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Chubb restructures.
Chubb Insurance Company has announced the formation of an engineered and special property risks unit...
Over 50s and the law.
A Guardian Insurance-funded guide has been produced to advise the over-50s about legal matters. Pass...
Playing to win.
FMW is no stranger to business awards. Group managing director, Vincent Murphy, tells Shona Cronin why the latest addition to the firm's trophy cabinet - A British Insurance Award - is so important to FMW.
Long-term gains at Independent.
Independent Insurance now has 53% of its regional commercial business on long-term policies, of whic...
Divided we fall.
If the Treasury thought that announcing the repeal of the Insurance Brokers Act 1977 and the aboliti...
New report by Datamonitor.
Personal lines insurers in Europe must move to a multi-channel distribution strategy in order to mai...
Appointment at Chubb Insurance.
Chubb Insurance has appointed Clive Chipperfield as European marine manager. He was previously the c...
Assessing the damage.
The House of Lords has taken the unprecedented step of fixing the discount rate for multipliers in personal injury cases at 3%. Lyndsey Mackie says this will cause a hike in motor premiums.
Y2K database goes on-line despite limited support.
The Association of British Insurers has gone live with its year 2000 database, despite the poor resp...
AXA - darling of the City diary pages.
Since AXA announced its whopping £41m sponsorship of the FA Cup, the insurer seems to have miraculou...
Sheffield opening.
Richard Bolton Insurance Group, the risk management consultancy and insurance broker, has announced ...
Appointment at Provident Financial.
Several key appointments have been made at Provident Financial. Nick Illingworth has been made manag...
Not such a dog's life.
Specialist animal insurance agency AIMS has developed a pet policy which offers unlimited veterinary...
Cornhill spends £4m on new IT.
Cornhill Insurance has signed up Cover-All Technologies to supply the software, licensing and servic...
A break with tradition.
Professional indemnity insurance is not just for the professions, cover is now being tailored for all manner of different sectors. Steve Banner examines the growing PI market.
Shead brings its policies into line.
Lloyd's syndicate Shead Motor Policies has replaced all of its existing standard private motor polic...
Appointment at Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers.
Southampton-based Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has taken on Richard Burnett (above) in a develo...
FSM launch into health.
Feasey Slot Management has announced the launch of a new company specialising in underwriting accide...
Insurance Investigator.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has recently become embroiled in the world of insurance investigation. The Darl...
David Worsfold.
The 150-page Financial Services and Markets Bill leaves many issues unresolved, not least the gap left by the scrapping of the Policyholders Protection Board.
Foreman snaps up P&G.
Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has acquired Stubbington-based Personal & General Insurance Servic...
Churchill says Anglia acquisition is just the start.
Churchill Insurance has pledged to make further acquisitions in the broker sector, following its acq...
CCS gets selective on commercial broking.
Dartford-based, CCS has launched CCS Select, an underwriting service which guarantees quotation resp...
Market says farewell to IBRC.
When the Treasury announced it was abolishing the IBRC the onus was placed on the market to come up with an single, non-statutory alternative. Tim Collison reports on the progress.