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Appointment at RL Davison.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison has appointed Mark Culleton to its motor fleet administration department. ...
Motor premiums show rate hike.
The cost of an average comprehensive motor policy has increased by £44.91 since July last year, acco...
IFST conference programme unveiled.
The UK and European Insurance and Financial Services Technology Conference and Exhibition (IFST) has...
Appointment at Kiln.
Steve Kidd has been appointed to the board of RJ Kiln. He joined Kiln in 1984 and was appointed to t...
Iron Trades reduces agency base in bid for profitable growth.
Iron trades is reducing its agency base as part of a bid to treble its business income and become a ...
Aon flies the Green Flag.
Aon Risk Services has acquired Green Flag's Emergency Home Assistance and Property Repair Services. ...
Critical problem for PMI.
Datamonitor's latest report UK Health Insurance 1999 reveals that private medical insurance, income ...
Loss of SIF will hurt law firms.
Insurers and solicitors are warning that many law firms will be worse off following the dissolution ...
Staying in credit.
Despite the many economic threats on the horizon, including most prominently the Millennium Bug and the switch to euro, a large number of UK companies are still trusting to luck where their receivables are concerned, says Shona Cronin.
Zurich homes in on sales.
Zurich Insurance is once again helping brokers attack the building societies with the launch of Home...
All fired up.
Loss adjusters are under pressure to provide insurers with a slick, 24-hour service. Simon Threadgold says this also means forging better relations with brokers so that customers can benefit from a seamless claims handling service.
Bennetts buys Graham.
Personal lines broker Bennetts Insurance has bought Graham Insurance Brokers of Gosport as part of i...
RSA's new medical insurance cuts out fee cut off point.
Royal & SunAlliance has dispensed with the "customary and reasonable" cut-off point for specialist f...
Access all markets.
Robert Beckett, chairman of the Beckett Group, tells Tim Collison how the group's international approach to placing risk has been one of the major factors in its success.
Appointment at Allan Chapman & James.
Colchester-based Allan Chapman & James has made a string of new appointments. Chris Eyers joins a...
Consumer champion.
Walter Merricks, the first Financial Services Ombudsman, talks to Tim Collison about how he plans to merge the eight current ombudsmen into one single super scheme.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's head of underwriting and risk management, Steve Wood, has been transferred to ...
Worthy opponents.
Competition is fierce in the high net worth market and, with rates as low as they can go, insurers claim to be competing on service rather than price to attract customers, says Shona Cronin.
Brokers get a say on insurance woes.
Brokers are often accused of moaning about the market. Over the last few years, several leading indu...
MIA - new travel policy keeps it in the family.
Specialist health insurance broker the Medical Insurance Agency (MIA) has launched a flexible annual...
Trading standards.
Business in the contracting sector is at last beginning to pick up, although insurance rates are not mirroring this improvement in performance yet, says David Fanning.
Appointment at Crowe Insurance Group.
Crowe Insurance has made Paul Smith regional manager for Colchester. His role will encompass both...
Access all countries.
US-based Assurex International and Europe's Synergy have formed an alliance, creating what they clai...
Report paints gloomy picture.
Standard & Poor's 1999 Insurance Market Profiles report has painted a gloomy picture of the UK provi...