Personal Lines articles – Page 256
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Unifi calms Direct Line strike fear
Finance union Unifi has recommended that members accept renegotiated redundancy terms for 150 IT support staff at Direct Line's Croydon, Surrey and Pudsey sites. Unifi and Direct Line had been in disc ...
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Cruise ship bug claims
Travel insurers and marine liability underwriters are looking at a boatload of claims coming ashore from the P&O liner Aurora. It is understood that Fortis is P&O's insurer. Hundreds of medical cl ...
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Budget panel takes NU
Budget Insurance Services has added Norwich Union to its household panel.The insurer will be the eleventh underwriter on the Budget panel, operating on a common policy basis.Budget product dev ...
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NU call centre opens
Last week saw Norwich Union open its first purpose-built call centre. The multi-million pound office, located on the outskirts of Norwich, will eventually house more than 650 staff from two of the com ...
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Aon deal for OutRight
Aon has handed the administration for part of its personal lines business to OutRight Company UK.Under the outsourcing agreement OutRight will administer household, motor, travel and add-on insura ...
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Price war for motor
Motor insurers could be entering a deflationary price war according to one of the largest surveys of the market, conducted by Confused.com.The independent car insurance search site released figure ...
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Home claims check-up
The home claims process could be made more efficient by adopting new techniques. Marshall King explains
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Getting personal with brokers
The broker can provide advice on the appropriate, differentiated product, rather than collecting a handful of cheap quotes
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The car parts Battleground
On 1 October new competition regulations came into force that could see insurers benefit from cheaper motor repairs. Jonathan Russell investigates
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The customer is missing from the business equation
Personal lines has been virtually lost to the direct writers, now the insurers are looking at SME business. That's fine, but don't forget the end customer, says Grant Ellis
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Safe as houses
In the current economic climate, finding suitable protection for your home and possessions is essential. Analyst Defaqto compares the products available.
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Highway Insurance faces slow start to 2008
Interim management and AGM statement shows competitive motor market and challenges to growth.
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Will tax be the downfall of the London market?
As companies redomicile to low tax centres, questions loom around how to make London more competitive