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Air rescue for a Brit too far.
Insurers could have their repatriation costs slashed if a new medical airline service takes off. ...
Hewitt tries to calm FSA fears.
Economic Secretary Patricia Hewitt has moved to allay fears surrounding the accountability of the Fi...
Reasons to be cheerful ...
The annual Post Magazine conference saw industry experts outline the huge opportunities, rather than problems, facing insurers as they enter the millennium. David Worsfold, Anthony Gould and Francis Higney report.
Claws sunk into CAT scheme.
Fears were raised about how the industry would cope during the volatile transition period before sta...
Insurers urged to help poor save.
The insurance industry has been called upon to help society's underclass to take the first step onto...
Providers stare into the abyss.
Concern is mounting over the looming void in pensions provision while we wait for the present regime...
Sunny side up.
Broker transparency - 'operating in the sunshine' - has been top of the agenda for risk managers for the last year. Anthony Gould reports on the latest advances.
Lost male costs £385 a week.
Having a man about the house can save a family a staggering £385 a week according to telephone based...
Long live adjusters.
The Guest Comment by Andrew Westgate ('Survival Instinct', PM 4 March, p19) made interesting reading...
£606m profit for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's has announced a preliminary profit of £606m for the 1996 underwriting year. The figure co...
Waiting for the gun.
Brokers are on their blocks and insurers in training for the start of the 1999 Insurance Athletic As...
Euro review of employment laws.
The European Court of Justice has preliminary ruled on questions relating to an application for a ju...
Democrat turns toxic avenger.
California's toxic waste Superfund laws, which expired on 1 January, are being revived in a new bill...
Charcol deal set to fire up letting market.
Aon subsidiary London General Holdings has teamed up with independent mortgage advisers John Charcol...
Commentary - Bill is not a help but a burden.
The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill, which is likely to come into effect on 5 April, appears to be y...
Firms have the power while Crawford takes the glory.
Brokers in need of live wire risk solutions for private power clients need look no further than Craw...
Hiscox syndicate 33 launches new policy.
With the heat once again being turned up in Northern Ireland following the fatal car bomb attack on ...
2000 warning.
Up to 80% of all financial services institutions will be involved in a strategic alliance by 2000, a...
It's worth being on this board.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Whatever happened to common sense?
I write regarding the recent letters and articles on windscreen information discs. I regularly si...
Farmyard frights.
With agricultural risks spiralling, insurers could soon face a windfall of claims. Rural raiders, the Millennium Bug and staff cut backs are among the latest crop of problems to soil the industry. Jonathan Swift investigates.
WIN-ning team.
Brockbank Syndicate Management and Aon have joined forces to initiate the first reinsurance recovery...
Appointment at Copenhagen Re.
Three new underwriters have joined CNA Re. Paul Brown, a property treaty underwriter, joins from Swi...
Tobacco firms' joy at jury's decision.
US tobacco company insurers were celebrating last week after a jury dismissed all charges relating t...