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Serviceline Insurance awarded 'crystal mark'.
Serviceline Insurance has been awarded a 'crystal mark' by the Plain English Campaign for its new mo...
Appointment at Atkin Raggett.
Geoff Raggett, one of the longest serving bloodstock brokers in the Lloyd's market, has retired afte...
Smart expansion plans.
Yorkshire-based Smart & Cook has opened a fifth operating centre in Grimsby, in the Alexandra Dock B...
Rates are up, but claims will follow.
Rates in the motor market are at long last moving in the right direction. Several insurers have b...
Who are you going to call?
Gone are the days when insurers used the services of a variety of adjusters. Now, single partner deals and claims outsourcing are the norm. Simon Threadgold looks at the changing relationship between insurers and adjusters.
Phoenix from the flames?
It is not enough for a company to take out a business interruption policy and hope that a settlement alone will get the business back on its feet after a loss. David Cloughton says that there is great deal more work involved.
Fleet market starts to harden.
After four years of steadily declining rates, the fleet motor market is reporting a significant hard...
School arson risks.
The Arson Prevention Bureau is warning about the problems of arson attacks on schools in South Wales...
New car brand for HHH.
Hill House Hammond has launched a new car insurance brand called Silverstone Insurance Services. The...
Minding your manors.
High net worth buildings cover often takes a back seat to the contents section. Steve Banner looks at the specialist insurers' attitudes to insuring high value properties.
Exeter Friendly carries on caring.
Are we becoming too blase about the technological impact of the year 2000? It's vital that we don't under-estimate what may happen.
Insurers to benefit from government crime crackdown.
Household insurers are set to benefit from the government's proposed crackdown on domestic burglary....
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance Engineering.
Ian Cronshaw has been appointed IT manager for Royal & SunAlliance Engineering. Mr Cronshaw has b...
Appointment at Agency Underwriting.
Jane Lindekam has joined Agency Underwriting, where she will head the marketing department. She has ...
Kids go free.
John Holman and Sons has updated its Self-Issue Travel Schemes and is maintaining its 15% discount f...
AUL launches comprehensive sailing policy.
A travel policy aimed at sailing enthusiasts has been launched by Agency Underwriting Limited (AUL)....
Cigna P&C brand to disappear.
The name and brand of Cigna in the UK general insurance market will vanish once the takeover by Berm...
David Worsfold.
From April, many of the old Latin legal terms will make way for plain English. With everyone able to understand how the law works, will we see an increase in claims?
Dream machines.
The number of moped and motorbike owners has soared recently - particularly among the 30-50 age group. However, the market for motorbike insurance is still limited to a handful of specialist insurers and brokers says Tim Collison.
Appointment at Euclidian Underwriting.
Mark Brown (above) has joined Euclidian Underwriting as specialist professional indemnity underwrite...
AA to expand its call centres.
AA Insurance is to create almost 200 jobs to meet growing demand within its call centres in Newcastl...
Satisfied customers.
According to a survey sponsored by the General Insurance Research Association, 90% of people who cla...
Birch raises the roof with its new defects policy.
A new single premium 10/12-year policy against latent defects has been put together by Birch & Co In...
PMI for school pupils.
BCWA has launched a policy which a gives children at independent schools private medical insurance f...