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No win, no fee, still a grey area.
The government's proposal to extend conditional fees into other areas of litigation should not come ...
Photo cover is focus of row.
Insurers behind a policy designed to protect photographers from copyright crimes have not targetted ...
IBM bids to enter £42bn market.
IBM has launched a portfolio of data analysis and marketing applications to try to capture a share o...
Appointment at Orion.
After being with non-standard motor insurance specialist Orion for a year, Rob Ryan has been promote...
Independent Insurance raises money for charity.
The UK co-ordinator of the Children In Need Appeal came to London this week to accept a cheque from ...
Smoking out burglars.
The Motorcycle Mart in Kidderminster has received a thumbs up from Guardian Insurance for its 'Smoke...
Hiscox offers cruise protection.
Hiscox is offering policyholders a new cruise protection policy, which includes cover for vessels, p...
Bumper lawsuit filed over 'staged' motor accidents.
In what is believed to be the largest civil lawsuit of its kind, Allstate has sued 45 doctors, lawye...
Guardian Direct Cup tennis champsionship.
The Guardian Direct Cup tennis championship took over London's Battersea Park, but while fans' favou...
Appointment at Bates Cunningham.
Timothy Bates BA (Hons) has been appointed as a director of Bates Cunningham Underwriting, managing ...
DAS's marathon man.
Steve Jones, marketing manager of the insurance and legal expenses company DAS, is building up for t...
Launch of Profiles.
A host of stars were out for the launch of a new insurance service designed to meet the needs of foo...
Key Choice explores new worldwide travel cover.
Key Choice has launched KC Explorer, a new travel insurance product. Worldwide cover is available...
Appointment at Chubb.
Chubb Insurance Company of Europe has appointed Michael Codd as marine liability manager for the UK ...
Underwriting losses hit hard.
Subsidence took a £25m chunk out of Guardian's household account as the insurer saw pre-tax profits ...
Whole lot of shaking going on in earthquake info.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Cornhill's dismay.
Cornhill, sponsors of England's home cricket Test series for over two decades, has reacted with some...
Sun Life's OAP plan.
Sun Life has joined forces with the Royal Bank of Scotland to launch the Sun Life Home-Choice Plan, ...
More cyber cover on the cards.
Following the success of 'cyber insurance', Eagle Star Direct has announced it will be launching a t...
Kids' safety in action.
Lombard General Insurance is to sponsor the tenth annual "Safety In Action" competition, designed to...
Britannic hit by big PIA fine.
Britannic Assurance has been fined a record amount of over half a million pounds by the Personal Inv...
Eddie George warns on year 2000.
Bank of England Governor Eddie George has refused to rule out "taking on a more explicit co-ordinati...
Better late than never.
Recent years have seen the introduction to the UK of after-the-event legal contracts. Simon Threadgold looks at their short history and what effects they might bring in the future.
Motor policies for a rainy day.
There is a glaring own goal in the Direct Line TV motor advert which I am surprised no-one has picke...