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Road safety system to be put through its paces
The UK's first full-scale test of the benefits of an in-car safety camera and accident blackspot war...
Heath Lambert releases range of products
Heath Lambert has released its range of full-cycle electronic data interchange homeline products via...
Soundbytes
What is Optima Trade Plus? Targeting the important small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment o...
RBS firm in dispute with garage over payment delay
A repair garage has slammed UK Assistance, a trading division of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), f...
Andy Haynes resigns from GHL
Andy Haynes has resigned from Guardian Holdings (GHL), the parent of Gibraltar-based insurers Link I...
Australians pounce on Equity
Insurance Australia group, the largest general insurer in Australasia, has bought Equity Insurance G...
FarmWeb and NIG tie knot
FarmWeb has renewed its agricultural insurance partnership with the insurer for five more years. Far...
Brown's pre-budget statement 'revenue neutral'
The fact that insurance premium tax remained constant was probably the best news for insurance in Go...
Liv Vic unveils brand
Liverpool Victoria has announced that ABC Insurance will be the brand it will use to spearhead its e...
Sainsbury's Bank launches new product
Sainsbury's Bank has launched a new identity theft product aimed at protecting consumers from an act...
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Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Susan Foley as regional account manager for the North of England and North Wal...
Service concerns reflected in insurers' reshuffle
As 2006 draws to a close, insurers seem to be holding off from the usual year-end target driven mad ...
Appointment at Premium Credit
Premium Credit has announced three new appointments to its nationwide sales management team. David H...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has appointed Mike Allison as branch manager of the NIG Reading office. Allison will have overal...
Pulling power
Being stuck behind a caravan driving on a single lane road tests the patience but brokers should be aware that this British institution offers opportunities to generate some extra premium in the protracted soft market. Andrew Tjaardstra finds out how…
Product of the Month
GOODS CARRYING VEHICLES INSURANCE Product: Premier Truck Underwriter: Norwich Union (NU) Commissi...
The twilight zone
Peter Longstaff talks to Sarah Hills about why brokers should not be afraid of thinking outside the box and provides an insight into some of the more bizarre niche motor schemes that Link Insurance has underwritten over the past 12 months
SatNav-related thefts costing £126m per year
The cost of motor claims has increased due to a rise in SatNav theft, according to new research from...
Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Terri-Ann McKenna as underwriting development manager. Prior to joining Highwa...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance
Royal & SunAlliance has appointed Mark Holweger to the newly created role of global broker director....
Can you dig it?
There are thousands of pieces of expensive plant in the UK, many more expensive than the average Porsche, and yet the vast majority are unregistered despite a huge criminal racket exporting the equipment around the world. Andrew Tjaardstra reports on a…
Appointment at St Paul Travelers
St Paul Travelers has announced the appointment of Danny Turner to the position of London developmen...