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IT brains produce double-whammy for insurers.
Software providers PMSC and Olympic Enterprise Solutions have teamed up to produce two-solutions-in-...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Three new managers have been appointed by Independent Insurance. Rob Wakelam is regional manager for...
HCC launches bids.
US insurer HCC has launched a $154m bid for California-based (re)insurer Centris. HCC has also acqui...
Wrath of EC could cost insurers dear.
The Irish government is in hot water over financial incentives to companies based at Dublin's Intern...
Together in electric dream: Willis and CSC Ra.
An Alliance with CSC Ra Group has seen Willis Coroon Commercial become the first broker to introduce...
Deal forms new IFA giant.
The M&E Network is set to join forces with Andover-based Interdependence to form the third largest I...
Independent roadshow.
Independent Insurance's new survey teams are taking the company's risk management capabilities to br...
What the papers say.
THE SUN High flier Sacha has traded her city job for a future on the bare market as a full-time m...
Appointment at Agnew Higgins Pickering & Co.
Tony Pickering, previously chairman of Jenner Fenton Slade, is to become chairman of Agnew Higgins &...
Y2K broker crisis.
Around 1000 brokers face chaos because their business software systems are not year 2000 compliant. ...
Fitzgerald says no to job.
Former Cunningham operations director Bev Fitzgerald has turned down the opportunity to join Cunning...
Chemical release 'safe'.
Dutch government health inspectors have played down the health risks posed by a cocktail of chemical...
Claims classes.
A new series of claims classes will teach insurers the benefits of repair and restoration rather tha...
CGU to shut down 10 UK branches: 207 jobs to go.
CGU has announced the closure of 10 branches in its UK operation as part of its plans to become "the...
Mixed reaction to IBRC decision.
Reaction to the Insurance Broker Registration Council's decision had been mixed. Andrew Paddick, ...
In deep water? Not us, say insurers.
Insurers have hit out at claims they could face a wave of swimming pool related public liability cla...
Common sense must win the broker debate.
Not for the first time do I find myself in total accord with Simon Arnold (PM, 3 Sept, p??). His ...
Trade bodies to merge.
The two trade bodies launched just over a year ago to represent independent intermediaries are to me...
Farmers badgered by TB cattle fear.
Farmers are fretting over the threat that badgers pose to their livelihoods - and it could mean insu...
Litigation to the point of excess.
Three recent cases illustrate confusion over the role of excess carriers in litigation, says Linda Dakin-Grimm.
Appointment at Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
Tony Pollard has been made chief executive of Jardine Insurance Services' Birmingham office. He join...
Washing away fears at a snip.
Hairdressers need not go grey worrying about insurance following the launch of Salon Star. The sp...
Household extension.
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a three year extension to their existing household insurance part...
FSM slots into specialist area.
Feasey Slot Management (FSM) is to launch an underwriting accident and health specialist business. ...