All Insurance Times articles in Issue 08-12-2011
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Thai flood costs may put off Hardy suitors
Insurer seeks buyer as losses for yearset to top £50m
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The Knowledge: Broking in the UK - Opener
When the going gets tough, the tough brokers take action
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The Knowledge: Broking in the UK - Timeline
What happened and what’s ahead for M&A, aggregator sites and broker networks
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The Knowledge: Broking in the UK - The people
It’s all change at the UK’s biggest brokers in the scramble to build business
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Groupama ‘will survive eurozone crisis’, chief executive tells brokers
Group remains strong, despite ratings downgrade and concerns over sovereign debt
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The Knowledge: Broking in the UK - IT Broker View
Brokers are nervous about inroads being made by aggregators in SME commercial lines, and few expect next year’s review of the FSCS to result in fairer fees. Our survey examines the issues affecting brokers
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The Knowledge: Broking in the UK - The big story
We chart the multibillion-pound PPI scandal and the delayed FSCS review
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QBE shake-up puts Bathia at head of UK broking too
Move comes amid talks of a QBE bid for Brit UK as part of property market ambition
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Willis takes on Aon’s GRIP with launch of database
Real-time electronic platform aims to give insurers a view of placements worldwide
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Anti-fraud team to target crime gangs
Industry-funded unit plans to save £90m in three years
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Anger over new Omega bid puts Haverford deal at risk
Shareholders unhappy with chairman for rewriting what they thought was a done deal
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'A loss adjuster told me of a case where a man made multiple frauds by keeping a dead dog in his freezer'
The Backchat Insider learns of some chilling ways people are prepared to commit insurance fraud
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'It’s all action in UK broking – thank god'
With poaching raids between brokers and the likes of Hodges and McManus likely to provide us with some big stories this year, the sector is one to watch
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Accident Exchange wins leave to appeal
Autofocus ruling paves way for other credit hire appeals
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2011 in review: Straw puts referral fees in the firing line
Practice initially escaped focus of the Jackson Review, but with a ban now imminent, must solicitors’ fees go too?
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2011 in review: Big year for Gallagher as rivals shed staff and cash
£97m acquisition of Heath Lambert gave Gallagher the weight to bag Oxygen, while Towergate, Willis struggle with poor results and loss of big names
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2011 in review: Reinsurers hit by year of catastrophes
Japanese disasters top chart with £19bn insured loss, but which (re)insurers had the worst losses in 2011?
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2011 in review: Another month, another move
This year has seen more than its fair share of comings and goings at the top