has announced the loss of 430 jobs as part of the ...
Direct motor insurer converts to an intermediary to survive.
Budget Insurance has converted from a direct insurer to an intermediary, conceding that it could no ...
Production line.
Insuring factories continues to be a very competitive line of business. Simon Threadgold considers the current attitudes to underwriting.
NIG Skandia axes its agency department and redeploys staff.
NIG Skandia has scrapped its agency department and transferred responsibility for servicing agencies...
Colonnade signs Orion.
Non-standard motor insurer Orion has signed an agreement with Colonnade Insurance to become one of t...
Shattered.
Becoming seriously ill or being made redundant can throw your life into chaos. However, David Fanning says only one in four households take out mortgage payment cover.
Vauxhall to do it all.
Vauxhall Motors has joined with Commercial Union to provide a comprehensive range of insurance servi...
CGU goes live with new identity.
CGU has gone live with its merged general insurance operation and has started the process of launchi...
Ellis & Buckle scoops NU sole supplier contract.
Ellis & Buckle has fended off competition to gain a sole supplier agreement with Norwich Union, foll...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's Healthcare & Assistance Division has made a string of new appointments as part...
Hibernian deal adds £48m to NIG's GWP.
NIG Skandia's acquisition of Hibernian Insurance UK will increase the Swedish-owned insurer's gross ...
Easy riding for motorbikers.
KC Excalibur, underwritten by Zenith Insurance, and Eagle Star's KC Katana are the first of a series...
Cheaper cover via 'Net.
Eagle Star Direct has reduced its standard premiums for home and contents insurance by 10% for polic...
AA closes high street shops in strategic review.
Following a strategic review, the Automobile Association is closing its 142 high street shops and en...
NIG Skandia develops new facility.
NIG Skandia has a developed a new facility with Enterprise Rent-A-Car in an effort to contain credit...
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.
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 ...
Market slams Barclays' price discounting.
The motor insurance market has reacted angrily to Barclays' announcement that it will guarantee to b...
Appointment at Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers.
Southampton-based Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has taken on Richard Burnett (above) in a develo...
Shead brings its policies into line.
Lloyd's syndicate Shead Motor Policies has replaced all of its existing standard private motor polic...