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Appointment at Premium Credit.
Premium Credit has made Sharon Beckett managing director of its personal lines and schemes division....
A new Home Office study.
A new Home Office study Safer Communities: Towards Effective Arson Control shows that arson costs so...
Solicitors vote in favour of PI on the market.
Solicitors have voted in favour of obtaining professional indemnity cover from the open market rathe...
CSC in first stage of Polaris integration.
CSC HAS completed the first stage of the integration of the Polaris Run Time Environment - the techn...
Admirable achievement.
Direct operation Admiral Insurance Services has won the Welsh Company of the Year 1999 award, sponso...
A large slice of PI.
In three years, Dickson Manchester has gone from having a good book of business and no brand identity, to being one of the UK's largest specialist PI brokers. Shona Cronin reports.
Chartered broker title moves a stage closer.
The market has given its approval for the creation of a chartered broker title and draft rules are n...
Motor insurance talks.
Highway Motor Policies is calling for talks between the insurance industry, government, motoring org...
Financial Exclusion - Inner-city blues.
A significant number of people in the UK are financially excluded. A campaign has been set-up to find out why, says Shona Cronin.
Generali quits UK retail after sale to Fortis.
Generali has confirmed the sale of Northern Star to Fortis, as exclusively revealed by PB last month...
Terry Wellard.
Everything is changing at Lloyd's. From July 2000, the mandatory guarantee will go. My company has already prepared for this.
Travel specialist Our Way launches products.
Travel specialist Our Way has relaunched its range of travel products, many with reduced premiums. T...
Towergate buys Thor, Mason & Mason and Byas Mosley books.
Underwriting group Towergate has acquired the business portfolios of Thor Underwriting, Mason & Maso...
Appointment at Cornhill.
Following the launch of Cornhill's new corporate structure, Peter Moran has been made regional manag...
Chapel do nicely.
Church insurance is a specialised market and can be tough work for brokers. However, Steve Banner says clients are loyal and there is the potential for cross-marketing.
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has appointed Steve Lowe as corporate manager, travel insurance. He will be responsibl...
Survey points to underpricing in motor market.
The price difference between comprehensive and third party, fire and theft cover on mid-range motor ...
Ethnic cleansing scare.
Neil Harris, Broker Direct's insurance director, has warned that "large and arrogant" organisations ...
GRE brokers on tenterhooks.
Brokers are still waiting to hear how they will be affected by the sale of Guardian Royal Exchange t...
Exclusive - Former director at Independent sets up rival insurer.
Ex-Independent Insurance director Keith Rutter is believed to be in the final stages of setting up h...
Out of the fast lane.
As the future for State incapacity benefit looks increasingly uncertain, the need for people to make their own provisions in case of long-term absence from work is vital. Tim Collison looks at the income protection policies on the market.
AA interactive trials.
AA Insurance is to take part in interactive television advertising trials in 100 households in Liver...
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Iron Trades has made Tony Sherman general manager of its finance division. Mr Sherman joined the ...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul International has appointed Gordon Tulloch (above) to the position of regional underwriter, ...