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Moody's holds AIG's credit ratings constant
Moody's held AIG's credit ratings constant following an announcement by the Federal Reserve Board th...
APC: profitable future lies with local markets
Underwriting agency APC will establish a regional presence across the UK in a bid to triple its reve...
First candidates accepted into Lloyd's graduate programme
The first group of candidates has been accepted into the Lloyd's graduate programme. The nine gradua...
Compliance consultancy expands offering to drum up broker business
Cardif Pinnacle's compliance arm has launched a Financial Services Authority (FSA) health check serv...
Commission stance sees insurers shy away from Towergate vehicle
A new wholesale broking vehicle from Towergate could suffer as a result of the growing reluctance of...
Firms' losing out over old systems
Insurance firms lose more than £4.5m per day in revenues due to time wasted looking for documents, a...
Clamp down on uninsured drivers set for 2010
The government has confirmed it will clamp down on uninsured driving in 2010, following criticism fr...
RSA and Donseed join forces
RSA and software company Donseed have joined forces to develop fingerprint technology geared towards...
GfK NOP survey results revealed
Only one in five price comparison website users believe they receive the best deals when using the s...
IGI strengthens legal expenses foothold with specialist claims buy
IGI has increased its foothold in the legal expenses sector with the acquisition of a specialist cla...
Soundbytes
What is the imarket Electronic Covernote service (ECN)? ECN is a service that enables the secure re...
FSA to escalate regulatory intervention
In an update on its thematic review of the sale of payment protection insurance, the Financial Servi...
AMII to make proposal
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries' (AMII) is to make a proposal to private medical...
Employers could face fines for failure to comply with NMW
Employers could face fines of up to £30,000 if they fail to comply with the National Minimum Wage (N...
Lloyd's reveals huge drop in pre-tax profits
Lloyd's has revealed a huge drop in pre-tax profits in its 2008 interim results. For the period endi...
Brokerbility continues expansion
Brokerbility has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Beecrofts Insurance Services by mem...
HFW offered place on legal panel
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has been offered a place on Ace European Group's first formal legal pane...
Beazley Group acquires MUM
Beazley Group has acquired Momentum Underwriting Management (MUM). With a plan to underwrite around ...
Highway first provider to offer access to product via EDI
Highway has become the first motor insurance provider to offer access to a classic vehicle product v...
Business as usual for Esure
The potential takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) by Lloyds TSB could create the ninth large...
NU pulls motor from comparison sites after launch of new service
Norwich Union (NU) has withdrawn its direct motor products from all insurance price comparison sites...
QuestGates Motor achieves compliance with new IT system
QuestGates Motor division has achieved full compliance with the Ministry of Justice's recent claims ...
Groupama director leaves to head up Choicequote
Groupama's distribution and customer services director, Cathie Bruce, is leaving the broker-only ins...
Brokers speak of shock over NU departure
The Glasgow and Belfast insurance markets have reacted with surprise to the news that Norwich Union'...