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Defacto’s star ratings bashed by AMII
The medical insurance world has not responded well to Defacto's new private medical insurance (PMI) star rating system, with the Association of Medical Insurance...
British Property Federation joins flood debate
The British Property Federation (BPF) has added it's opinion to the flood cover debate, saying the issue could “sink the economy”.
The BPF made the...
Two more fined in Greenlight Capital insider trading case
The FSA has fined two individuals in the latest update of the Greenlight Capital insider trading case. Alexander Ten-Holter and Casper Agnew were both...
Why are insurance prices on the rise?
Insurance prices are jumping more and more every year and insurance companies always give the same reason – they're doing it tough just like...
Covéa to capitalise on its UK presence
Covéa today announced its intention to bring together the insurance businesses of Provident Insurance and MMA Insurance into a single company under a new...
Irish Private health insurance to rise by €800 a year
Private health insurance in Ireland is expected to rise a further €800 (£668) a year, forcing more people onto the countries already buckling public...
Claims after Costa disaster could reach USD 1 billion, says Moody’s
Insured losses relating to the Costa Concordia disaster could tip USD1 billion (£650 million) once all related costs are taken into account, according to...
Manchester Cathedral latest targeted in metal theft
Manchester Cathedral has been the latest church affected by the growing issue of metal theft, with a cross worth £2,500 taken from one of...
Direct Line and Churchill cop £2.17 in fines
Direct Line and Churchill Insurance, both subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Scotland, have copped £2.17 million in fines from the FSA for altering...
Telematics : the quarrels begin
With the recent surge in interest for telematicts technology, disputes have begun to emerge over the ownership of the data the devices produce.
To nip...
Swiss : earthquake-prone countries remain uninsured
Much of the world, even country’s prone to seismic events, is dangerously under insured for earthquakes, a new Swiss Re paper has revealed.
Despite last...
Who insured The Costa Concordia?
Assicurazioni Generali, RSA Insurance Group and XL Group, Bloomber - these are three of several companies who insured Carnival Corp.'s wrecked cruise ship off...
Motor insurance scam in UK
Hundreds of people are driving in Britain uninsured – and many of them don't even know it.
Aston Midshires Insurance, an internet based seemingly-legitimate insurance...
BIBA disagrees with transport committee on referral fee ban
The British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) said it is mainly happy with the Transport Committee's follow up report on the cost of insurance, but...
AXA Healthcare removes limits on cancer treatment
AXA PPP Healthcare, one of the UK's biggest health insurance providers, has joined Aviva in removing all limits on its cover for licensed cancer...
Lack of care sees hospital insurance bills soar
Operating on the wrong part of a body and leaving behind utensils are some of the things behind a soaring UK hospital insurance bill,...
IFED: multiple arrests in first week
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department hit the ground running in their debut week, making their first arrest on Tuesday afternoon on a fraudster in...
PM’s new year resoltion : “kill off health and safety culture for good”
Prime Minister David Cameron's new years resolution is to “kill off the health and safety culture for good" in the UK.
According to Mr Cameron,...
As the storm calms the costs to insures becoms evident
As the weather begins to relax across most parts of the UK today, the damage from the weeks storms is becoming more obvious.
It was...
2011 most expensive natural catastrophe year ever
Stronger and more frequent natural disasters in 2011 made it the most expensive year ever for natural catastrophe losses, Swiss Re announced.
Last year's...
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