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Pre-Budget nerves start to rattle insurers.
Insurers have called for the government to encourage further savings as they brace themselves for th...
NU prospers after flotation.
Norwich Union (NU) has announced a pre-tax profit for 1997 of £722m in its preliminary results - a 3...
Appointments at FMW International.
Peter Blanc and Paul Gravatt have been appointed to the main board of FMW International. Mr Blanc jo...
Life assurance as murder motive: the grim catalogue.
One of the biggest stories of the 1870s catapulted industrial branch insurance into the headlines wh...
Why legal expenses packages will not be ready in time for conditional
I refer to your article 'Concern after court's ruling' (PM, 19 Feb, p6), and in particular the remar...
A case of pots and black kettles.
I heard on the news that a serial killer has claimed his sixth victim in six years in Glasgow. It...
PIB pips Portuguese.
The UK branch of Ocaso SA has signed an agreement with Professional Insurance Brokers (PIB) to under...
Commercial Union's staff on shopping spree.
Staff from Commercial Union's Newcastle branch went on a shopping spree for London properties last w...
Going from bad to worse.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Direct Line shuns dispute.
Direct Line has refused to be drawn into a further dispute with NIG Skandia (NIG) over advertising s...
PIA's target figures.
The Personal Investment Authority has announced 98% of the firms it regulates have achieved its targ...
Appointment at Commercial Union.
Commercial Union has appointed Cathryn Riley to director of general insurance. She joined CU two ...
Appointment at Hillman Saunders.
Hillman Saunders has appointed two experienced recruitment consultants to its new Croydon operation....
Brokers will fight to retain independence.
Nearly three-quarters of medium to small size commercial brokers have expressed their determination ...
Seeing both sides of the argument.
Having worked in the insurance and recruitment industries, I felt I had to comment on recent letters...
NHM were law report authors.
There was a mix-up over names in our story entitled "Negligence cover shift stirs trouble" which app...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Nick Ward is the new line underwriter of Hiscox Syndicate 33's professional indemnity and directors ...
Blair delivers bug warning to firms.
Prime minister Tony Blair has spoken out over the grave risks British companies face if they ignore ...
Partnerships behind Independent success.
Independent Insurance continued to be the City's insurance darling with another year of increased pr...
Let's not make a meal out of honest hospitality.
I see the hair shirt culture of modern Britain is starting to reach out to the world of corporate ho...
Nationwide Building Society criticises plans.
The Nationwide Building Society has criticised plans by other mortgage lenders to review their requi...
HBC sponsors amateur boxing.
The best of Britain's amateur boxers packed a punch in Birmingham last week at the National Amateur ...
RSA's NZ life deal.
Royal & Sun Alliance has made a successful bid for the life insurance operation of Norwich Union in ...
No win, no fee, still a grey area.
The government's proposal to extend conditional fees into other areas of litigation should not come ...