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Direct Line to spend £50m on e-motor.
The speed of getting business up and running again following a disaster, boils down to the quality of your recovery programme.
Crawford knows the SCORE on fraud
Loss adjuster Crawford has launched a motor insurance fraud validation initiative, which adopts techn...
Appointment at St Paul.
St Paul has recruited Gary Ennis from Marsh as development manager for Belfast. The insurer has also...
More to credit hire than what's been said.
I write in response to the article (PB, December 1999, p27) by Steve Banner "Who will pick up the bi...
Lloyd's strategy document published.
Lloyd's has published its second three-year strategy document aimed at strengthening its franchise a...
Cox buys in to the street.
Cox Insurance Retail Division has strengthened its influence in the intermediary market with the acq...
IIP award for Beddis Hobbs.
Beddis Hobbs & Partners is the first insurance broker in Birmingham to receive an Investors in Peopl...
The importance of due diligence - avoid repenting at leisure.
Q: We are a small broker and are about to undertake our first acquisition. Should we carry out du...
Keeping costs covered.
Insurers and brokers are no strangers to having to chase for payment, but several recent court cases have made money matters even more complicated.
Unitas recruits dedicated CEO.
In a bid to meet new business targets, national broker alliance Unitas has appointed ex-Northern Sta...
Seizing the moment.
As more insurers merge and acquire, the number of markets available to brokers becomes ever smaller. George Higginson tells Tim Collison the time is right to set up a new personal lines syndicate at Lloyd's.
Appointment at Glenrand Marsh.
Richard Titley has joined London-based broker Glenrand Marsh as a director. He retired from Marsh at...
E-Commerce Watch.
The world's first Internet-only law firm, providing an online facility for buying and selling legal ...
Appointment at Road Runner.
Road Runner has promoted Jill Muncey from underwriting manager to operations manager. She will take ...
EBT - company and staff benefit all round.
Q: I read with interest your piece on Employee Benefit Trusts last month. As I have never heard of t...
Law Society criticised over St Paul PI appointment.
AON has criticised the Law Society for appointing St Paul as the exclusive underwriter for the Manag...
Appointment at RE Brown.
RE Brown Underwriting has appointed Steve Valentine as manager of its new home counties branch based...
Bishopsgate to trade under parent's name.
From the beginning of this month, Bishopsgate will trade under the name of Fortis Insurance, bringin...
Aon tackles employee risks.
Aon Consulting and Aon Risk Services have formed a new company called Aon Employee Risk Solutions (A...
A spring in your merger?
This year has already seen a host of mergers - but what about the staff of the companies involved, and how will small brokers be effected by the new mega-insurers?
Appointment at Ward Evans.
Ward Evans has appointed Gez Wilmot as financial services group director and Raja Patel as corporate...
Appointment at DAS.
Legal expenses insurer DAS has appointed Helen Gwynne to the newly-created position of human resourc...
Tony Baker reunited with Mark Boleat in consultancy venture.
Tony Baker, the former deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, has launched ...
AIG: extra support in a crisis.
AIG Europe is offering its directors' and officers' policyholders a free crisis support package. The...