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Common sense must win the broker debate.
Not for the first time do I find myself in total accord with Simon Arnold (PM, 3 Sept, p??). His ...
Trade bodies to merge.
The two trade bodies launched just over a year ago to represent independent intermediaries are to me...
Farmers badgered by TB cattle fear.
Farmers are fretting over the threat that badgers pose to their livelihoods - and it could mean insu...
Litigation to the point of excess.
Three recent cases illustrate confusion over the role of excess carriers in litigation, says Linda Dakin-Grimm.
Appointment at Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
Tony Pollard has been made chief executive of Jardine Insurance Services' Birmingham office. He join...
Washing away fears at a snip.
Hairdressers need not go grey worrying about insurance following the launch of Salon Star. The sp...
Household extension.
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a three year extension to their existing household insurance part...
FSM slots into specialist area.
Feasey Slot Management (FSM) is to launch an underwriting accident and health specialist business. ...
Appointments at Darwin Rhodes Consultants.
Recruitment consultants Darwin Rhodes has appointed two new consultants in its offices in Covent Gar...
CSC has ADVANTAGE.
CSC Quotel's ADVANTAGE initiative has reported 200 'exclusive' EDI customers have become members. Th...
Bonnie in Scotland but wet, wet, wet in Wales - June weather
The highlight of a dull and wet June culminated in a rain-soaked Wimbledon and a tornado in Berkshir...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Tim Dunn has joined Forte Software as senior sales executive. He will focus on the retail market for...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Tim Dunn has joined Forte Software as senior sales executive. He will focus on the retail market for...
Some scoops prove lifeless.
I'm a firm believer in people in glass houses not throwing stones, but The Independent really ought ...
Wife dies on holiday.
Brave financial advisor Liz Spires, 33, collapsed with a brain tumour and died while on holiday with...
Insurers deny accusations of council prune pressure.
Insurers have hit back at claims that they are behind the systematic and brutal pruning of trees as ...
Appointment at American National Institute of Disaster Restoration.
Bill Lakin, technical director of Basildon-based fire and flood restorers Diaster Restoration, has b...
Appointment at American National Institute of Disaster Restoration.
Bill Lakin, technical director of Basildon-based fire and flood restorers Disaster Restoration, has ...
Player of the Tournament trophy.
Geoff Clark, contingency underwriting manager for Lombard General Insurance, presents the Player of ...
Bank wins 'unfair' advantage.
Canadian insurers are furious over a deal which permits a banking institution to move into the insur...
Poland non-life cessions up.
Rising loss ratios and capital shortages have forced Polish non-life insurers to make even greater u...
A gloomy month with the worst flooding in half a century.
April witnessed the worst flooding since 1947, and as a result rivers burst their banks leaving hund...
PIA comes under fire over pensions review.
The Personal Investment Authority came under stinging attack from several brokers for its handling o...
RBS and GA fined.
The Investment Management Regulatory Organisation (IMRO) has issued a double blow by fining The Roya...