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Les McIntosh.
Electronic insurance trading is still needlessly bogged down in a morass of different systems. Why can't insurers sort it out?
AA closes high street shops in strategic review.
Following a strategic review, the Automobile Association is closing its 142 high street shops and en...
Apex offices still trading.
An article in your July issue (p1) reads as though all offices trading under style of Apex Insurance...
Mandatory accident cover?
The amateur football insurance market looks set expand amid growing speculation that personal accide...
Wellington boots policies to Chubb.
Wellington has completed the sale of its high net worth business to Chubb and will start to transfer...
The emergency services.
Following a serious house fire or theft, a prompt claims settlement is essential. However, Shona Cronin says that loss adjusting now means more than this - customers have learnt to expect more from insurance, making service the key.
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bill Katesmark has been appointed senior hull underwriter at Hiscox. He joins the company from the H...
Cheaper cover via 'Net.
Eagle Star Direct has reduced its standard premiums for home and contents insurance by 10% for polic...
Easy riding for motorbikers.
KC Excalibur, underwritten by Zenith Insurance, and Eagle Star's KC Katana are the first of a series...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Harrogate-based Smart & Cook Group has appointed David Hamilton as a director - he will based at its...
Appointment at Aon Private Clients.
Aon Private Clients - a specialist division of Aon Risk Services - has appointed Neil Webster to run...
Countering the direct threat.
Having just received the letter from the Insurance Brokers Registration Council, and, coincidentally...
Lloyd's approves Hanratty.
The Council of Lloyd's has approved Judith Hanratty, company secretary of BP, as a nominated member ...
Ian Ritchie.
Sadly, the IBRC is to be abolished. So, let's now look to the future and get the most out of self-regulation.
Non-compliant ABI intermediaries days away from sanctions.
A total of 145 independent intermediaries have just days to comply with the Association of British I...
Hibernian deal adds £48m to NIG's GWP.
NIG Skandia's acquisition of Hibernian Insurance UK will increase the Swedish-owned insurer's gross ...
AIG gives brokers the D&O edge.
PrivateEdge is an enhanced directors and officers policy which has been launched by AIG Europe. T...
Schools learn their lesson.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a national campaign to advise schools on reducing their ris...
Ken Wallace.
With the importance of consumer relations becoming apparent to every industry, insurers must cast off the idea of "preferred status".
Pay as you go.
Premium finance is no longer seen as a last resort for the financially unsound. More customers are now opting to stagger payments, which could mean increased profits for brokers, says Shona Cronin.
Ex-CNA UK boss quits Lombard.
Ian Jerrum, the ex-general manager of CNA Insurance UK, and his former assistant general manager, Ja...
Appointment at Worldwide Broker Network.
The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed George Worsley as executive director. He will be situated...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Brendan McManus (above), 38, has been appointed as the new marketing manager for UK regions. Previou...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance.
Bristol-based DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Comapny has appointed Sally Cresswell to marketing manage...