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Clerical screens ad.
Clerical Medical (CM) has launched a television advert which advises consumers to contact their IFA,...
Appointment at HM Customs & Excise.
Mike Norgrove has been appointed as a director to the board of HM Customs and Excise. He will take u...
City in control rather than under it.
Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has thrown the corporate governance ball firmly b...
Appointment at Midas IT.
Harry Bains has been appointed head of recruitment services at Midas. Based in London, he will le...
Appointment at CIGNA.
After being with CIGNA for eight years, Maxine Neale has been appointed assistant vice president of ...
Appointment at Ault Insurance Group.
West Midlands broker Ault Insurance has recruited Reg Willsher, who has more than 25 years experince...
Sorry to our missing sponsor.
We would like to apologise to one of our new sponsors, Certis, whose logo inexplicably failed to app...
St Paul out to buy rather than sell.
St Paul International Insurance has launched an offensive following the sale of its UK personal line...
Football club's policies for fans playing at home.
Derby County football supporters are to benefit from a club insurance service offering car, building...
New look for Eagle Star.
Eagle Star has refunded the full premium to the first customer to buy its insurance since it introdu...
Appointment at Gan Insurance.
Steve Reid has left CIGNA, where he was branch property underwriter, to join Gan as senior corporate...
WIS strikes Polaris deal.
Winchester Insurance Services (WIS) has completed trials with Polaris ProductWriter and has agreed t...
Sweet pill for insurers.
Californian health insurers will not be required to pay for prescriptions for contraceptives after a...
Insurers advised to keep up with rapid pace of changes.
Insurers have been warned to ensure they are prepared for the rapid pace at which communications tec...
Calling attention to document.
As stated in a recent article in your magazine ('In a class of its own', PM, 12 Feb, p25), most insu...
Out of the ordinary.
In most actions, the plaintiff has to prove that an accident was caused by another's negligence. But courts often look at road traffic accidents in a different light and expect defendants to bear the burden of proof. Ken Cannar looks at this.
Merger shows way forward for insurers.
The annoucement that Commercial Union and General Accident are to merge is an example of British ins...
FSA to lead the way.
FSA chairman Howard Davies will be explaining how he intends to make the FSA a world leading financi...
Appointment at Veitch Penny.
Helen Tanner has joined Veitch Penny solicitors' defendant department as an associate solicitor. Aft...
CSC Ra Group changes.
CSC Ra Group has announced changes to its general insurance office systems, designed to help brokers...
Enter now for awards glory.
The 1998 British Insurance Awards are up and running, with all the sponsors in place, the awards pre...
Fire awareness a hot topic for insurers.
ABI chief worried after figures show fire claims up by massive 11%.
Syndicate Capital Trust reports strong results.
Syndicate Capital Trust reported strong interim results for the six months to the end of 1997 and pr...
Standard Life opens second China office.
Standard Life has opened its second office in China in a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the Peop...