UK Insurance News

The African Insurance Organisation will be holding their 35th conference and general assembly in Algiers, Morocco.
The conference will commence on May 28th, with over 300 delegates from across Africa expected to attend. Numbers will be swelled  further as  insurers and re-insurers from around the world including UK, France, India, Japan and Australia join the meeting.
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Fortis has agreed to underwrite a stand alone travel insurance for business partner Alliance & Leicester.
The agreement will mean that the bank will be the first to offer its customers travel insurance via Fortis text message quotes.
Fortis has been working alongside Alliance and Leicester since 2004, making its products available to the banks current account [...]

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Insurers are warning that despite the statement of principles agreement, whereby the insurance industry agrees to offer cover to home and business owners against flood damage, as long as the government invests adequate amounts into improving Britain’s flood defences, may not be guaranteed.
While insurers are keen to offer cover at affordable premiums they believe this can [...]

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With confidence in the National Health Service at an all time low, it is not surprising to learn that Private Medical Insurance (PMI) is enjoying a bit of a boom time.
Over seven million people in the UK are now covered by either personal or corporate PMI  according to the latest figures from the Association of British Insurers.
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Accident and Compensation claims have taken the UK by storm over the last few years, so it is no surprise to hear of the latest insurance investigation into some of the businesses involved in handling those claims.
Ten solicitors firms and dozens of accident claims handling companies are being investigated by the Insurance Fraud Bureau following [...]

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