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Drive fills post-accident gap.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched Drive, a private motor policy which includes 24-hour post-accident ...
AA: premium rise warning.
Car insurance premiums have risen rapidly due to three years' of underwriting losses in the insuranc...
Appointment at Osmond Davis.
Kent-based broker Osmond Davis has appointed Mark Ross as managing director. He has been with the fi...
If the student life goes sour.
The combination of tuition fees and student loans means undergraduates may be liable for £7000 a yea...
Writing on wall for directs.
Both Swiss Re and Bacon & Woodrow paint bleak pictures for the direct wirters in the household market Shona Cronin reports.
Spot the uninsured.
Predictions of a worldwide slowdown in economic expansion could see many sectors experiencing a rise in bad debts. Edmund Tirbutt says that despite the soft market and range of cover, too many businesses are not taking out credit insurance.
Preventative measures.
Household theft claims have fallen in recent years, partly due to better security. Steve Banner investigates insurers' attitudes to theft prevention.
News service launched.
Beachcroft Stanleys has launched a free electronic news service for insurance claims professionals. ...
Fishers returns its catch.
Fishers Group, a UK insurance services provider will no longer proceed with the acquisition of IRISC...
Appointment at Aon.
Following the restructure of Aon Risk Services (see p24) the broker has unveiled its new management ...
CGU announces new managers.
CGU, the company formed following the merger of Commercial Union and General Accident, has unveiled ...
Ad complaint against Direct Line thrown out.
The Advertising Standards Authority has decided not to uphold the complaints made by NIG Skandia and...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Simon Kean, 28, is the new sales manager of the commercial insurance department of RP Hodson. Mr Kea...
Letter of the month - GA: approaching my clients direct is wrong.
I have read several stories in Professional Broking recently about insurers who have approached thei...
No need for a Royal Charter, we have CII.
Tony Lancaster's short article (PB, June, p12) is of great value since he dares to mention making a ...
Countrywide offers a Diamond service.
Countrywide Insurance Marketing has launched a comparative commercial package facility on the Misys ...
Steve Knight.
Very soon, we will be doing business in another century, but the year 2000 is not the only problem that brokers face.
Semploy proves flexible.
Bishopsgate has introduced a new flexible excess rating option on its small business liability produ...
MasterPlan opens up to high risk.
The non-standard liability market will now be more accessible for MasterPlan members following the i...
Premier Partnership welcomes greater sponsorship interest.
New Millennium Technologies has signed up three new sponsoring insurers to its Premier Partnership. ...
MinibusPlus extends cover.
MinibusPlus has extended its specialist facility to cover the higher risk uses of MPVs and minibuses...
The world according to Aon.
Almost overnight, Aon has become the biggest broker in the UK. To ensure the continuation of this success, Aon has just gone through a major restructuring. Tim Collison spoke to Michael Eve about the changes at Aon Risk Services.
Tony Cornell.
All sides of the industry should work together to educate banks and accountants that goodwill is a real asset in insurance broking.
Roger bows out of RSA.
Roger Taylor has stepped down from the board of the Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group. He was appo...