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UK supermarket bank Tesco is to offer customers the option of using its own brand price comparison service to rate home and insurance quotes served up by the retailer's online banking portal against competitor offerings.
28 September 2011
HSBC's UK insurance business has selected IBM to help it develop and roll out a business analytics system ahead of upcoming European Solvency II legislation.
27 April 2011
A member of the online collective Anonymous has published e-mails it was handed by someone claiming to be a former Bank of America employee that purport to show the suspect removal of mortgage insurance information from databases.
14 March 2011
Standard Life has made a recommended £42 million bid for UK AIM-listed financial technology supplier Focus Solutions.
07 December 2010
Churchill Home Insurance has warned customers not to advertise their whereabouts on social media sites for fear of driving a big increase in house burglaries.
23 September 2010
The Royal Bank of Scotland's Direct Line insurance unit will today tell around 400 staff at its Glasgow offices that their jobs are being axed, according to the BBC.
26 August 2010
Zurich Insurance's UK arm has been hit with a record £2.275 million fine from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over the loss of a backup data tape containing the details of 46,000 customers.
24 August 2010
Lloyds Banking Group is cutting 650 permanent, full time jobs and axing more contractors and temporary staff as part of its latest shake-up.
30 June 2010
Interbank co-operative Swift's bid to break into the insurance business has been put on ice, after reinsurers proved unwilling to invest in the creation of a new electronic trading platform.
11 June 2010
Many of the flaws in risk management at banks and insurers that precipitated the global financial crisis remain unaddressed even as new dangers have emerged, according to research from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
04 May 2010
People who use social media tools that can reveal their location, such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Buzz, could face hikes in home insurance premiums, according to price comparison site Confused.com.
19 February 2010
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed the sale of its 70% stake in esure to the online insurer's founder and chairman Peter Wood for around £185 million in cash.
11 February 2010
UK direct insurance outfit More Th>n has developed a Car Claim iPhone application that helps motorist capture third-party details at the scene of a traffic accident.
03 December 2009
The banking arm of UK retailer Tesco is creating 1000 jobs in Newcastle with the opening of a new customer services centre.
28 October 2009
The UK arm of insurance giant Zurich has lost a back-up tape containing the personal data of around 51,000 customers.
22 October 2009
A US insurance broker has sold its insure.com corporate and domain names, and related "media assets", for $16 million to marketing outfit QuinStreet.
12 October 2009
Lloyds Banking Group is cutting 200 back office positions at its general insurance unit, taking the total number of jobs axed this year to 7500.
25 August 2009
UK insurance group RSA has expanded its application outsourcing agreement with technology consultancy Accenture.
19 August 2009
UK supermarket chain Tesco is continuing to ramp up its challenge to traditional banks, entering into exclusive discussions with Fortis over a partnership to provide motor and household insurance.
26 June 2009
Aviva Australia has rolled out voice biometric authentication technology from Salmat VeCommerce in a bid to improve customer security and communication.
11 June 2009
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