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NU to grow online underwriting service
Bespoke application to reduce administration work for brokers
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Strategic appointments to Tawa APH team
Consolidator develops acquisition and consultancy business
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Supporting the broker 'have nots'
Broker Network chief executive Grant Ellis has steered the company to a record profit and a growing list of members. But now he’s on the acquisition trail. Andrew Holt reports
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C-ZoneUnacceptable delay
William Jones explains how important it is for insurers to validate claims within a set time, or they could face a breach of policy terms
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Increasing the fire risk
Mark Dunham warns warehouse operators about the effects a change in working practices can have on fire safety
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R&SA to offer services for property investors
Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) has introduced a range of services for its property investor customers, including an assessment of the risk of flooding in their potential investment areas.Offered by R&SA’s regional property investors trading teams the services include a version of the geographical risk assessment which can calculate the risk ...
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News in brief
JLT wins motor sport dealThe Motor Sports Association, the governing body of UK motor sport, has appointed Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) to handle all its insurance requirements from the start of 2008 following a formal tender process earlier this year. The contract had been held by Lockton, after its acquisition ...
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Dixons plans commercial comparison site
Hig street retailer's aggregator site to offer personal lines products by autumn
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Insurers to reassess product recall risk
The recent spate of multi-million pound product recalls from China will lead insurers to reassess how to manage the associated risks, according to industry figures. Aon associate director Mark Quinn said many customers would soon make it a contractual requirement for their suppliers to buy product recall protection, but cover ...
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SMEs face bankrutptcy over foot and mouth
Specialist underwriter Crowe Livestock has warned that the full extent of financial casualties among industries that support farming following the recent foot and mouth outbreak has yet to become clear. It said that while affected farmers and cattle owners would receive compensation from the government for animals that had been ...
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PMI benefit
?An increasing interest in personal health and well-being means staff now value private medical insurance (PMI) above many other employee benefits, Bupa’s Health of the Nation survey reveals.The survey found that PMI comes second only to a pension as a desirable employee benefit. More than half of employed people questioned ...
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UK seeks EU aid to pay for summer floods
?The government has admitted that it has applied for relief aid to the European Commission, after the floods in June and July . The ABI said about 45,000 households and 14,500 businesses had made insurance claims following the UK’s worst flooding in more than a half-century. The cost of the ...
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Insurers team up with the Met to combat plant theft
Crime ring costs industry over £400m a year
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Hastings underwriting error hits 3,000 policies
Almost 3,000 people have had their motor insurance revoked after Hastings Direct discovered an underwriting error.Customers began receiving calls two weeks ago warning that their insurance would be can-celled within seven days as a system programming error meant they were being under-charged on their premiums.Hastings spokesman Jeffrey Roberts said clients ...
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Relief as hurricane Dean calms
UK insurers are breathing a sigh of relief after the calming of Hurricane Dean which ripped through Jamaica and Mexico amassing about $1.5bn in insured losses.Hurricane Dean was a Category 4 when it swept through Jamaica last weekend and Mexico earlier this week, however, it stayed mainly offshore and in ...
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Ryanair calls for lower insurance premiums for good behaviour
Differentiate between low risk airlines
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NewsNU reports 40% increase in delayed baggage
Increased travel and airport bungles contribute to rise says insurer
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Select & Protect website traffic booms
Additional microsites to go live in coming months
