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Insurer looks to MPs to save polarisation.
A campaign to safeguard the concept of polarisation in the selling of insurance and pension products...
Insurers hold their breath for estimated £100m flood claims.
The industry is playing a game of 'wait and see' over the expected wave of claims arising from flood...
Fish farmers not covered for culling of diseased salmon.
For most in the insurance industry, ISA means the forthcoming government-sponsored vehicle for encou...
Preferential Travel Insurance prepares for new year.
Preferential Travel Insurance is packing its rucksacks in preparation for the new year. After a numb...
New Polaris chairman.
Steve Broughton, the UK managing director of personal financial services for Royal & SunAlliance, ha...
Irish road safety talks.
Ireland held its first national road safety conference in Dublin last week. In a country where car o...
Lost jobs put more than 300 firms below the Plimsoll line.
The insurance broker job market looks to be in tatters with over 13,000 job losses last year and few...
Appointment at Brian Sharp.
Two appointments have been made at Brian Sharp. Derek Lyons, who has been with the firm for 11 years...
Appointment at UK Facilities.
Wholesale insurance brokers UK Facilities has recruited Albert Robinson as a director....
No name surprises.
After just a few weeks of deliberation, the merged loss adjusting firms of Cunningham and Ellis & Bu...
T/gate double whammy.
Towergate Underwriting has completed a double broker raid which will leave them purring for joy in t...
Entire GA marine team defects to Euclidian.
Euclidian Underwriting expects to produce £40m of profitable underwriting income next year after rev...
Building a barrier to crime.
The Bank of Ireland has launched a package to beat equipment theft in the construction industry. ...
Appointment at Equifax.
Richard Malivoire has been appointed sales director for Equifax Marketing Solutions. He has been wit...
Appointment at Pointon York.
Pensions specialist Pointon York has appointed Colin Campbell as senior investment consultant. Previ...
EC plans financial services policy group.
The European Commission has proposed setting up a financial services policy group to update rules go...
Computer rows guide.
A guide on what to do when a new computer system doesn't perform as promised has been reprinted. The...
Making a PASS at IFAs.
The Pension Advisers Support Systems has devised a new loss assessment service to help smaller IFAs ...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Five new staff have joined GAB Robins' commercial division in Birmingham. Andrew Brockie has been ma...
Award for Meehan.
Patrick Meehan of Willis Corroon Cargo in Ipswich won a 'Chartered Marketer' certificate at the 'Mar...
Appointment at Appleton & Green.
Appleton & Green has appointed Philip Slater as a director. Mr Slater joined the company in 1991 and...
Appointment at Rand Information Systems.
Rand has appointed Duncan Hamilton as business development manager. He joins the firm from ICL's cen...
Food for thought.
Lloyd's syndicate Beazley Furlonge has launched a protection plan for restaurant owners. In response...
Legal eagles are flying high.
The top law firms for reinsurance and insurance litigation are revealed in this exclusive extract from The Legal 500.