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MULRA raises ULR concerns.
The Motoring Uninsured Loss Recoveries Association has hit out against the implementation of a revis...
NIG takes on motorbike book.
Allianz Cornhill will cease writing motorcycle risks from 1 March 2000. The insurer says it wants to...
End of the road.
Some in the uninsured loss recovery market believe that the days of the smaller provider are numbered. David Fanning looks at what is in store for this tough market.
Pollution law hits firms.
Carlyle Insurance Brokers is warning businesses of the potential costs they may incur following rece...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
The Broker Network has appointed Neil Worsnop as partnership director. He has spent the last 34 y...
Generali/INA deal agreed.
Generali's £7.64bn takeover of INA, Assitalia's parent, has been cleared by the European Commission,...
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess.
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess, the managing director of GRIP who dreamed up alien abduction insura...
Appointment at Crawford.
Crawford has made Jonathan Clark director of strategic operations development for the UK, Europe and...
BIA 2000 - 28 June.
This month sees the initial call for entries for the first British Insurance Awards of the new centu...
Lloyd's to axe 1100 jobs.
Lloyd's is to axe 1100 jobs over the next three years as part of chief executive Nick Prettejohn's m...
Appointment at RL Davison.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison has appointed Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administration department. He...
Market support for BIBA.
The Broker Network and Coversure have joined the British Insurance Brokers' Association in the bigge...
Stuart Alexander purchase.
Stuart Alexander has acquired the UK non-marine business portfolio of Alston Gayler. Barry Cook, Als...
Thompson Rudd merger.
The Paul Thompson Insurance Group and the Malcolm Rudd Group have merged to form the Thompson Rudd G...
Broker rating goes online.
In response to the imminent deregulation of the Lloyd's market, an online information service has be...
Going forward together.
Martin Long, chief executive of Churchill Insurance, tells Tim Collison why he wanted to buy NIG and how the broker market company will figure in the group's expansion plans over the coming months.
Masterplan members get motor rate-matching.
Masterplan, Policy Master's marketing arm, is offering its members a rate-matching facility for priv...
Up to speed.
New insurers are being attracted to the bus and coach sector by the hardening rates. However, Steve Banner questions how many will be there to stay.
Willis Commercial Network is doing "extremely well".
Willis is forging ahead with its plan to sign up 60 brokers to its Commercial Network, which it laun...
Exclusive - Syndicate scraps its sales team and plans guarantee
Lloyd's motor syndicate Zenith has axed its sales department of two executives, and is also planning...
E-Commerce Watch.
Independent Insurance has revamped its website - www.independent-insurance.co.uk - to broaden its ap...
Exclusive - NatWest Insurance in cost-cutting drive.
NatWest Insurance Services is to be brought under the umbrella of NatWest's Retail Banking Division,...
Spotlight on health & safety.
Revisions to the health and safety regulations mean that insurers must encourage their customers to take a pro-active approach to managing and assessing related risks.
Experian acquisition right on CUE.
Experian has acquired the UK assets of US-based ChoicePoint Incorporated, which includes ChoicePoint...