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Martin Sullivan advises industry to focus on discipline
AIG president and CEO Martin Sullivan advised the UK insurance industry to focus on maintaining unde...
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Farewell, but not goodbye, over but not out
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Appointment at One Business Insurance Solutions
One Business Insurance Solutions has made three appointments. Mark Game has been appointed as managi...
Home office shake-up or Whitehall farce?
While the government rightly looks to lighten the onerous burden of responsibility placed on the Home Office, hasty reforms do not bode well for the insurance industry
Appointment at St Paul Travelers
St Paul Travelers has appointed Martin Kerrison as regional underwriting manager, based in its Manch...
Products
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH CARGO PRODUCT HAS GLOBAL DESIGN Product: Duet Worldwide cargo insurance serv...
UK brokers high on the takeover target list
At least 74 UK insurance broker firms are prime targets for a takeover, and another 124 could soon b...
Risk Aware, a new risk management ..
Risk Aware, a new risk management support service, has been created by NIG. The service has been des...
Highway Insurance made a pre-tax ..
Highway Insurance made a pre-tax profit of £19m in 2006 and not a loss, as stated by the headline in...
Speeding offences are now ..
Speeding offences are now so common that several insurers are ignoring them as an underwriting tool,...
Appointment at Zenith Services UK
Zenith Services UK has appointed Howard Collinge as business development manager - central region. ...
RSA UK improvement
Royal & SunAlliance's UK business delivered a 0.8 point improvement in its combined operating ratio ...
Appointment at NIG
Michael Rea has been appointed to the role of director of NIG. His appointment follows the restructu...
Ecclesiastical continues strong profitable returns
Niche insurer Ecclesiastical has reported a pre-tax profit of £77.1m for the year ending 31 December...
Highway profit slip
Essex-based insurer Highway's profits slipped to £19.6m last year, compared to £27.3m in 2005 at the...
Industry has its eye on safety
I was recently in a discussion with a parent who had tragically lost his son in a motor accident. Th...
Highway launches new products
Highway has launched its Choice Private Car and Choice Commercial Vehicle products on the Acturis fu...
Directors to face jail over fraudulent activity
Two former directors of Doncaster-based brokerage Preston Whiteside have been jailed for defrauding ...
D&D Homecare joins Webline quotation system
D&D Homecare, the general insurance arm of the Swansure Group, has joined the Webline quotation syst...
Report reveals driving danger
A report issued by the insurance research centre Thatcham has revealed that, annually, more than 125...
UK nuclear push reveals unfair terms
Lord Truscott, parliamentary under secretary of state for energy, is reported to have said recently ...
Highway optimistic despite fall
Highway has reported a fall in profit before tax to £19.1m from £27.3m last year, although the insur...
NU looks to young drivers for next big revenue stream
Norwich Union (NU) has extended its Pay As You Drive (PAYD) policy, after introducing a number of ch...