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Standard gives life to suitors.
Standard Life has refused to rule out future demutualisation in the wake of the proposed takeover of...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Peter Horncastle has joined the Aon Human Resources Consulting Group as vice-president and UK head. ...
Self Assurance for uninsurables.
Pension fund trustees who find themselves uninsured for a major benefit after signing up a substanda...
Out to launch.
With the National Health Service under pressure from an ageing population, insurance providers are looking to boost healthcare product sales with innovative solutions. Jonathan Swift reports.
Speedy handling.
Independent Insurance is already reaping rewards from its new claims handling centre in Cheadle. The...
Czechs forced into merger.
Two of the largest insurance companies in the Czech Republic are to merge on 1 August to form the se...
Trading chaos in DBS takeover.
Financial adviser chain DBS management was at the centre of trading chaos on the London Stock Exchan...
The Car's The Star'.
Classic car enthusiast and legal expenses broker Jeff Bailey was chauffeur for the day for football ...
1999 Glasgow taxi drivers outing.
Guardian Insurance helped the 1999 Glasgow Taxi Drivers Outing for Sick Children go with a hoot. The...
Collectors shown door.
Insurers are lining up to transfer their door-to-door premium collection services to outsourcing spe...
Screen supplier.
Windscreen giant Autoglass has secured a three-year sole supplier agreement with Zurich Financial Se...
Lloyd's gets CATEX.
Lloyd's underwriters can now benefit from improved access to the global insurance trading initiative...
GM crop cover.
An agricultural underwriter has warned brokers and farmers over policy changes in the wake of the ge...
City denies talk of a £10m sale of RSA to CGU.
Reports that insurer CGU is to bid £10bn for Royal & Sun Alliance have been widely discredited by bo...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Nick Sealy has been appointed to the board of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group. Mr Sealy is chairman o...
RSA jumps the gun.
Insurer Gan has been caught on the hop over appointments due to be unveiled next week. Royal & Sun A...
It's e-asy, but it's not real e-commerce.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Nordic non-life.
Finland's Pohjola Insurance is to merge its non-life operations with those of Sweden's Skandia and N...
Appointment at Syndicate 55.
Syndicate 55 has appointed Ray Holland as regional underwriter. Mr Holland, formerly with Zurich Fin...
Dave Moorcroft of UK Athletics.
On their marks are Dave Moorcroft of UK Athletics, 400m gold medalist Mark Richardson, U19 sprint ch...
WCI is now Netwise.
The Worshipful Company of Insurers is sponsoring an Internet site for insurance and related financia...
No substitute for Experience.
A new management information system promises underwriting teams a new experience that will transform...
Pensions styled for hairdressers.
Legal & General is to offer pensions at a snip with a pioneering 'pre-stakeholder' plan for hairdres...
Correction.
Cavell Management Services employs 70 people in Norwich and 75 people in London (not eight as previo...