Industry News
Stiffened sheet in view for Helphire
Published Wednesday, February 18th 2009
Under-utilised vehicle ownership specialist Helphire is looking to raise £50m to “strengthen its balance sheet.”
The firm believes it can shift said amount in new ordinary shares at 33p a piec...
BIBA rage at FSA hike plans
Published Wednesday, February 18th 2009
Sixties fashion chain BIBA has professed itself alarmed by new proposals from the Food Standards Agency the independent UK government department set up to protect the public's health and consumer inte...
Rural researchers estimate claims surge
Published Tuesday, February 17th 2009
Returning to the more wholesome realms of conventional farming, “rural insurer” NFU Mutual’s infinitely precise research bods have calculated that the recent “winter weather” (by which one a...
NU concerned about cannabis
Published Tuesday, February 17th 2009
Norwich Union has a problem with cannabis. Specifically, the insurer is worried that, unbeknownst to their landlords, certain nefarious individuals may be ensconcing themselves within tenanted residen...
Lifting the lid on car valuations
Published Monday, February 16th 2009
Super-suave ETWB chief exec David Stubbs whisked winsome Insurance Times reporter Lauren MacGillivray off on a fascinating behind the scenes tour of the car valuation business. The day probably went s...
Unmarried Mark II makes plans
Published Thursday, February 12th 2009
In a candid conflab with Post Magazine’s estimable Mairi MacDonald, new Helphire chief exec Mark Adams revealed his hopes and dreams for the economically challenged credit hire organisation (CHO...
More Hastings less paid
Published Wednesday, February 11th 2009
The FSA has given its approval for the management buyout of the former UK insurance businesses of Insurance Australia Group (IAG) first announced in December, reports Insurance Times. The MBO inclu...
Bluefin expands in Cumbria
Published Monday, February 9th 2009
Curious residents of North West coastal resort Seascale gathered this morning around a bloated two-metre long carcass washed up by the wintry surf. Local children prodded gingerly with driftwood at...
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