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Harsh but for the best.
As the dust begins to settle on the dramatic announcements by Axa last week, we can begin to appreci...
IFAs business on the up.
Independent financial advisers have reported a surge in new business over the last quarter and are f...
On-line marketing and advertising can bring benefits to insurers.
Paul Griffith finds out how companies can exploit technology to its maximum effect.
Aegon's £210m.
Dutch insurance group Aegon said last week that increased life insurance and pension sales in the UK...
Riding on the winds of change.
David Fanning discovers how legal expenses insurers are coming up with new products on the back of the legal aid and Woolf reforms.
Lloyd's hires Sema.
Lloyd's of London has ditched ICL as its desktop and network services supplier in favour of Sema Gro...
It's their round.
Claims providers are moving to cash in as large corporate companies increasingly look to outsource their claims handling needs. Anthony Gould reports on some of the latest initiatives.
Perils of hitting the stop-the-press button.
Lloyd's is right to feel it is not so much in the public eye as it used to be, and therefore that pr...
Grey area pay outs.
Insurance companies will be more likely to pay out over so-called 'grey area' claims if the customer...
Generali's UK outlets to shut.
Generali is to close its UK domestic retail business. Eastgate has been appointed to manage the ru...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Some delegates to the Life Insurance Association conference in Birmingham last week didn't know if t...
Loadsamoney.
That's what the UK's wealthiest have and what Lloyd's syndicates can make from them in the high net worth sector. Krish Shastri reports.
City relocation.
The Claims Management Group has relocated its specialist division, St James Claims Management, into ...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Liz Nicholson has joined Norwich Union to become assistant press officer. Previously she was recruit...
Appointment at Beckett Commercial Insurance Services.
Simon Wilding, Paul Wisbey and Alan Patching have all been made divisional directors of Beckett Comm...
Policy for the City.
IT company Policy Master last week opened a City office to serve its broker, insurer and independent...
Made to measure.
Risk Management Solutions and Oliver, Wyman & Co have teamed up to provide an integrated set of meas...
A Stirling prize.
Hastings Direct managing director David Gundlach poses beside a Porsche at the Goodwood race circuit...
New City of London pub.
Seek out the bear market at a new City of London pub, for drink prices at the insurance industry-bac...
Creamer hopes to milk City for profits.
A Warrington broker has set up a London base in an attempt to cash in on growing demand for speciali...
More jobs go at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's of London has announced 11 further redundancies and the closure of four separate departments...
Winning words of FSA chief.
Francis Higney went to Birmingham last week where the Life Insurance Association was holding its annual conference. Once in their seats, delegates were presented with both upbeat forecasts and grim warnings.
Appointment at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Commercial law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has appointed five new partners. They are Tim Bull, ...
Bee's stinging prediction.
There will be no such thing as retirement in the future without access to parallel pension schemes. ...