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PCS to expand in France.
The European arm of loss adjuster Property & Casualty Services is to expand its French operation. ...
Deal to give ATT members cover discounts.
The Association of Accounting Technicians has joined forces with Marsh Private Client Services to pr...
Ecclesiastical engineers partnership.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has struck a deal with Hartford Steam Boiler, an international engineering ...
Stuart on verge of acquisition.
City intermediary Stuart Alexander is soon to acquire another broker. The firm said it expects to...
MP slams Canada Life over windfalls.
An MP has hit out at Canada Life for shortchanging policyholders of demutualisation windfall cash fr...
Keeping football out of the courts.
Lee Dell'Anno examines an alternative way to settle claims for football injury compensation outside the legal and insurance systems.
Appointment at Forbes & Partners.
Robin Stephens has been appointed head of commercial litigation at Forbes & Partners....
Zurich boosts critical cover.
Zurich Life is set to launch a revised range of critical illness products through its independent fi...
Exclusive - Loyalty on the cards.
A Lloyd's insurer is to launch its own loyalty card next week in a bid to secure greater customer re...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes has appointed Kate Redmond and Zoe Bolton at the company's Covent Garden headquarters....
Appointment at Miller Firstline.
Miller Firstline has appointed Duncan Graham to its creditor team, where he will be responsible for ...
Appointment at FI Group.
FI Group has appointed Geoffrey Dunn as group finance director. He joins from Group One Telecommunic...
Reader's Digest to sell insurance.
Reader's Digest is to start selling life and health policies to its subscribers in a joint venture w...
There is no Liver deal says Society.
The Family Assurance Society has denied it is in talks with Royal Liver Assurance with a view to cre...
Stakeholder will hit high earners.
High earners could lose out under the government's latest proposals for stakeholder pensions. As ...
A farcical case of roadshow traffic jams.
You have to pity insurance brokers and independent intermediaries. They are desperate to know mor...
Insurers told to embrace claims technology.
IT solutions provider Policy Management Systems Corporation has warned insurers that they must revol...
Lucky escape for insurers.
Insurers may have got off relatively lightly in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, which swept along the e...
If there's smoke ...
It is time for a serious debate in the insurance press on the merits of greater sprinkler use. The r...
Triangle joins up.
Software company Promark and IT infrastructure supplier Triangle have formed a partnership agreement...
Time to explain.
The government has announced proposals that will see pension schemes integrated with stakeholder pensions. It's also seeking the industry's thoughts on how to offer advice. Francis Higney gauges the reaction.
Chubb reaches out.
Chubb is to promote itself in Europe for the first time with a major new advertising campaign. The m...
Crack subsidence and claims will fall.
Insurers must crackdown on unnecessary subsidence remedial work to push down household premiums, say...
Northern Ireland last stop for Countrywide.
Countrywide insurance is rounding off its 1999 roadshow with a visit to Northern Ireland on 6 Octobe...