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The cost of pensions clean-up.
The second phase of pensions mis-selling reviews is set to take up much more time and money than anyone at first believed. Alex Miller asks if this 'colossal task' will be enough to keep the industry from another scandal.
Adjusting back-up deal.
Collegiate Insurance Brokers and Equity Claims Management, a network of chartered loss adjusters, ha...
Caution greets Derbyshire inquiry.
Marine insurers reacted with caution to the government's decision to re-open the inquiry into the lo...
New bill sparks fears from financial experts.
Insurers, banks and securities firms in the United States may be allowed to form financial holding c...
Swissline's £1m deal.
Swissline, Winterthur Insurance's direct sales operation based near Zurich, has signed a contract fo...
NU targets small firms for big business.
Norwich Union is targeting small businesses in its latest drive to become a leading provider of busi...
Guardian Insurance celebrates.
Guardian Insurance celebrated the completion of the four year refurbishment of its head offices in I...
Northern Star on panel.
Northern Star has become the eleventh insurer to join the Gilt Edge Panel, Quotel's comparative quot...
New rules for fees.
New regulations for insurance fees were announced this week by the Treasury. The fees are meant t...
Great Jersey robbery.
Jersey was hit by one of the largest robberies in recent years, when thieves systematically raided t...
Lloyd's to collect Names' debts.
Lloyd's has won a crucial court judgement which will enable it to recover debts from Names who refus...
A&G slams IPT.
Accident & General (A&G) is urging the Government to remove the higher rate of insurance premium tax...
Clampdown on building fraud.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has charged four building contractors with "premiu...
Baltica picks Toplis.
Colonia Baltica has appointed McLarens Toplis as exclusive claims handling agent and loss adjuster i...
A matter of life & death.
The AIDS scare and smoking research have caused actuaries to revise UK mortality tables and term assurers to adjust their rules. So where does this leave the IFA. Keith Sankey reports.
Hong Kong scrum choice.
A managing partner from insurance litigation specialists Horwich Farrelly Solicitors, has been selec...
Association of Gibraltar Insurers and Managers first annual meeting.
The first annual general meeting of the Association of Gibraltar Insurers and Managers heard chairma...
Appointment at Horwich Farrelly.
Andrew Tong has joined Horwich Farrelly where he will help to develop its commercial litigation dep...
Strength at the SEAM.
Scottish Equitable Asset Management (SEAM) has strengthened its exposure to Pacific equities that ha...
Cigarette ruling hits shopkeepers.
Individuals and companies can now sue retailers that break the law by selling cigarettes to minors, ...
Appointment at Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave.
Insurance litigation specialist Andrew Parker has been appointed as a partner with the London office...
School of insurance.
The Hartford School of Insurance for commercial lines insurance agents has been opened. The first...
CILA hosts lunch.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters hosted a lunch for Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Richard ...
Lombard on the ball.
A local camera crew from Meridian Tonight was on hand to film insurers Lombard taking part in a trai...