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Safety behind the wheel.
Just 10% of companies with motor fleets advise their staff on careful driving, according to a survey...
Norman to lose name in rebranding move.
Norman Insurance will be rebranded as Mutuelles du Mans Assurances by the middle of next year, in li...
A century under cover.
The 20th Century has seen massive social and industrial changes. The insurance sector has developed alongside this, becoming the business we recognise today, says Andrew Newman.
In the driving seat.
Tony Allen of Allen & Allen has steered the broker into the successful non-standard motor position it holds today. He tells Shona Cronin how.
AUA Home provides flexible solution for homeworkers.
Underwriting agency, AUA Insurance has made further investment in the household sector with the laun...
Broker Brands benefits.
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers has entered into an agree-ment with Broker B...
NIG makes plastics policy
NIG Skandia is targeting the plastics manufacturing and distribution industry with the launch of a ne...
Appointment at CGU.
Patrick Thiele has been made group director, development, at CGU. Mr Thiele, who worked for St Paul ...
Zurich offers under-25s better range of motor cover options.
Following its merger with Eagle Star, Zurich Insurance is expanding its underwriting criteria on mot...
IPT travel cover now means brokers can have fun in the sun.
Wholesale broker Marcus Hearn has launched an annual travel policy designed specifically for people ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has recruited Alan Air as liability survey manager. Mr Air has 17 years...
Marsh has big ideas on small business.
Marsh has launched a new telesales and service operation in a bid to make greater in-roads into the ...
Store wars.
Insurance is an overhead that many smaller shopkeepers are keen to cut in their struggle against the big retail groups. It is tough for insurers offering shops cover, says Steve Banner.
Uncaring' telephone systems send snubs down the line.
I refer to I D Bevan-Mogg's letter in your October issue (p17). Today I actually got through to th...
Avon responds to calls for property cover changes.
Avon Insurance has upgraded its property owners product following a extensive survey of broker requi...
Arson - all in the mind?
According to research conducted by the Arson Prevention Bureau, nearly 20% of convicted arsonists ar...
Road safety not priority for fleet managers
Just 10% of companies with motor fleets advise their staff on careful driving, despite the fact that ...
AUL's Personal Property Policy targets elderly.
Colchester-based Agency Underwriting Limited (AUL) has put together a household policy for people wh...
Anada alliance now five strong.
West Country broking alliance Anada has increased its membership to five following the appointment o...
Norman and Cox hatch brands.
In conjunction with its corporate rebranding programme, Norman Insurance is going out into the marke...
A changing approach to risk.
Changes in the engineering sector have expanded the insurer's role to include risk management, although this has not increased the profitability of this market, says Tony Dowding.
Merger master.
Tony Lancaster, chief executive of Groupama in the UK, talks to Tim Collison about the integration of Lombard and GAN, the latest of a string of mergers he has managed.
CSM quits non-marine underwriting at box
Crowe Syndicate Management, part of the Crowe Group, will cease writing non-marine property business ...
CGU buys Hibernian
CGU has boosted its presence in the Irish market with the acquisition of the Hibernian Group for £344...