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IPT freeze for health sector.
Health insurers reacted with delight to the announcement that Insurance Premium Tax had not been rai...
Portfolios slipping.
Discretionary portfolios are slipping as pension funds become more mature, according to an analysis ...
What the papers say.
FENG SHUI FOR MODERN LIVING The Lloyd's building in the City may be futuristic and challenging fr...
Almost right... but not quite.
Marcus Campbell's article (Taken to account, PM 5 March, p21) rightly identifies that directors & of...
Land of the falling yen.
Japanese life insurers are tipped to cut guaranteed return rates on group and individual life police...
Some of us are more than ready for no win, no fee.
In his letter, Frank Eaglestone (PM, 12 March, p20) expresses concern that legal expenses insurance ...
Record breakers.
Newly-formed Davies Managed Systems (DMS) will allow insurers seamless access to records thanks to a...
Bosses delighted with best-ever results.
Record results have seen Legal and General's operating profit soar 20% to £349.6m. But along with ma...
ABI to help IFAs over pensions.
The Association of British Insurers is set to provide a bureau and loan facility for small IFAs, in ...
Insurance boost as Brown peps ISAs.
There has been a mixed reaction from the industry for the government's new Individual Savings Accoun...
Stamp out this burning issue.
Arson is fast forcing its way to the top of insurers' concerns and rightly so. There is a disturbing...
Robins reliant on call centre for new service.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is launching a new claims management service, entitled Robins Works, which ...
A dose of common sense could help solve year 2000 problem.
I refer to certain articles which have appeared in some professional magazines including your own on...
Up and running.
No healthcare insurer or employee benefits provider needs reminding that long periods of absence from work mean big cash payouts. But what is the industry doing to limit these costs and get people back to work? Simon Threadgold looks at the options.
Forsaking argument.
The effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution an alternative to taking legal disputes to court has meant that the legal profession as well as insurers is now vocal in its support. Liz Loxton reports.[QQ]
NIG's motor drive.
NIG Skandia has published a new motor trade leaflet to help intermediaries generate new leads in the...
Birthday celebrations.
The Insurance Institute of Manchester, the oldest insurance institute in the world, is to mark its 1...
Profits will not last,' says Lloyd's.
Lloyd's has announced its 1995 pure underwriting year profits of £1007m, but has warned that, due to...
Merger year ends on a high.
The Chairman of Sun Life and Provincial Holdings, Lord Douro, said he was delighted with the company...
A government recipe for cash-saving and popularity.
Universal legal costs insurance of £25,000, at a premium which is allowed for tax purposes against i...
Angerstein prediction.
Angerstein Underwriting Trust has estimated that its underwriting profits for 1995 will exceed 10.25...
General Star joins LIRMA.
General Star International Indemnity has become the latest insurer to join the London International ...
Manchester expansion.
Friends Provident plans to expand its Manchester operation which will lift staff numbers from around...