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Future looks good for Lloyd's
Hardening rates in the insurance industry means Lloyd's will return to profit in 2002, according to r...
Alan Boswell bowled over by sponsorship role
East Anglia-based Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers is sponsoring Horsfold Cricket Club this season, hel...
Online research project gets underway
Norwich Union, Allianz Cornhill, Axa, Royal & SunAlliance and Zurich are among the leading insurers c...
Income protection available online
Insureyourincome.co.uk , launched this week and underwritten by Compass Underwriting at Lloyd's is of...
Consumer net confidence grows
Legal and General's latest survey has revealed one in five consumers would consider buying general in...
Greystoke provides tie-ins for law firms
Greystoke Legal Services, part of the Hanover Park broking group, has launched Greystoke 24, a legal ...
Scottish Provident gives Pegasus extra lift
Scottish Provident has improved the terms for buyback on Pegasus, its critical illness cover. Plans...
Zurich acquires ex-Indie team
Zurich Personal Insurances has moved into high net worth with the acquisition of a specialist team fr...
Broker-giant gets bigger
Aon Corporation is set to acquire Sinser Holding, the captive management and consulting subsidiary of...
Bruce Stevenson picks up 500 clients
Edinburgh-based independent broker Bruce Stevenson Limited has taken over the handling of local solic...
Countrywide offers Fortis commercial range
Countrywide Insurance has launched a new commercial range to its members, underwritten by Fortis. ...
Exclusivity suits Allianz Cornhill's Key Partners
Allianz Cornhill claims an independent survey has shown more than 100 of the UK's leading insurance b...
Legal and General makes healthy acquisition
Legal and General Ventures has acquired specialist healthcare provider Craegmoor Health Group. Crae...
Towergate to write Swinton's non-standard property business
Insurance broker, Swinton, has arranged for Towergate Underwriting Group to write its non-standard pr...
Groupama relaunches fleet policy to intermediaries
Groupama is showing the market that it really is 'business as usual' with the relaunch of its fleet p...
PJ Hayman launches industry travel scheme
PJ Hayman & Co has launched a new annual travel insurance scheme for insurance industry employees. ...
Groupama UK looks for new parent
Groupama's UK insurance operation is up for sale, Professional Broking's sister title Post Magazine h...
Stress case dismissed
An office manager who brought a claim against her employers for work-related stress has had her case ...
Two medical products offered.
Western Provident Association and Secure Health have both launched products aimed at making private ...
Straight to the core.
Duncan Boyle does some plain talking to Catherine Tennant, explaining the need for the industry to stop the price wars and to get back to the core issues.
Striving for harmony.
A true collaboration between insurer, broker and IT supplier can be fruitful in the long term, but trust is essential to make partnerships work.
All change for NU and MMA travel products.
Norwich Union and broker-only insurer MMA have both announced changes to their travel products this ...
Cruising the information highway.
Technology advancements were heralded by the insurance industry for potential money and time-saving features before inertia slowed the evolution. Tim Ablett says changing attitudes could at last mean the process will move forward again.
Albion rebranded.
General business specialist Albion Insurance is being rebranded Sterling Insurance Company, bringing...