Bennetts price cut
Motorcycle specialist Bennetts kicked off 2004 by bucking a trend towards higher premiums.

It said its 11% drop countered criticism by the Motorcycle Action Group …

Bennetts price cutMotorcycle specialist Bennetts kicked off 2004 by bucking a trend towards higher premiums.It said its 11% drop countered criticism by the Motorcycle Action Group that insurers were hiking the cost of third party cover to generate bigger profits.

Terrorism fear eases Terrorism features in just 20% of risk management plans, a survey found. Directors of 700 European companies were quizzed, leading to findings that changes to business continuity plans were less likely to be driven by the threat of terrorism and more likely to be driven by corporate governance (35%) or customers (30%).

Gosure giveaway Customers who buy 12-month backpacker travel policies from Gosure.com's travel service at walkaboutinsurance.com will receive free Lonely Planet guides.

Parmalat exposure European insurers have less than $360m exposed to failed Italian milk group Parmalat, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said. The figure included European insurers' US subsidiaries.

New travel scheme A new policy for tour operators and event organisers to provide contingency cover in the event of a disaster has been launched by travel scheme specialists, P J Hayman & Company.

Binding slip agreedLondon market brokers and underwriters have agreed the standard elements of an LMP binding authority slip to be used in placement of US non-marine binding authority agreements.

Online risk helpSome of the UK's top brokers plan to improve their risk management offering with the assistance of online health and safety organisation Health & Safety Click It is enabling brokers to improve their risk management offering by providing health and safety support to their clients.

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