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... a risk manager.
In the second part of our new series, Anthony Gould spent a day with Graeme Lee, risk manager at logistics company Tibbett & Britten to find out what a risk manager gets up to ...
Brokers given the write stuff to compete.
A Lloyd's broker is arming high street brokers with tools to compete more effectively with direct wr...
Seeing danger in a vote winner.
As the government reflects on its first 1000-plus days in power, it is interesting to see that 50 ye...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Richard Carter has been appointed marine manager by RP Hodson Broking Group. Mr Carter, who was prev...
Appointment at Gouldens.
Bronwen Charleson has joined the insurance department of city solicitors Gouldens. Previously she wa...
Pollution paper is finally passed.
The European Commission adopted the White Paper on Environmental Liability last week amid fears it w...
Time devotes 23 pages to Lloyd's 'swindle'.
The Lloyd's insurance market has received a mauling at the hands of American publishing powerhouse T...
RSA record figures.
Royal & Sun Alliance has posted record new business figures for 1999. Worldwide life and pensions ne...
Mortgage scandal arrests
It has been reported that two former managers of Guardian Royal Exchange have been arrested as part o...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A couple's weekend break at a hotel ended with them spending seven hours in police cel...
The penny drops.
Premium finance in the UK is something of a best kept secret. John Burke discovers that although the market for this type of funding may be small, it is far from static.
IBM picks Siebel.
IBM has selected e-business specialist Siebel eBusiness Applications on a global basis. Siebel will ...
Global warming widely exaggerated.
Claims that global warming will melt polar ice caps resulting in the flooding of many parts of Brita...
Date for dinner.
The annual livery dinner of the Worshipful Company of Insurers will be held this year at the Mansion...
Halifax to launch insurance business next year
Halifax is to invest £150m in a new Internet-based business providing insurance for homeowners and mo...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Steve Phillips has left Norwich Union to become manager of Axa Insurance's Southampton branch....
Appointment at Financial Services Authority.
Vernon Everitt has been appointed head of media relations at the Financial Services Authority. He jo...
Bullying at work is rife.
This week saw the unveiling of UK's biggest ever study into bullying in the workplace, which results...
GISC team in EC talks.
Concerned General Insurance Standards Council representatives met European Commission chiefs last we...
Appointment at The Salvage Association.
David Cope has been appointed principal surveyor in the Salvage Association's Hong Kong office. He j...
Appointment at Legal & General.
Rob Margetts has been made non-executive chairman of Legal & General group. He has been acting chair...
Nat West sale leaves CGU sitting pretty.
CGU's presence in the UK life sector has received a huge boost following Royal Bank of Scotland's £2...
Team of the year.
City solicitors Lovells has been named Insurance Team of the Year at the Legal Business awards, held...
Europ Assistance to provide Kwik-Fit fitters.
Europ Assistance has signed a deal with Kwik-Fit Insurance Services to handle its 24-hour Domestic H...