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GRE brokers on tenterhooks.
Brokers are still waiting to hear how they will be affected by the sale of Guardian Royal Exchange t...
Ethnic cleansing scare.
Neil Harris, Broker Direct's insurance director, has warned that "large and arrogant" organisations ...
Survey points to underpricing in motor market.
The price difference between comprehensive and third party, fire and theft cover on mid-range motor ...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has appointed Steve Lowe as corporate manager, travel insurance. He will be responsibl...
Chapel do nicely.
Church insurance is a specialised market and can be tough work for brokers. However, Steve Banner says clients are loyal and there is the potential for cross-marketing.
Appointment at Cornhill.
Following the launch of Cornhill's new corporate structure, Peter Moran has been made regional manag...
Towergate buys Thor, Mason & Mason and Byas Mosley books.
Underwriting group Towergate has acquired the business portfolios of Thor Underwriting, Mason & Maso...
Travel specialist Our Way launches products.
Travel specialist Our Way has relaunched its range of travel products, many with reduced premiums. T...
Terry Wellard.
Everything is changing at Lloyd's. From July 2000, the mandatory guarantee will go. My company has already prepared for this.
ABI goes on Net to bust fraud.
The Association of British Insurers has joined forces with the Department of Social Security to laun...
Generali quits UK retail after sale to Fortis.
Generali has confirmed the sale of Northern Star to Fortis, as exclusively revealed by PB last month...
Financial Exclusion - Inner-city blues.
A significant number of people in the UK are financially excluded. A campaign has been set-up to find out why, says Shona Cronin.
Motor insurance talks.
Highway Motor Policies is calling for talks between the insurance industry, government, motoring org...
Chartered broker title moves a stage closer.
The market has given its approval for the creation of a chartered broker title and draft rules are n...
A large slice of PI.
In three years, Dickson Manchester has gone from having a good book of business and no brand identity, to being one of the UK's largest specialist PI brokers. Shona Cronin reports.
Admirable achievement.
Direct operation Admiral Insurance Services has won the Welsh Company of the Year 1999 award, sponso...
CSC in first stage of Polaris integration.
CSC HAS completed the first stage of the integration of the Polaris Run Time Environment - the techn...
Solicitors vote in favour of PI on the market.
Solicitors have voted in favour of obtaining professional indemnity cover from the open market rathe...
A new Home Office study.
A new Home Office study Safer Communities: Towards Effective Arson Control shows that arson costs so...
Appointment at Premium Credit.
Premium Credit has made Sharon Beckett managing director of its personal lines and schemes division....
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Mike Bainbridge and Dave Cobley have been appointed to associate technical directors at Property & C...
Cover.Net commercial lines goes live on Net.
Cover.Net, the Internet trading initiative launched by Northern Ireland broker D McClarty & Co, has ...
Straight to the point.
From regulation and the GISC to chartered titles, the talk was tough at BIIBA's annual conference. Tim Collison reports.
Disabled travel discount.
Folgate has slashed its rates on annual family travel policies for the disabled by almost half to £1...