UK Insurance News

For anyone looking for bespoke insurance cover for museums, galleries, exhibition halls, theatres and training centres in the UK, specialist insures Hiscox have announced the launch of it’s new commercial policy, aimed at owners of high quality venues.
The policy will only be available through brokers and cover can be tailored to meet individual requirements. The [...]

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Heath Lambert Group have won the ten year contract to serve as broker for Crossrail the £15.9billion rail project for the London.
Heath Lambert will be responsible for the creation and implementation of a suitable insurance programme and offering advice and guidance in placing the scheme.
Crossrail is one of the largest and most prestigious construction projects [...]

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Asda has launched a Real Life Cover insurance plan which can provide life and financial cover via several options.
The policy, which has been developed in conjunction with LifeSearch and Fortis, contains seven elements including life, critical illness, income insurance and unemployment cover.
Clients will be able to select the cover they need and take out one [...]

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UK based insurance broker Heath Lambert have revealed a new product under it’s Homeline Solutions brand, a policy created specifically to address specialist risk often rejected by other insurers.
Homeline Solutions will offer quotes for  risks that fall outside general and mainstream categories, for example, subsidence, flood, converted barns, home workers such as Dentists and previous convictions.
Heath [...]

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UK insurers are angry at new legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament, allowing people harmed by asbestos the right to claim compensation.
A House Of Lords ruling in England only last year ruled that people harmed by asbestos could only claim compensation if the exposure had resulted in a physical problem.
Many who have been exposed to [...]

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