All Insurance Times articles in On-Line Archive – Page 747
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Reports
Sharing the blame
When two broker firms fail in their duty of care to a client, how should damages be apportioned. Ling Ong & Michael Walkington explain
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News
News in brief…
FSA regulations welcomedThe FSA outlined its proposals for a principles-based regulatory regime. Deloitte welcomed the move but said that clarity was needed "about the results that firms should be aiming to deliver". The ABI said the move would lead to "better outcomes for both consumers and financial services companies". Firms ...
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Archive
Motor broker sets up fully transactional website
Motor broker 4 Insurance has created a new website that allows customers to search and buy policies online from...
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News
Swedish group buys Pet Partners
Pet broker PetPartners has been acquired by Agria Animal Insurance, Sweden's largest pet insurer. Agria, a mutual insurer with a 62% share of the pet insurance market in Sweden, said the move was the "first step" in its strategy to grow internally. But it said it had no plans to ...
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News
CII to help improve call centre quality
Chartered Institute of Insurers to offer training to insurance companies in effort to improve customer service
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Archive
Iceland's Milestone makes cash offer for Sweden's Invik
A Swedish subsidiary of Milestone has made a cash offer to acquire Invik & Co. for £551m...
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News
Catlin hit by major underwriting defection
Underwriting director controlled $250m of premium income at Wellington
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News
Claims firm numbers to fall under regulation
The number of UK claims management companies will radically fall under regulation, the Claims Standards Council (CSC) has warned.Claims management regulation took effect this week, with claims regulator Mark Boleat promising a crackdown on rogue firms. Staffordshire Trading Standards, which is policing the sector would be "identifying the problem areas ...
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Reports
A clash with Europe on health and safety law
The EU ruling over health and safety and the use of the term 'reasonably practicable' will have ramifications for UK law, Hugh Price reports
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Reports
Tracking the cost
The various approaches to indexation of periodical payments awards were considered in a defining case. Adrian Dagnall explains
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News AnalysisCurbing young driver deaths
Despite soaring young driver deaths, the insurance industry and politicians disagree on how it should be tackled. Tom Flack reports
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News
IGI to be sold to US firm 'within days'
IGI Group could be sold within days to US insurer Amtrust Group after months of negotiations.According to a source close to the company, the sale could be completed "any time now", as meetings continued this week.If completed, Nasdaq-listed Amtrust, the multinational property and casualty insurer, will be the third company ...
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Polaris plans more Imarket deals
Polaris is looking to specialist insurers to join the e-commerce platform Imarket. It said it was in "advanced talks" with a "good number" of insurers. Peter Knowles, strategy and marketing director at Polaris, said: "We are tending to talk with the more specialist insurers, including D&O and professional indemnity." This ...
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News
Snowball to lead Towergate IFA drive
Market surprised by ex-NU chief's move to consolidator giant
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C-Zone
More power to e-learning
Broker Assess is a major component of the CII's Broker Academy and is now the most popular online learning and assessment tool for brokers. Steve Dutton explains the features of its recent upgrade
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News
FSA: no fears over offshore firms' solvency
Previous concerns over insurers outside the EU have 'been addressed'
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Archive
R&SA partners with Swinton to offer pet insurance
Royal & SunAlliance (RSA) has announced a deal with Swinton to offer pet insurance to its customers...
