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Revamp for MiniBusPlus.
MiniBusPlus has been relaunch-ed as MBP Insurance and has reassessed its underwriting approach. The ...
Crowe swoops on bus and coach operators with Fleet Legal.
Crowe Insurance is targeting fleet operators with the launch of a litigation policy called Fleet Leg...
Zurich to cover doctors.
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that it is to underwrite professional indemnity insura...
FSA bill - the final round?
The criticism surrounding the various aspects of the Financial Services Authority currently being fought over in Parliament, does not bode well for the future.
Their livelihood in your hands?
The medical negligence market for doctors is still sewn up by the defence unions. But with St Paul offering cover, and the NHS facing potential liabilities of £2.4bn, Shona Cronin asks whether this sector is set to open up.
Appointment at RE Hutt & Co.
Matthew Finch has been promoted to the newly-created post of business development director at RE Hut...
BIBA to tackle falling service standards.
The British Insurance Brokers Association must be applauded for tackling the huge problem of falling...
Feeling the squeeze.
Abbey has shocked the industry by slashing its premiums for commercial legal expenses - an odd move in a sector where claims costs are set to rise because of recent legislation. Steve Banner investigates.
Websites click with brokers.
Three quarters of brokers have, or are developing, a website, according to an e-commerce survey cond...
Internet-based motor accident venture set up.
Doug McKinnon, formerly claims director at Drake Insurance and European development director at Elit...
M&A mayhem forces TGN to quit.
The General Network has ceased trading "indefinitely" as a result of the increasing consolidation in...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...
Zurich: it's a Privilege.
Zurich Personal Insurances has launched a service offering customers, brokers and their staff a rang...
From little acorns ...
Former chairman and chief executive of Cox Underwriting Anthony Lumsden-Cook talks to Tim Collison about his new high net worth venture, Oak, and how he hopes his approach to the market will assure the company's growth.
Trinder - new venture in Assitalia's wake.
Richard Trinder, general insurance manager of Assitalia's Birmingham branch, is looking to retain a ...
Eastgate forced to seek £7m boost.
Eastgate has been forced to go to its shareholders for a cash injection of £7m because of the underp...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has taken on Myra Fleming as medical case manager. She joins from Crawf...
Oxford given money pledge by 500 brokers.
Approximately 500 brokers have agreed to invest in a new broker-funded personal lines syndicate and ...
HSBC takes on Gladiator.
Direct insurer Admiral has transferred the administration of Gladiator, its non-standard intermediar...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions at its York office. David Atkinson (...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Co.
Lyndon Willshire has been appointed corporate business manager and Richard Scott Smith takes the new...
Marcus Hearn offers team cover.
In response to the rise in the number of amateur sports teams, Marcus Hearn has put together a polic...
Folgate goes regional.
Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the Poole-based insurer's decision to specia...
InsurE-com signs up brokers.
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading initiative, has received more than 280 broker reg...