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Blow to structured settlements
Moves to increase the use of structured settlements in the UK may have been dealt a blow following a ...
Is independence a thing of the past?
For independent financial advisers, the pressure is on - again. Following the implementation of legislation to protect the consumer, polarisation is in the melting pot and IFAs must fight to retain their role in the market, says Keith Sankey.
Insurance irrelevant claims award winner.
Sharon Roots, from the London Borough of Newham, was named as the first winner of Alarm's new Risk M...
New caring role.
Broker Willis has launched a service to help the UK independent health sector meet new requirements ...
Lloyd's awards Disney Wonder captain.
Lloyd's awarded Fabian Dib, staff captain of the cruise ship Disney Wonder, centre, the first Master...
No pension boost.
Stakeholder schemes are unlikely to lead to a boost in pension sales, according to consultant Cap Ge...
Inter-Alliance growth.
Independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance Group has announced an increase in turnover of 235% to ...
Allianz drops brokers.
Following a three-year rationalisation drive, Allianz Cornhill's Key Partner broker club has been re...
Smart move by Willis staff.
Willis has been hit with another mass defection to Yorkshire-based rival Smart & Cook, with 18 membe...
Training courses.
Alarm plans to launch its own basic training courses later this year in conjunction with the Institu...
Bad publicity hits CD.
Personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct conceded this week that the departure of its marketi...
QBE denies London move.
Australian insurer QBE has restructured the group, following the acquisition of Lloyd's insurer Limi...
Unions set to march on ABI.
Trade unions and specialist interest groups are planning to increase the pressure on the government ...
BIBA giveaway.
Win an Evesham family computer system at the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conferenc...
Willis' US flotation raises eyebrows.
Investment vehicle KKR's decision to float Willis in the US has intensified City speculation that t...
ZFS refloats policy.
Zurich Financial Services marine subsidiary Navigators and General is hoping to strengthen its posit...
AHJ: new division.
Lloyd's broker Alwen Hough Johnson has formed a new operating division AHJ Special Lines. David Doe ...
RSA to switch commercial lines channel
Royal & Sun Alliance is to transfer existing business in commercial EDI policy classes to Enterprise,...
Eureko profits up.
Pan-European insurer Eureko, of which Friends Provident is a stakeholder, has announced end-of-year ...
Tough time for loss adjusters.
David Campbell, a partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, said he understood that loss adjusters were ha...
ILMS: Cigna run-off.
Independent London Market Services is to administer the run-off of Cigna Corporation's London-based ...
Civil service risk.
Opportunities for risk managers to advise the civil service came to light this week with the publica...
Appointment at Browne Jacobson.
Insurance law firm Browne Jacobson has promoted Adrian Shardlow and Chris Webb-Jenkins to partners. ...
Call for tougher penalties for breaching code.
Mike Burnett, chairman of charter and etiquette, said CILA needed to get tough over members not foll...