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Business
B'ham Mail 2 Jan 10
The recession has sparked a surge in arson attacks, with struggling business owners setting fire to their own premises to claim insurance or to that of rivals in an attempt to eliminate competition. Ian Kemp, operations manager for the West Midlands Fire Service, said there had been a rise in the number of arson attacks this year and said rises were historically linked to recessions…
Business news
Express & Star 24 Nov 09
Insurance broker HomeServe has announced plans to create more new jobs as it plans another office block to cope with massive growth in business. The company already employs 1,400 people in the Black Country with three offices on the company’s Walsall campus…
Business
Jon Griffin B'ham Post 12 Oct 09
The UK’s first one-stop shop for emergency home repairs is being extended across the Midlands – following a successful trial period run from the Black Country. Walsall-based HomeServe, originally launched as a provider of home emergency insurance, expanded into the repairs and maintenance sector a year ago in a first for the UK market…
Business news
Graeme Brown B'ham Post 1 Oct 09
Walsall-based Domestic insurance company HomeServe has agreed a deal which will see its US subsidiary marketed to 850,000 American households…
News
Express & Star 24 Sep 09
The West Midlands has been revealed as one of the worst areas in the country for uninsured drivers…
Business
Tom Scotney B'ham Post 25 Sep 09
The Midlands biggest private equity house has backed a management buy-out of the emergency services division of Homeserve, the Walsall domestic insurance company…
Business news
John Cranage B'ham Post 24 Sep 09
Homeserve, the Walsall group that insures millions of householders throughout the world against domestic emergencies, said it expected a positive set of interim results in November…
Business news
John Cranage Birmingham Post 28 Aug 09
One in five young motorists is breaking the law by driving without insurance – and many of them are on the roads of the West Midlands, research into the problem has found…
Personal finance
Birmingham Post 19 Jun 09
An army of about 180,000 music fans will head for the Glastonbury Festival at the end of June – and many won’t notice they have gaping holes in their insurance policies as they set off…
Business news
Financial Mail 8 June 09
A week ago, accountancy giant Ernst & Young celebrated the world’s leading entrepreneurs at an awards ceremony in Monaco. Financial Mail talked to some of them including Walsall’s Richard Harpin founder of HomeServe, the domestic insurance firm that has sold eight million policies…