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Colossus of a deal.
CSC's John Bradley and Colin Knox join forces with Bishopsgate's Peter Robinson and Alan Sendall to ...
Shareholders are king for insurers.
European insurers are favouring the needs of shareholders over those of policyholders, according to ...
The clock's ticking.
With under a month to go until the deadline for entering the British Insurance Awards 2000, now is t...
Top 50 property insurers by gross premium written 1998 - amount in
Rank Company PREMIUMS Gross Market Reins...
Internet start-up targets insurers.
Entreprecision, a new independent e-commerce business development consultancy, was launched on Tuesd...
Negligence over details not a breach of good faith - Dickinson v
10 December 1999 Queen's Bench Division Caroline Dickinson was raped and murdered while on a sc...
Insurer under fire from AIIB.
A leading intermediary trade body has warned its members about what it believes is an "abuse" of cli...
Industry must act to bring down costs.
The Court of Appeal is due to make its ruling today on whether to accept the Law Commission of Engla...
RSA boldly goes with Enterprise.
Royal & Sun Alliance hopes that its small business service for brokers, Enterprise, will leapfrog it...
Spencer resigns.
Kevin Spencer, the managing director of Edgar Hamilton and Wellard, has resigned from the company bo...
Marsh McLennan sets up enterprise risk division.
The Marsh McLennan group of companies has created an enterprise risk division to co-ordinate risk re...
Negligence over details not a breach of good faith - Alfred McAlpine
11 February 2000 Court of Appeal A construction worker injured in an accident in 1991 sued McAl...
Exclusive - City wins war on arsonists.
A major initiative to combat arson launched in Bradford last November has already been hailed as a m...
Insurance giants face lawsuit.
US health insurers are being charged with red-lining over health insurance, in a social exclusion ca...
More move online.
Eleven of the 19 leading insurers are now delivering online quotations to IFA's via AssureWeb, accor...
What the Papers Say.
The Times A stolen shipment of Oscar statuettes turned up in a rubbish skip this week. The awards...
Aetna rejects $10bn offer.
US insurer Aetna has rejected a $10bn (£6bn) takeover bid from the ING Group and WellPoint. It sa...
Building blocks.
After surviving 1998 on shaky foundations, the UK property market fared better last year. Neil Withington says that the market's insurers should use this modest success to build for a solid future.
Lloyd's Twinn ruling
Two Lloyd's Names who owe over £1m to Lloyd's have failed in their attempts to stave off a bankruptcy...
A long road ahead.
Actuary Bacon & Woodrow reported last week that it expected the UK market for household insurance to...
Opus hits right medical note - Healthcare.
Insurance broker Opus Healthcare has launched a new package aimed at medical insurance manufacturers...
Exclusive - Legal insurer bought by rival.
Specialist provider CPO Legal Expenses has been bought by business rival Victory Legal Protection. ...
Online insurer teams with BT.
Online insurer Insurance Wide.com has linked up with British Telecom. InsuranceWide will provide ...