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Rates up, service down.
With brokers not shy to get concerns and grievances off their chest and insurers quick to respond, this year's BIBA West Midlands study day lived up to its reputation as a forum for stimulating debate. Tim Collison reports.
Niche and easy?
Following non-comp's fall in popularity during the early 1990s recession, some insurers are now writing successfully in this area - particularly concentrating on older cars and younger drivers, says Andrew Newman.
AIIB members offered exclusive liability policies
Marketing firm Broker Brands has launched two liability products in conjunction with the Association ...
Highway targets offenders
Highway is targeting people with convictions with the launch of its Fairplay Home Insurance policy. T...
Mitsui Marine poaches RSA staff for UK launch
Japanese insurer Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance has poached a group of key staff from troubled Royal ...
New online insurer goes live
A virtual insurer has gone live, claiming to offer the fastest online facility for buying insurance. ...
PB sponsors BIBA conference
Professional Broking has joined the likes of Axa and Royal & SunAlliance to sponsor this year's Briti...
Groupama gives brokers Star treatment
Groupama Commercial Insurances is targeting a select group of its brokers with a tailor-made package ...
Miller sets up IP facility
Lloyd's broker The Miller Insurance Group has set up a new facility to cover intellectual property di...
Chubb launches new European brand
Chubb Europe has launched a new European brand for its corporate insurance products. The European por...
CGU name to disappear in UK
The merger of CGU and Norwich Union will see the CGU name disappear from both the general and the lif...
CII organises pollution workshop
The Chartered Insurance Institute and the International Underwriting Association have teamed up to of...
Abbey slashes legal expenses premiums
Abbey Legal Protection has surprised the market by halving premiums on its employment-led commercial ...
Farmers offered help with safety compliance
Rural Insurance Group is offering brokers with farming clients a new service to help them comply with...
Aon hits out at St Paul PI deal
Aon is launching into the solicitors' professional indemnity sector following the Law Society's decis...
GISC will go live without empowerment
The General Insurance Standards Council has confirmed that it will go live on a voluntary basis, with...
Industry unites on rehabilitation
Overwhelming support for the IUA/ABI Code of Practice on Rehabilitation was given yesterday by delega...
DTI director takes over from Baker at ABI
Dr Stephen Sklaroff has been appointed as the new deputy director general of the Association of Briti...
Public unaware of private health costs
The public vastly underestimates the costs of operations, according to a new study by Norwich Union H...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has appointed two senior business development directors. Tony Wilkinson joins the ...
Insurance: jobs on increase.
Employment levels in the insurance sector are expected to rise within the first quarter of 2000, wit...
Experian acquisition right on CUE.
Experian has acquired the UK assets of US-based ChoicePoint Incorporated, which includes ChoicePoint...
Spotlight on health & safety.
Revisions to the health and safety regulations mean that insurers must encourage their customers to take a pro-active approach to managing and assessing related risks.
Exclusive - NatWest Insurance in cost-cutting drive.
NatWest Insurance Services is to be brought under the umbrella of NatWest's Retail Banking Division,...