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Prudential to shed 300 jobs.
Prudential is to prune 34 of its branches nationwide with the loss of 300 jobs as part of a general ...
Lloyd's directory in trio of formats.
Brokers can now get all the latest information about changes within the Lloyd's market at the touch ...
Y2K awareness database from ABI.
The Association of British Insurers has launched a new database, designed to give fund managers a fa...
King Canutes of insurance will only ever drown.
The article Risk Kept Indoors, PM, 17 Sept, Supplement, p11) while giving a good overview of current...
Davies eases regulatory fears.
Fears that the broker regulation row could see the Treasury impose a statutory regulatory regime eas...
LIRMA and ILU ready to tie knot.
LIRMA and ILU finally look set to join together following a protracted hold up which raised doubts a...
Masters of disasters.
Zurich Municipal has launched a disaster recovery plan for housing associations. It will enable t...
Warning that Millennium Bug could hit workers.
Employers have been warned that their computers are not the only things likely to go down with a dos...
Underwriters should not breathe too easy over Georges.
With hurricane Georges following hard on the heels of the Swissair crash there were some happy, smil...
SIF gets chance to prove itself.
The solicitors' Indemnity Fund has been given an opportunity to prove itself to the anti-mutual elem...
Navigators & General launches web site.
Yachting and motorboat insurers Navigators & General has launched a web site complete with hyperlink...
Colonia Baltica celebrates.
Colonia Baltica was celebrating after its yacht sailed to victory in the annual Ward Evans regatta i...
NU strikes out to be No 1.
Norwich Union has undergone a dramatic shift in its business strategy and moved into two and three-y...
£60m sale of E&B leaves industry reeling.
In a deal which has stunned the insurance industry, Ellis & Buckle was sold by parent Rutland Trust ...
Committee to study bid.
Cendant's bid for the Royal Automobile Club has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Committe...
Teamwork brings down gang of thieves.
An international gang of plant and equipment thieves and smugglers has been busted following a combi...
Get smart.
In the first of a series of articles from the Across the Millennium programme - a study into the future of the insurance market - Nick Shaw looks at the potential of smart cards.
Fraud cops close in on insurance conmen.
The net is tightening in the investigation of allegations of widespread insurance fraud in the West ...
Lloyd's looking to build on German market presence.
Lloyd's is seeking to increase its involvement within the German market. The message was delivere...
Policy Master poaches Dodds to head City base.
Software house Policy Master is to open an office in the heart of the City and has recruited former ...
Bonus rate for trustees.
NPI has announced the launch of a new Unitised With Profit investment initiative aimed primarily at ...
SCT moves to beat the gloom.
Syndicate Capital Trust has announced its preliminary results and set out a plan to beat pessimistic...
Adjusters: dependent or independent?
Geoffrey Salmon's letter (Independence day is over for adjusters, PM, 17 Sept, p22) highlights the t...
Causation and the role of the forensic accountant.
In the second of his two-part analysis into the predicted Y2K crisis, Anthony Charlton explains why insurers need expert help to determine which claims actually have little to do with the Millennium Bug.