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S&F deal struck.
Premium finance provider Singer & Friedlander has struck a deal with Agricultural Insurance Underwri...
Devitt: RAC contract.
Specialist motorcycle insurance broker Devitt has won the contract to manage the RAC's own-branded m...
Alexander Forbes to make further UK acquisitions
South African broker Alexander Forbes has reported that its revenue for 2000 increased 33% to R3bn (£...
Equitable Life rebels fail in board election bid
Eleven rebel policyholders have failed in their attempt to be elected to the board of troubled life i...
Resolve sold to CTC
Loss adjuster Resolve International has been acquired by Charles Taylor Consulting, a publicly-traded...
Capita to buy McLarens Toplis
Outsourcing specialist Capita is expected to end weeks of speculation by announcing the acquisition ...
CGNU presses ahead with general insurance sell-off
CGNU has sold its main general insurance business in Belgium, CGU SA, for £72m as part of the company...
New Ace in the pack.
American insurer Ace has launched a new UK-based operation, Ace Corporate Risks which is developing a...
BT walks out on WISe
British Telecom's global broadband operation, BT Ignite Solutions, has withdrawn from its business re...
St Paul set to merge syndicates
The St Paul at Lloyd's is to merge most of its 11 syndicates and sub-syndicates into the group's exis...
Pearl axes call centres
270 jobs are in danger at Pearl Assurance following the announcement that it is to close both its Car...
Holocaust insurance payment body under fire
A commission created to settle Holocaust-era insurance disputes has spent £21m while distributing onl...
London market archaic, says GE Frankona Re
The head of GE Frankona Re has called the London market "archaic" and in need of substantial change t...
Securing the future.
With the economy less than stable, credit insurance is a valuable risk management option. Keith Baxter, credit & bonds manager for Royal & Sun Alliance's professional and financial risks (ProFin) division, explains why.
MSF in financial probe.
White collar union MSF, which counts 70,000 insurance industry employees among its 500,000 members, ...
New Prague office.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has opened a new office in Prague to cover the Czech Republic and S...
Open + Direct all set for expansion.
Northern Irish financial services company Open + Direct is set to expand its insurance operations, f...
MPPI goes North.
Legal & General has announced the distribution of a new mortgage payment protection insurance produc...
Equitable ruling.
Equitable Life has been told the controversial House of Lords ruling that forced it to shut its door...
Standard Life named in Pinochet assets row.
Standard Life has been named in legal action by a Spanish judge attempting to seize the assets of Au...
Appointment at MHC Consulting Services.
MHC Consulting Services has taken on three new members of staff for its recruitment team. They inclu...
Miller Fisher opens new Lloyd's unit.
Loss adjuster Miller Fisher has opened a new Lloyd's unit at its head office in London to consolidat...
Blackham set for expansion.
Broker Layton Blackham is preparing for further expansion, with 7000 sq ft of office space currently...
Towergate seminar.
Towergate Underwriting Group will hold the first of its General Insurance Standards Council workshop...