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Foremost for £508m.
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that the Insurance Exchanges managed by its subsidiary...
Pru & NU sales up.
Prudential's new business figures for the first nine months of 1999 showed worldwide sales up 60% to...
Ockham to develop life force.
Lloyd's insurer Ockham is to establish a life services company to provide greater access to the inde...
The phantom menace.
The use of 'phantom' ships to carry out massive sea frauds is costing insurers a fortune, as Joe Corless explains.
Secret IT insurer.
Churchill Insurance has confirmed that it is holding talks with a UK insurance company to provide IT...
Pumped-up Tufty ready for 2000.
NPI has beefed-up its image following the takeover by Australian insurance giant AMP Group. It ha...
Catapult hits award.
Jane Hunt (above), has plenty to smile about after her firm, Catapult Public Relations, scooped the ...
IBM's £20m drive.
Computing giant IBM rolled out the first stage of a major e-business initiative last week spearheade...
New name in 'Nam.
Australian financial services group Colonial has been awarded a licence to operate a joint life insu...
Hello new Rover and farewell to rust.
As London gears up for the annual Motor Show, we look back at how Post Magazine reported on the even...
Outsourcing firms not winning over customers.
Outsourcing suppliers are failing to impress customers according to a survey carried out for IT outs...
Chartside begins bid to form new UK broker chain.
A new company hopes to set up a new UK chain of brokers through acquisitions and cold starts. Cha...
Axa outsources legal expenses
Insurer Axa this week confirmed it has signed a deal with Abbey Legal Protection to outsource the adm...
XL raises bid for Capital Re
Bermudian insurer XL Capital has raised its bid for Capital Re. The insurer has increased its offer f...
Norwich and Prudential show growth
UK insurers Norwich Union and Prudential recorded improved business for the first nine months of this...
GE makes push for over 50s
GE Insurance Holdings, the insurance operation of GE Financial Assurance, has launched a new company...
Chartside hits acquisition trail
An ambitious acquisition programme by management company Chartside Ventures was kicked off this week ...
McCracken & Rutter launch into London market
A new company is set to launch into the London market, it was confirmed today. The £50m Underwriter...
Insurers lagging.
Andy Miller of Impact Plus warned that banks and venture capitalists were in a much stronger positio...
Legal protocols ready to roll.
Andrew Hunn of law firm Merricks warned delegates that a whole range of new protocols for handling s...
Bid to compile legal list fails.
Attempts to draw up joint lists of experts between insurers and claimants' lawyers have floundered. ...
Help with Y2K.
Action 2000 has teamed up with the British Insurance Brokers Association to issue a guide to brokers...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill International.
David Hall has been promoted to national broker manager for Allianz Cornhill International. Previous...
PMI launch.
Health insurer Western Provident Association hopes to encourage loyalty and boost productivity with ...