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Churchill and Direct Line fined £2.17m for doctoring files

IFAonline | 18 Jan 2012 | 11:10

UK Insurance Ltd, the parent company of Churchill and Direct Line, has been fined £2.17m by the FSA for doctoring its customer complaint files.

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Brokers eye cross-selling ahead of 'downbeat' 2012

Insurance brokers and life companies will attempt to cross-sell to existing customers in order to compensate for “downbeat” market conditions in 2012, research suggests.

IFAonline | 09 Jan 2012 | 12:00
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Groupama hit with S&P downgrade to BBB-

Groupama has suffered a ratings downgrade at the hands of Standard & Poor's despite the France-based insurer announcing a range of key strategic actions designed to halt the recent slide.

Cover | 16 Dec 2011 | 11:48

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Interview - David Child

David Child has taken the helm at one of the country’s most ambitious adviser firms. Paul Robertson talks to Lifesearch’s new managing director

Cover | 16 Dec 2011 | 10:24
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Cigna completes FirstAssist acquisition

Global health services company Cigna has finalised the acquisition of FirstAssist Insurance Services.

Cover | 01 Dec 2011 | 14:52
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Barclays signs L&G and Aviva for retail insurance products

Aviva and Legal & General are to provide life and general insurance products for Barclays Bank UK Retail customers.

Cover | 10 Nov 2011 | 12:21
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Lifesearch to enter GI market by Christmas

Lifesearch is in final negotiations on a plan to offer clients general insurance products.

Cover | 09 Nov 2011 | 15:14
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Guardian launches quick-fire life insurance tool

Guardian Wealth Management has launched an online service giving its clients access to a life insurance plan offered by employee benefits specialist Global Benefits Europe (GBE).

IFAonline | 19 Jul 2011 | 09:15
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Aviva archives: eight odd insurance claims

Aviva is in the process of archiving hundreds of years of records, from its beginnings as the Hand in Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society in 1696.

IFAonline | 15 Jul 2011 | 15:16
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Zurich cuts 240 roles on return to direct market

Zurich has announced that it is planning to return to the direct insurance market in the UK later this year in a strategic partnership with its subsidiary Endsleigh.

Cover | 06 Jul 2011 | 14:55
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Heath Lambert becomes Gallagher Heath after £97m takeover

IFA firm Heath Lambert will trade as Gallagher Heath from today following its acquisition by insurance brokerage giant Gallagher & Co.

IFAonline | 04 Jul 2011 | 14:50
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How Solvency II will affect the annuity market

Andrew Tully discusses the potential impact of Solvency II

Retirement Planner | 22 Jun 2011 | 10:41
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Lloyds disciplined over two ‘misleading’ TV ads

Two Lloyds TSB adverts have been judged "milseading" by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

IFAonline | 08 Jun 2011 | 08:00

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