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Barristers stripped of legal immunity.
The House of Lords has stripped barristers of their legal immunity. Barristers can now be sued fo...
Scott free to head ABI.
Bob Scott, group chief executive of CGNU, has been appointed chairman of the Association of British ...
CDL is on its way up.
I was very interested to read your article entitled "Adventures in Cyberland" (PB, July, p9), althou...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
MMA Insurance has appointed Scott Nelson as a non-executive director. Mr Nelson has spent many years...
Getting to grips with grey import costs.
Q: What happens if you buy a £25,000 BMW in Europe for £20,000 and it is involved in a write-off in ...
RP Hodson raises the stakes.
RP Hodson Insurance Brokers has bought a 77% stake in London-based John Wimble Insurance Brokers for...
Computing the tax savings to small firms.
Q: If I buy computer equipment, is it true that I can write the cost off against my profits for tax ...
Appointment at the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and
Dorothy Duncan has joined the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers as membership secr...
Appointment at Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers has promoted Lauren Nelson to account executive in the property depar...
Alan Boswell, Managing director, Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Starting my own business in 1982. I previously worked for ...
Premiums driven up.
Motor insurance premiums have increased by an average of nearly £200 in the last six years, accordin...
Cover gets a lift with ECIC.
The Electrical Contractors' Insurance Company (ECIC) has linked up with the Lift and Escalator Indus...
Tough lessons for insurers.
It is time for the insurance industry, along with its counterparts, to learn the unfortunate lesson that cutting corners and indulging in a short-term outlook may produce rather unattractive results.
PB editor in the running.
Professional Broking editor Tim Collison was runner up in the consumer broadsheet category at this y...
Fusion launch in an instant.
Fusion, the web-based subsidiary of SVB Holdings, is introducing its fifth product since its launch ...
Not just any start-up.
Sara Murray, managing director of new internet venture, Inspop, tells Tim Collison, about setting up the business and of the problems of getting insurers online.
Appointment at Heath Lambert Insurance Services.
David Swan has been appointed as a divisional director, Financial Institutions, at Horsham-based Hea...
QBE drops Ensign Motor Policies.
Australian insurer QBE is to dispose of Syndicate 980, Ensign Motor Policies, at Lloyd's, following ...
Gatecrashing the party.
The traditional stamping ground of the specialist broker is feeling the force of change, with technologically-minded brokers and insurers gatecrashing the exclusive high net worth party proving that customised business can be done on a wider scale.
Independent Insurance splashes out.
Once again Independent Insurance has splashed out on luxury coaches to wine, dine and inform its key...
French insurers seek merger.
Clinicare's holding company and underwriter, the French mutual Strasbourgeoise, is to amalgamate wit...
Drake policyholders face cancellations.
About 20,000 Drake policyholders have had to face the prospect of having their policies cancelled. ...
Churchill creates 120 jobs.
Churchill Insurance is creating 120 jobs in Ipswich with the opening of an additional claims unit. T...
Appointment at Chubb.
Ronald Munro has been appointed head of external affairs for Europe at Chubb. Mr Munro joined the in...