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Welfare reform: the state we're in.
The constant barrage of plans for reforming the welfare state and, in particular, pensions provision...
Gun verdict ricochet to hit insurers.
Insurers are bracing themselves for a volley of claims after some American handgun manufacturers wer...
Shareholders: friend or foe?
Insurance industry consultant Tony O'Reilly says merger mania is prompting the best workers to vote with their feet.
Court in the act.
A leading law firm invited claims handlers into the public gallery at Nottingham County Court to wat...
Good news & bad.
Standard Life attracted more favourable publicity than any other financial services company in the n...
Good faith is damaged by hidden earnings.
I refer to the article 'Broker Network urges more self-regulation' (PM, 4 Feb p8) in which Grant Ell...
Final whistle for cup contenders.
This week is the final deadline for budding footballers and fund-raisers to enter the Post Magazine ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Since the management buy-out at Essex-based broker FMW at the end of last year - by directors Ortho ...
Europ promote skills.
Europ Assistance has launched a new long-term apprenticeship to teach young adults about insurance. ...
Big cheese from the Big Apple.
Brokers can get expert advice and tuition from political risk expert James Cunningham when he flies ...
Bias at awards.
For the second time in three years, David Simpson, head of Leicester-based Bias, has won the Bland B...
Dismay at 'dumbing down'.
I must express my dismay at the headline regarding Willis Corroon's 1999 market forecast - 'Bust bre...
Regulator chief's warning over broker funds.
The head of the Personal Investment Authority has warned that the broker fund market may disappear i...
Sponsor may quit Olympics.
The bribery scandal that has engulfed the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City has caused an ...
Give error the SLIP.
Information systems architects Michaelhouse has launched its application SLIP, developed for the act...
Novel way of avoiding the Millennium Bug.
I thought you might find of interest the following extract of an e-mail I have sent to CGU on a comm...
Crooked IFA gets three years.
An independent financial adviser was jailed for three years last week for stealing £367,000 which he...
Tobacco giant Philip Morris pays compensation.
A 52-year-old ex-smoker who has inoperable cancer has been paid £32m compensation by tobacco giant P...
China in its hand.
McLarens Toplis has opened an office in Guangzhou, China. This consolidates the loss adjuster's posi...
Commentary - Time to tackle football claims.
In recent years, actions by one footballer against another over an alleged career-ending tackle have...
The name of the game.
Financial services companies are the new stars of track and field sponsorship. Jonathan Guy explains why the sporting life suits them down to the ground.
Firms fined by PIA.
The Personal Investment Authority has fined Essex-based Burke Ford Financial Services £35,000 and or...
FMW tries to plug losses.
Essex-based broker FMW has teamed up with marine specialist Merricks solicitors in a bid to prevent ...
Free food off the menu at Eagle Star.
Staff and union representatives at Eagle Star are boiling over after the Zurich management team reve...