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Merger has certainly clipped Eagle's wings.
Mergers are made in heaven - or hell. Some work and some do not. In all mergers there are casualties...
ITNET hopes share launch will raise status.
Combined IT and business process management supplier ITNET has released its draft prospectus for its...
Lloyd's Names react angrily.
Lloyd's Names have reacted angrily to attacks on the annual joint venture, the traditional way of ra...
NU bond gives license to save.
Norwich Union is breaking into the combination bond market next month with the new Norwich Union 'Fl...
Chubb Insurance breaks into Irish market.
Following its success in the UK, Chubb Insurance has broken into the Irish house insurance market wi...
Masters of disaster.
A flood or fire is the worst nightmare of most businesses. But if the worst does happen, then bosses can find the appearance of a restoration firm as a dream come true. Joe Cook reports.
First buy for Dukes.
Dukes Place has completed its first acquisition, after having negotiated to buy reinsurer Unione Ita...
Crowe enters property.
A new worldwide commercial and household property service will be available to brokers following an ...
WPC puts her boss in firing line over sergeant's shooting antics.
A woman police officer who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after a fellow officer unlawfully...
Risks of playing golf brought to the fore by negligence case.
A golfer whose ball bounced off a tree and hit another player on an adjacent fairway was liable for ...
Benchmarked ISAs could increase consumer confusion.
There has been a mixed reaction within the industry following the government's announcement that ISA...
Canada hits the road.
Canada Life's IFA division is going on the road this week for its first series of IFA seminars follo...
Getting your head round psychiatry.
Claims for psychiatric injury now regularly hit the headlines following the increased public awarene...
President of the Insurance Benevolent Fund accepts cheque.
Peter Knight (left), president of the Insurance Benevolent Fund, accepts a cheque for £10,000 from P...
Judgement day.
Whether it will be planes dropping out of the skies or the video recorder seizing up, it is now accepted that something will certainly go wrong electronically come the millennium. Yet Tony Dowding finds many companies are still ill-prepared for 2000.
Qualified staff bound to be best.
At the present time, there is a considerable amount of regeneration taking place within the membersh...
Irish insurers welcome Belfast peace deal.
The Irish Insurance Industry joined forces to express its excitement at the prospect of a peaceful a...
Sign of Gemini's plans.
Gemini Consultants has expanded its loan and mortgage administration software and bureau business to...
Software deal.
Scottish Widows and FileNET have put pen to paper on the £1.5m Panagon integrated document managemen...
AXA sheds stake in UIF.
AXA is off loading its 34.65% stake in UIF to GFC in keeping with its stated intention of reducing i...
Risk rating overhaul.
Equifax has bought an exclusive 15-year licence from Ventech Systems for software that it claims wil...
Mr Clutch shifts up a gear with insurance offers.
Demand from customers has prompted leading clutch and transmission specialist Mr Clutch to offer dir...
Swiss Re acquires Mexican reinsurer.
Swiss Re has taken measures to strengthen it's market position in Latin America by acquiring 100% of...
Insurers advised to push d-debits.
Insurers are being encouraged to advise policyholders to pay by direct debit because they would be l...