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Iron Trades' expansion.
Iron Trades Insurance has opened a new underwriting room in Leicester. The move is part of an ini...
PI has six appeal for retired accountants.
PI Direct has put together a six-year run-off professional indemnity policy for retiring chartered a...
Extended travel offer.
Travel broker Douglas Cox Tyrie is offering customers 15 months travel insurance for the price of 12...
Eleven staff axed in Lloyd's restructuring.
Lloyd's has made 11 redundancies with the closure of four separate departments as part of its intern...
Farm machinery cover.
Farming specialists Agricultural Insurance Underwriting Agencies has designed a policy to provide co...
Norwich Union boost for Gemini II.
Policy Master's new motor and household system Gemini II has been given a boost with the news that N...
Rarefied risks.
Standard insurers are now taking an interest in the non-standard market using a combin-ation of referral and on-screen quotes, but how feasible is automation of this sector, asks Andrew Newman.
Tescos move in on pets.
Tesco has started selling pet insurance products from 50 of its stores across the country. The produ...
Overheard visits new City bar.
Overheard took time out last month to visit the new City bar where the drinks prices rise and fall a...
New ABI leaders.
Sandy Leitch, chief executive of Zurich Financial Services, is to serve a second year as chairman of...
Overheard travelled to Wales last month.
Overheard travelled to Wales last month for the BIIBA conference and was alarmed to hear about all t...
Appointment at Arnott Insurance.
Arnott Insurance has moved Marilyn Thomson to the position of underwriting director and Ian Miller t...
Crawford's new centres.
Crawford THG is to open three new service centres in Glasgow, Liverpool and Watford. Designed to pro...
BIA entries smash past years' records.
The judging panel for the British Insurance Awards certainly had its work cut out this year. A re...
Ringing the changes.
Outsourcing claims handling to off-site call centres has many benefits for both insurers and brokers. But, Shona Cronin says that outsourcing means more than just claims management.
Steve Knight.
Many brokers are not optimistic about the future of broking, but aiming to improve efficiency will give them a fighting chance.
IIB to establish shadow council.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is planning to set up a "shadow council" in the vein of the Insur...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Devitt Insurance Services has appointed Nicky Binkiewicz to product development manager in order to ...
Axa offers discounts on its Flat Contract.
Axa Insurance has upgraded its flat insurance policy which it offers to landlords, leaseholders and ...
Appointment at Axa Nordstern.
Mark Wood, group chief executive of Sun Life and Provincial Holdings, has joined the board of Axa No...
More PA Options from Lombard.
Following A review of its personal accident and sickness portfolio, Lombard has made several rating ...
Friends in high places.
Lloyd Hanks is looking to exploit his array of market contacts in order to improve the fortunes of The General Network. He tells Tim Collison about his ambitious business plan.
No corner cutting with Liberty's Masterdrive.
Lloyd's Syndicate Liberty Motor has launched a driver training service called Masterdrive. The ne...
Improved financing.
In order to improve service to its brokers, Edgar Hamilton has amended its Premium Select financing ...