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Broker Network urges more self-regulation.
The Broker Network has responded to the General Insurance Standards Council consultation document by...
Axa chief has mergers on his mind.
Claude Bebear, boss of giant French insurer Axa, has been a very busy man this week. Besides winn...
In for a pound.
Legal & General has marked the first anniversary of its TESSA by cutting the minimum investment from...
Midas plugs gap in water site security.
Midas Engineering has launched a product to boost the security and protection of water installations...
Insurer quits Africa.
Clerical Medical has announced that it is to cease writing new business in Africa, Switzerland and m...
Insurex Expo-Sure has devised a guide.
Insurex Expo-Sure has devised a step by step guide for people organising millennium parties. From ch...
Au revoir GRE.
French insurer Axa, whose £3.4bn bid for Guardian Royal Exchange was this week recommended to shareh...
MP doubts GISC plans.
The broking industry needs its own regulatory body outside the jurisdiction of the general insurance...
Cashiers cash in.
The enforcement of California's first programme to curb repetitive motion injuries in the workplace ...
Adjuster confident of farm income.
New loss adjuster VFM Associates has opened in Shrewsbury, believing the area is ripe for with busin...
AIRMIC flying high.
Membership of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers is well on course to have 1000 members ...
Commentary - No win, no fee: insurers handle with care.
It seems insurers are approaching no win, no fee cases with scepticism, and probably with good reaso...
Motor insurance syndicate predicts that brokers will benefit.
A leading Lloyd's motor insurance syndicate has predicted that brokers will benefit from the lack of...
Appointment at Domestic & General.
Paul Brocklehurst has been made a director of leading domestic appliance breakdown insurer Domestic ...
Drop in profits.
Citigroup, formed by the merger of Travelers Group and Citicorp, has reported that its fourth-quarte...
Insurer fails to stall Nazi case.
Californian courts do have jurisdiction over European insurers who have refused to honour policies p...
RMS relocates to the heart of the City.
Risk Management Solutions is moving its operations and all 25 staff into a new London office. The...
New GM at Sirius UK.
Ill-health has forced Lisbeth Sarkozi to retire from her position as general manager of Sirius Inter...
Equitas stays on course.
The run-off of Equitas, Lloyd's reinsurance vehicle for its 1992 and prior non-life liabilities, rem...
Batten down the hatches.
Researchers predict an increase in the number of major hurricanes to hit US coasts in 1999. Prof. William Gray explains the evidence.
Lloyd's looks at regulations.
Lloyd's is to consider whether the regulation of integrated Lloyd's vehicles should be changed to be...
Airline captive leads new consortium.
Guernsey-based Polygon Group is to move into the top 10 of world aviation insurers with the formatio...
Privatisation for PICC Re.
China's national reinsurer, PICC Re, looks set to become a joint-stock company owned by both local a...
Knowledge is power.
In a fast-changing sector, energy insurers are making an effort to get to know their clients, says Adrian Leonard.