• Zurich announces 440 job cuts

    • 9 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Zurich today announced proposals to cut up to 440 jobs in its UK general insurance business as part of a programme to reduce costs in the organisation and simplify its operating structure The UK insurance market has become steadily more challenging and the drivers for this – including low investment returns and [...]
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  • £34,000 confiscated from insurer conman

    • 15 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Old Bailey has ordered £34,000 to be confiscated from a ‘crash for cash’ conman who obtained it from sham insurance claims made after he deliberately caused a collision on a Dorchester A-road He was also ordered to pay court cost of £7,65300 Judge Moss said that Mark Smith, aged 45, of Moat House Way in [...]
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  • Zurich comments on RSA offer

    • 30 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Zurich Insurance Group has said that any offer it might make for British rival RSA would likely be in cash, a day after it said it was evaluating a potential offer The bid by the Swiss firm for RSA Insurance Group could top £51 billion, a further example of consolidation in the sector at a time of tighter [...]
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