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Food for thought.
A recent case involving a chain of health food shops offered welcome news for directors & officers liability insurers. Antoine West chews over the facts.
AXA sheds stake in UIF.
AXA is off loading its 34.65% stake in UIF to GFC in keeping with its stated intention of reducing i...
Software deal.
Scottish Widows and FileNET have put pen to paper on the £1.5m Panagon integrated document managemen...
Sign of Gemini's plans.
Gemini Consultants has expanded its loan and mortgage administration software and bureau business to...
Irish insurers welcome Belfast peace deal.
The Irish Insurance Industry joined forces to express its excitement at the prospect of a peaceful a...
Qualified staff bound to be best.
At the present time, there is a considerable amount of regeneration taking place within the membersh...
Judgement day.
Whether it will be planes dropping out of the skies or the video recorder seizing up, it is now accepted that something will certainly go wrong electronically come the millennium. Yet Tony Dowding finds many companies are still ill-prepared for 2000.
President of the Insurance Benevolent Fund accepts cheque.
Peter Knight (left), president of the Insurance Benevolent Fund, accepts a cheque for £10,000 from P...
Getting your head round psychiatry.
Claims for psychiatric injury now regularly hit the headlines following the increased public awarene...
Why 'don't panic' advice makes me do the opposite.
Reports that Action 2000, the government-sponsored organisation that is meant to be leading us throu...
Canada hits the road.
Canada Life's IFA division is going on the road this week for its first series of IFA seminars follo...
Benchmarked ISAs could increase consumer confusion.
There has been a mixed reaction within the industry following the government's announcement that ISA...
Risks of playing golf brought to the fore by negligence case.
A golfer whose ball bounced off a tree and hit another player on an adjacent fairway was liable for ...
S&P debuts P&I ratings.
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has produced its first set of ratings for P&I (protection and indemn...
WPC puts her boss in firing line over sergeant's shooting antics.
A woman police officer who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after a fellow officer unlawfully...
Crowe enters property.
A new worldwide commercial and household property service will be available to brokers following an ...
First buy for Dukes.
Dukes Place has completed its first acquisition, after having negotiated to buy reinsurer Unione Ita...
Masters of disaster.
A flood or fire is the worst nightmare of most businesses. But if the worst does happen, then bosses can find the appearance of a restoration firm as a dream come true. Joe Cook reports.
Chubb Insurance breaks into Irish market.
Following its success in the UK, Chubb Insurance has broken into the Irish house insurance market wi...
Is goofy idea taking the Mickey?
It's been slammed as a Mickey Mouse scheme, but Florida state officials are serious about encouragin...
NU bond gives license to save.
Norwich Union is breaking into the combination bond market next month with the new Norwich Union 'Fl...
Lloyd's Names react angrily.
Lloyd's Names have reacted angrily to attacks on the annual joint venture, the traditional way of ra...
ITNET hopes share launch will raise status.
Combined IT and business process management supplier ITNET has released its draft prospectus for its...
Insurers wasting £1bn.
The £111bn insurance industry wastes around £1bn through its inefficient, paper intensive distributi...