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AC boosts specialist team
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has announced plans to increase the size of its specialist underwriting...
Killer dust
Asbestos-related disease is the biggest occupational killer in the UK and, with the number of deaths set to rise in the future, it is hoped new regulations will minimise the risks to construction workers. Nicolle Farthing reports
Appointment at Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton UK has appointed one partner and three managers to its forensic and investigation ser...
Landlords' cover relaunched by MMA
MMA Insurance is relaunching its landlords' product with a number of enhancements designed to make i...
PI Direct merger creates largest UK PI underwriter
PI Direct, through the creation of a holding company, is to merge with Saturn Professional Risks. Th...
MMA Insurance and SSP form new strategic partnership
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance (MMA) and software house SSP have formed a new strategic par...
Brokers praise Cornish flood crisis handling
Local brokers praised insurers' and loss adjusters' handling of the flooding crisis in Boscastle as ...
PID merging with Saturn Professional Risks
PI Direct (PID), through the creation of a new holding company, has announced it is merging with Sat...
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A bitter pill
Premium rises
MMA casts net wide and sheds its broker only tag
MMA Insurance will target the household and small commercial markets for growth in 2004 as it attemp...
Lloyd's announces binding authority compliance
Lloyd's has announced that slips for all placements of binding authorities will need to comply with ...
Inspectors to boost retention
Allianz Cornhill is planning to drastically reduce its number of surveyors in favour of risk inspect...
Polaris prepares for patent showdown
The legal spat between brokers, insurers and the owner of the multi-million pound patent for online ...
Suppliers Intech and Hummingbird have ..
Suppliers Intech and Hummingbird have launched new information management products for the London in...
Fortis affinity push gets veteran boost
Steve Broughton, an ex UK board director of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance UK (RSA), has joined th...
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It's amazing what some people are prepared to spend their money on these days isn't it? Polly was fl...
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Product safety and liability regulations imminent
The General Product Safety Directive will apply responsibility for the marketing of safe products on manufacturers and distributors, which looks likely to boost demand for product recall cover
RSA sells life arm to Swedish firm
Royal & SunAlliance has announced the sale of the life and pension operations of Codan - its 71.7% s...
Looking forward to the best of Brit
Neil Eckert is optimistic about the potential for Brit as it embraces new technology and forges broker partnerships. As he tells Michelle Worvell, he is looking to the long term
UK firms are failing to address asbestos risk
More than half of UK businesses are breaking the law by failing to manage the risks being posed by a...
'Raise small-claims PI limit', Body urges
The Better Regulation Task Force, the independent advisory body, has called on the Government to rai...
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