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Why we saved tour operator.
My company acts as guarantor of various travel companies who are required to provide guarantees to t...
Holy smoke.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a guide to tackle the problem of arson attacks on places of...
Appointment at J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK).
Nick Hodgson (above) has joined J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK) as its specialist motor industry account m...
Call Fraudline.
Sedgwick and PLC Consultancy Services have teamed up to launch a new scheme to help companies reduce...
Caravan of love.
Owners of caravans are often passionate about their cherished vehicles. Caroline Duncan says that brokers, on the other hand, have traditionally been less enthusiastic about this class of business.
Steve Knight.
Polaris seems to have reached 'critical mass', but should it have been designed to make use of the Internet?
Travel cover now on sale from Eagle Star website.
Eagle Star Direct has expanded its interactive website, which allows customers to purchase insurance...
Appointment at Kennedys.
City-based firm of solicitors Kennedys has promoted four assistant solicitors to Partners. Nina Gast...
Terry Wellard.
Keeping rates low does nothing but force people out of the market. We must increase motor premiums, and soon.
Appointment at Independent.
Independent Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Janet Stansfield has been made executiv...
Appointment at Steel Burrill Jones.
Steel Burrill Jones (SBJL) has recruited a new team of international brokers led by John Mitchell. T...
David Worsfold.
Kitemarking insurance products may sound like a good idea, but as European experience testifies, it can easily be used as an excuse to forego expertise and service.
Iron Trades celebrate centenary.
Over 250 guests attended a dinner at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace (above), last month to c...
Gearing up for "Insurance Oscars".
The insurance industry is gearing up for this year's British Insurance Awards hosted by Post Magazin...
Aon court action fails.
Aon's High Court case against Yorkshire broker Smithson Mason has collapsed. The national broker att...
ITT L&E/DAS deal.
ITT London & Edinburgh has signed a deal with DAS that will enable the legal expenses insurer to und...
Broker Direct records loss of £1.8m after six months of trading.
Broker Direct made an operating loss of nearly £1.8m for the year ending 31 December 1997, which it ...
New ABI chairman.
British American Financial Services chief executive Sandy Leitch will be the new chairman of the Ass...
Norman enhances building trades policy.
Norman Insurance has relaunched its building trades policy, Master Tradesman, adding several new fea...
Independent Insurance opens new building.
Independent Insurance has opened its custom-designed building at Cheadle Royal, which will house 600...
Blazing glory.
Arson accounts for the majority of fires in churches. This sad state of affairs is made worse by the fact the churches are becoming increasingly vulnerable to theft. Steve Banner reports.
A non-standard approach.
Next month will mark Orion's first year in the non-standard motor market. Tim Collison spoke to Rob Ryan and his team about their underwriting and marketing strategy.
Appointment at BUPA.
Peter Jacobs, chief executive of BUPA, has announced that he will be retiring this summer. He will b...
Appointment at Lombard.
Lombard General Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Grant Whiskin has been made affinit...