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Missing the point of assessors.
I read with interest Alan Wiseman's contribution to the letters page (PM, 2 April, p16), regarding a...
Record BIA entries pour in.
As the doors closed for entries to the 1998 British Insurance Awards last Thursday evening it was al...
NU cuts rates for life and illness.
Norwich Union has slashed selected life and critical illness rates in its Mortgage Security Plus pla...
Irish share windfall.
Irish building society First National is expected to distribute around 450 shares, worth around £100...
Let's swot bug bank holiday on the head.
Following my comments a few weeks ago about the demand by MP David Atkinson that 31 December 1999 be...
Sun Life tastes Chile.
Canada based Sun Life Assurance has finally warmed to the Chilean markets and entered the private pe...
Agile Insurer: a flexible friend.
The UK's first tailored customer information system for insurers has been launched by Sequent. 'The ...
Beware of someone-to-blame mentality.
Association of British Insurers' director general Mark Boleat told the conference that risk managers...
In poor health.
What is ailing private medical insurance? Keith Sankey investigates its failure to sell since the recession and looks into its precarious relationship with the National Health Service.
Guardian Royal Exchange to sponsor RAC Classic.
Guardian Royal Exchange group executive director Ray Pierce will be driving in this year's RAC class...
Don't panic over 2000'.
A "don't panic" proclamation has come from Francis Loheac, the general secretary of the 29 member Eu...
Appointment at Holman Insurance Brokers.
Chris Burgess, formerly chief executive of the UK division of Bain Hogg, has joined Holman Insurance...
Sizzling post-tax profits announced by Danish reinsurer.
Danish reinsurer Copenhagen Re has announced record post-tax profits of nearly £22m. The company'...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Mark Harris has been made director of business development for Hiscox Insurance Company. He joins fr...
Market welcomes ARC.
The London Market has welcomed the decision by a number of run-off companies to form the Association...
Appointment at MiniBusPlus.
A restructuring has resulted in two promotions at MiniBusPlus. John Pickford ACII moves from the new...
April Fool's Day at Norwich Union.
Staff at Norwich Union forgot it was 'April Fool's Day' when Derek Plummer, head of marketing, zoome...
Anytime, any place, anywhere.
In your feature on claims handling (Going Solo, PM, 26 March, p25), Andy King, Crawford THG's direct...
Appointment at Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave.
Six new solicitors have joined the London office of national law firm WWH. New to the professional i...
Treasury's Liddell goes for brokers.
The future of the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council was plunged into doubt after the Treasury ...
Hambro expands cover against the taxman.
Due to an increasing risk of Inland Revenue enquiries aimed at the self-employed, Hambro Assistance ...
Lord Hunt no fool on April 1.
Brave man, the newly-ennobled Lord Hunt of Wirral. The senior partner of Beachcroft Stanleys and for...
Appointment at Rowe & Maw.
Martin Smith has joined Rowe & Maw's insurance group based in the Lloyd's building in Lime Street. H...
Insurers criticised by advertising watchdog.
Eagle Star and Privilege Insurance have been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for...