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Insurers' double-act snares £6m conmen.
CGU and Cunningham Ellis & Buckle joined forces to bust a pair of thieves responsible for stealing o...
Sting in the bug's tail.
Surely all those compliance forms will protect insurers? Not so says Richard Radevsky, who explains that long after the last bug confuses a computer, insurers will remain exposed to millennium losses.
Debit credits.
Insurer CGU has claimed one and a half million of its general insurance policyholders paid by direct...
BCJ's Italian job.
Italian Insurer Assitalia has struck a deal with Burlington, Chamber and James to underwrite its com...
Lloyd's set for overhaul.
The Lloyd's board has spelt out its plans for taking the market into the next millennium. Reduced co...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Spring is not even in the air but the insurance industry is in full flow, and Penny's good friend Si...
IBM's Y2K deal.
IBM has announced an agreement with pc software provider ClickNet Software to produce an extended ra...
French end reign of English Royal.
It will be the end of 279 years of history when the Guardian Royal Exchange name is scrapped. GRE...
Don't fear Y2K.
A leading UK property management specialist has quashed fears that office blocks and shopping centre...
Aon agrees buyout.
Aon UK Holdings has reached an agreement with GE Capital Corporation to purchase its Warranty Servic...
Appointment at Tunbridge Wells Equitable.
Kirsten Newble has joined Tunbridge Wells Equitable as protection product manager. Previously she wa...
Axa makes £3.45bn bid for GRE.
French insurance group Axa's £3.45bn bid for Guardian Royal Exchange will make it the third largest ...
Bank on Zurich.
Zurich is continuing in its drive to become a complete financial services organisation with the Swis...
Show me the money.
A need to give customers the chance to pay premiums by instalments has seen insurers embrace premium credit schemes. Simon Threadgold finds out how this can benefit the company as much as the policyholder.
Decision by Old Mutual.
The decision by Old Mutual, the South African financial services group, to ditch its mutual status c...
Torrance to join Cornhill board.
Cornhill Insurance has recruited former ITT London and Edinburgh chief executive Andrew Torrance. ...
Countries unite to fight fraud.
Nordic insurers are to unite in a bid to fight back against the rising tide of insurance fraud. A...
Plain, not ordinary.
Lawclub Legal Protection has revamped its Retro product literature. The new leaflets now carry the P...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Allan Reason has been appointed a partner of City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper. An experienced liti...
Allied Dunbar wins retirement case.
A self-employed financial planning consultant sold Allied Dunbar life assurance, pensions and unit t...
Axa acquisition is for the best.
Many will lament the loss of the Guardian and Royal Exchange names - put together in the merger-mani...
IT brains produce double-whammy for insurers.
Software providers PMSC and Olympic Enterprise Solutions have teamed up to produce two-solutions-in-...
Owen is only GRE chief to make it to SLPH team.
Axa has ended months of speculation with its £3.4bn bid for GRE. Jonathan Guy finds out what plans the French insurer has for its latest acquisition.
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS A German woman whose silicone breast implants burst when her car was in a crash has r...