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		<title>Saga voted best customer service for motor insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The readers of This is Money, the Daily Mail’s personal finance website, have voted Saga Motor Insurance as the motor insurance provider with the best customer service.
Five thousand of the website&#8217;s readership participated in the survey to discover which firm was considered the most trusted and equipped with the best customer service.
Saga was also named [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/12/saga-voted-best-customer-service-for-motor-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Watchdogs join forces with consumer protection committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Services Authority (FSA), Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) are proposing to set up a consumer protection committee.
In a discussion paper, the watchdogs state: &#8220;A key element in rebuilding consumer confidence in financial services is that firms carrying out activities regulated by the FSA and/or licensed by the OFT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/12/watchdogs-join-forces-with-consumer-protection-committee/</link>
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		<title>Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft bolster London office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cadwalader, Wickersham &#38; Taft LLP has announced the appointment of Jennifer Donohue as a partner in the Corporate Department of the London office.
Donohue was formerly the head of the Insurance &#38; Reinsurance Group at Simmons &#38; Simmons, and brings with her a tremendous range of knowledge and expertise.
Earlier in her career she worked for Her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/cadwalader-wickersham-taft-bolster-london-office/</link>
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		<title>Omega sees profits rise 67%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International insurance and reinsurance group Omega Insurance Holdings has reported its annual results for 2009.
The firm recorded pre-tax profits at $47.1m, a rise of 67% on 2008&#8217;s $28.2m.
Net profits almost doubled year-on-year, with $43.6m being made in 2009 compared to $22.2m previously.
Omega will be pleased to have bounced back from 2008, when profits fell by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/omega-sees-profits-rise-67/</link>
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		<title>Hard-up travellers warned against skipping insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to new research from Aviva, the torrid weather of winter has fuelled an understandable desire to holiday abroad.
However, the insurer has discovered that, worryingly, the ongoing economic difficulty and consumer belt-tightening has led 31% of would-be travellers to state they intend to skip taking out travel insurance or were considering going without it.
Sixty-two percent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/hard-up-travellers-warned-against-skipping-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Zurich appoints APME CFO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zurich Financial Services Group has announced the appointment of Pascal Perritaz as the new chief financial officer of the Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME) region.
He has been with the firm for the last 14 years, and has held a number of senior posts within the global corporate business in Europe.
Since 2008 he has worked as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/zurich-appoints-apme-cfo/</link>
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		<title>RSA unit acquires Nordic marine hull portfolio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RSA&#8217;s Danish subsidiary, Codan Forsikring A/S, has acquired the renewal rights to Nordic insurer, TrygVesta’s, marine hull portfolio. 
The group says the £6 million cash transaction is in line with its focus on targeted growth in specialty lines, and will strengthen Codan’s position as the third-largest marine insurer in the Nordic region.
TrygVesta’s portfolio represents around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/rsa-unit-acquires-nordic-marine-hull-portfolio/</link>
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		<title>Winter freeze costs insurers £650m</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has reported that its members paid out £650 million in total in dealing with claims arising from the coldest winter in the UK in thirty years.
Policyholders submitted 335,000 claims for damage to their homes, businesses and vehicles, broken down as follows:
Motor insurance &#8211; 268,400 claims at a cost of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/11/winter-freeze-costs-insurers-650m/</link>
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		<title>Munich Re reports rising annual profits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Munich Re has reported that it made a net income for 2009 of €2.56bn, an improvement of two-thirds on 2008 when €1.58bn was made.
However, the firm has yet to match the record €3.9bn profit made during 2007, before the full impact of the financial crisis struck.
The firm has also expressed its confidence regarding 2010, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/10/munich-re-reports-rising-annual-profits/</link>
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		<title>Brit opens Sydney office and appoints MD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International insurance and reinsurance group Brit Insurance has announced the establishment of its new office in Australia, replacing its previous third party agreement.
The new office is situated in Sydney&#8217;s financial district, and will offer local representative services for the firm&#8217;s reinsurance activities.
At the same time, Brit has announced the appointment of Mike Davidson as MD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2010/03/10/brit-opens-sydney-office-and-appoints-md/</link>
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