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Rapid learning.
From seminars to videos, solicitors have come up trumps with Woolf teaching. As preparation time runs out, Anthony Gould finds out what's on offer.
Appointment at James Chapman & Co Solicitors.
James Chapman & Co has made two appointments to its senior management team. Maurice Watkins has been...
A perfect Match.
The Match suite of motor claims handling software is now fully Windows compliant. The software - whi...
Get a GRIP on gains.
Insurance can help turn emotional pain into financial gain, according to a report in the May issue o...
Fears over SNP win.
The Scottish pensions industry would face a massive bill if the Nationalists romp to victory in the ...
Prompt opening.
Commercial premium finance provider Prompt has launched a personal lines and small commercial busine...
Y2K system designed to spot dodgy dates.
PKS Systems Integration has unveiled a Y2K service for insurers which can detect date fields in stra...
Generali predicts hardship in space.
Generali Global chief executive Benito Pagnanelli last week blasted "kamikaze" cut-price operators i...
Vesta deal closed.
Hartford Financial services has finalised a deal to buy the reinsurance business of Vesta Fire Insur...
Engineering guide.
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has updated its handy Engineering Insurance Plant Guide to include upda...
AIRMIC's Ketley urges unity.
Risk managers and insurers need to work together, not against each other, said chairman of the Assoc...
Driving from Lloyd's to Lisbon.
David Edwards is driving from Lloyd's to Lisbon in a 993 Porsche Carrera to raise money for spinal r...
Cheque fraud.
A security solutions company hopes to curtail fraudsters who make a mint out of fraudulent cheques. ...
Rich man, poor man.
Despite economic turmoil in Latin America, insurers are poised to make a killing in the region. John Burke explains why.
Congregational & General updates its design.
The bells of change have sounded for leading church insurer Congregational & General. The Bradford-b...
Scott in merger.
Edinburgh-based broker Bruce Stevenson has acquired small provincial broker Scott & Scott. This will...
Appointment at Ince & Co Solicitors.
Reg Morton has been made a partner at Ince & Co law firm. He will work in the firm's corporate busin...
£21m for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's is set to receive approximately £21m of its members' litigation recoveries following judgmen...
Eastgate big hearts.
Staff at Eastgate Assistance raised £776 for St Helena Hospice in Colchester with a charity raffle. ...
Woolf helpline.
Weightmans Solicitors has launched a civil specialist telephone line as part of its on-going Woolf c...
Zurich gains ground with integration.
Zurich has taken a major step towards its ultimate goal of a single set of integrated products follo...
Banks eager to enter insurance.
The Asian Development Bank is in talks with the Indian government to provide technical help for the ...
Flights of fancy.
Desperate times have seen many in the aviation sector adopt desperate measures, but Adrian Leonard learns that now market must get realistic.
Regulation cannot do everything' says chief.
Jim Stretton, UK chief executive of Standard Life, warned of the dangers of "out of control regulati...