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July
Union in emergency talks - Retail union Usdaw held emergency talks with its members at CIS after th...
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Keith Statchell, group chief executive of Friends Provident, is the new chairman of the Association ...
Axa household move fills gap in market
Axa has claimed sales of its new household insurance product, Axa Extra, designed to complement its ...
Internet used to purchase insurance cover
New research from Swinton has revealed that as more UK car insurance companies use foreign call cent...
Resignation at Highway Insurance Holding
Andrew Gibson, ceo of the board of Highway Insurance Holdings, has resigned with immediate effect to...
Small firms snub growth in favour of consolidation
Over a third of Britain's small firms want their business to stay the same size, or at least do not ...
Solid ratings across the board for NIG
Company ratings
Neave to leave Royal & SunAlliance
David Neave, claims services director at Royal & SunAlliance, plans to leave the insurer in the summ...
AIG in fraud alert
AIG Europe has produced a webcast highlighting the main reasons why businesses do not feel the need ...
When can insurers reject for late notification?
Brokers and insureds will be relieved at the Court of Appeal's decision in Friends Provident Life & Pensions v. Sirius International Insurance that insurers can only reject a claim for late notification if a notice clause is made a condition precedent in…
Appointment at Zenith Insurance Management
Zenith Insurance Management has appointed Nick Rayward as project manager. ...
Appointment at Link Insurance Company/Zenith Insurance
Jacci Taylor has been appointed as head of business transformation for Link Insurance Company/Zenith...
Changing places
Job swap
Men are wedded to their cars ..
Men are wedded to their cars while women can't live without sentimental photographs, according to ne...
The Misys Countrywide network ..
The Misys Countrywide network has expanded its commercial vehicle panel with a new trading partnersh...
The public wants the police to ..
The public wants the police to clamp down hard on uninsured drivers, the results of an online motor ...
Sirius has adopted Harmony, Allianz ..
Sirius has adopted Harmony, Allianz Cornhill's flagship full cycle EDI home product, following a suc...
Motor insurer Highway has acquired ..
Motor insurer Highway has acquired a personal lines book of business from broker LRG Insurance Servi...
Help the aged
Q. I was looking into employing an older segment of the workforce that could provide invaluable broker experience to my business. Would it be wise to provide technical training to these employees and what are the implications of employing an individual…
Insurers in need of a sporting chance
Despite being virtually overlooked in the recent general election, sport and sporting events have been far from ignored in the courts recently, raising concerns for sporting bodies and insurers alike
New measures to track and identify uninsured drivers
The Motor Insurers' Bureau has drawn up plans with the police and the government for tougher penalti...
Charting the shift in personal habits
As the old phrase goes: there are lies, damn lies and there are statistics. This is what many broker...
Letter of the Month
I listened with interest to the comments regarding 'desktopping' during the recent Broker Management...
MIB targets 50,000 in crackdown
A new crackdown on uninsured drivers could result in an additional 50,000 successful prosecutions du...