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Daphne Reese, Director of KB Insurance Brokers
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Towergate in DIC takeover.
Towergate Strovers has taken over the Dentists' Insurance Committee, the insurance arm of the Dentis...
FOS draft rules published.
The Financial Services Authority has published the draft rules for the new Financial Ombudsman Servi...
Appointment at Equifax Consumer Information Services.
Fionnuala French (left) has been appointed the managing director of Equifax' Consumer Information Se...
Peter Routledge is banned from Lloyd's.
Former Octavian and Shead Motor Policies underwriter Peter Routledge has been found guilty of three ...
Testing times.
Changes in the engineering sector resulting from recent consolidation and the introduction of new legislation, has prompted insurers to add impetus to their cover in the form of inspection and certification services. Shona Cronin reports.
CSC integrates Key Choice.
CSC has integrated Key Choice into its insurer services division, following the resignation of the m...
Poll shows staff discontent.
Junior insurance staff feel training is lacking, appreciation sporadic and salaries are average at b...
Exclusion on social agenda.
Labour's new Minister for Corporate Social Responsibility has homed in on the headline issue of "social exclusion" and is calling for all businesses to focus on their responsibility in this area.
Let us move on from the blame culture.
Over the last few months, there has been a lot of talk about insurance company service standards, cu...
South-east London safest.
The south-east of London is almost prang-free compared with the north, east and west, according to a...
Liquidators take stock of collapsed insurer Drake.
Staff at collapsed insurer Drake Insurance will be told at the end of the month whether they still h...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Ian Anderson, a Manchester-based partner in the insurance litigation department of solicitors Hill D...
Law cover insurers listed.
The Law Society has published its list of approved insurers that will be able to offer professional ...
Set out your stall.
High lapse ratios and the dominance of agents make travel insurance a tricky sector, but if brokers market their products strategically, the rewards are worth the extra effort, says Carole Walton.
Appointment at Chester Street Insurance.
Philip Grant has been appointed a director and the chief executive of Chester Street Insurance, the ...
Appointment at Clyde & Co.
Pii Ketvel is the first partner in a City law firm to have qualified in Finland, according to Clyde ...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
Allan Kaufman is the new head of the insurance division of Bacon & Woodrow, a founding member of the...
WAP technology allows customers to access the Web via their mobile
Following on from last month's look at ADSL technology, I shall now share my thoughts on WAP - Wirel...
Shake-up shakedown.[QQ]
A landmark ruling on a recent credit hire case has caused a shake-up of the motor legal expenses market that could mean closure for some providers. David Fanning looks at how brokers are reacting to the changes.
GISC splits code of practice.
The General Insurance Standards Council is to split its code of practice into two, making a distinct...
Lloyd's criteria for broker status unveiled.
Lloyd's has unveiled its regulatory criteria for Lloyd's broker status once the Insurance Brokers (R...
The wrongs of human rights.
From October, the Human Rights Act will be enforceable in the UK and lawyers are conscious of the potential of using the act to support their arguments - however tenuous - much to the judiciary's displeasure.
New law set to raise interest in D&O cover.
Brokers selling directors and officers cover could be set for a boom in business, as a result of the...