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New laws: AIG steps up cover.
AIG Europe has launched a range of products for financial institutions in response to recent changes...
Appointment at Midland Risk Management.
Philip Jones has been promoted to associate partner at Midland Risk Management of Birmingham. He joi...
Appointment at Rarrigini & Rosso.
David Abbott has joined the insurance marketing and risk management group Rarrigini & Rosso as head ...
White van man covered.
Smaller brokers are one of the targets for HML Marketing's new Hyper Vanline policy for high-risk dr...
A star in cyberspace.
Leslie Smith, chairman and MD of Medibroker, talks to Tim Collison about the run-away success that his company has experienced as the first of a new generation of cyberbrokers.
Appointment at Insurance Database Services.
Graham Johnston, special projects manager at Axa Insurance in Ipswich, was elected the chairman of I...
Comparing notes with TRD.
The Research Department is targeting brokers with a PC-based software package which will enable them...
Office politics.
Despite the recent anti-capitalist City-centre demonstrations, the office sector still attracts a lot of interest and remains a profitable sector for insurers, says Simon Threadgold.
Alarm and dogs deter house burglars
High net worth property owners should protect themselves from burglary with monitored alarms and dogs...
HSBC launches insurance website for small businesses
HSBC Select (UK) is targeting the UK's 3.7 million small businesses with the launch of a new Interne...
An elf in the garden
Elf at home, the independent gas supplier to the new homes market, has launched the Household insuran...
Marsh wins LawNet PI contract
Marsh has secured a deal to place approximately £500m worth of solicitors' professional indemnity ins...
InsurE-com teams up with Cover.Net
InsurE-com has gone into partnership with Cover.Net Ltd in its bid to develop an Internet site for th...
Insurers count the cost of record breaking floods
The recent flooding in the North East "happened so quickly that no one had time to do any thing to mi...
FirstCity takes on SIF staff
Competition in the solicitors' professional indemnity market is hotting up, with Lloyd's broker First...
Groupama acquires health book from Iron Trades
Groupama Insurances has acquired insurer Trades healthcare business for an undisclosed sum. The deal,...
Sinser buys risk management group RIRG
The insurance management company Sinser Holding of Sweden has acquired its own risk operation, thro...
Highway Glass: now into house and garage
The emergency glass and lock replacement company Highway Glass has launched a national service for ...
Routledge suspended from Lloyd's
Former Octavian and Shead Motor Policies underwriter Peter Routledge has been found guilty of three c...
RapidInsure covers IT consultants
New start-up online insurer RapidInsure has gone live with a professional indemnity policy for techno...
CGU launches homebuyers portal
CGU has gone live with a home-moving portal, Asserta, which is designed to reduce the hassles of home...
CILA accepts seat on BDMA.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has accepted a seat on the executive of the British Damage...
Lloyd's goes to the Limit.
Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington are to merge to form Ensign Underwriting. The deal will cre...
Appointment at RP Hodson Holdings.
Jim Duffy has been made operations director at RP Hodson Holdings. Mr Duffy joins RPH from Guardian ...