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Be part of the UK showcase.
They're out! The entry forms for this year's British Insurance Awards are now available and you shou...
Taken to account.
Limited liability companies have proved a popular means of shielding directors' personal assets and restricting liability. This may not be effective, as Marcus Campbell explains, and insurance may offer better protection
Cornhill's dismay.
Cornhill, sponsors of England's home cricket Test series for over two decades, has reacted with some...
Nova signs draft merger.
Insurers Sampo Life and Nova have signed the draft terms of a merger. The terms will be submitted...
The Budget: 17 March 1998 - Gordon will opt for caution.
The budget is likely to be roughly neutral. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will unveil t...
Customer service rises.
A survey of 100 IT managers and customer support managers, designed to indicate the key benefits of ...
Sun Life's OAP plan.
Sun Life has joined forces with the Royal Bank of Scotland to launch the Sun Life Home-Choice Plan, ...
Simplicity' is the key.
The London market is gearing up to increase its competitiveness and efficiency through a new informa...
Inexorable, but unpredictable.
Where will it end? First Royal & Sun Alliance, now Commercial Union and General Accident, not to men...
Once FOG clears everyone will see why consumer standards are best for
Your very solemn leader ('Mark of a misguided man', PM, 12 Feb, p17) is one of the most persuasive a...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Graham Harvey has been appointed assistant general manager, strategic planning, by Friends Provident...
Appointment at Angerstein Underwriting Trust.
Angerstein Underwriting Trust has appointed Nicholas Browne BA ACII as a director of JE Mumford (Und...
Takeover of SIAC almost in the bag.
AGF Credit assurance unit, Euler, said it was close to taking control of Italy's SIAC in which it ho...
New IFA services.
IFA Portfolio is planning to launch a new company to provide a spread of services for directly regul...
BSM to 'get inside drivers' minds'.
BSM Fleet Training has teamed up with fleet insurance broker Aon Risk Services, along with six other...
More cyber cover on the cards.
Following the success of 'cyber insurance', Eagle Star Direct has announced it will be launching a t...
Kids' safety in action.
Lombard General Insurance is to sponsor the tenth annual "Safety In Action" competition, designed to...
A plan for the future.
Component-based IT development is likely to be the main mechanism which will ensure insurers cope wi...
Front office software.
Applix, Inc has announced the launch of Applix Enterprise CIS, a new breed of customer interaction s...
Heath joins BIPAR.
Garry Heath, chief executive of the IFA Association, has been appointed the first ever European fina...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Sally Hudson has become the first specialist resource manager to be appointed by Winchester White. S...
Major storm warning for UK.
A full moon, high tides and freak winds at the end of March could add up to a catastrophe, weather e...
"We'll keep branches", vows insurance giant.
The giant insurer being created by the merger of Commercial Union and General Accident will remain c...
Abbey looking to stake its claim in insurance sector.
Abbey National is looking for an insurance acquisition as it seeks to expand its operations. As t...