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DAS staff tackle army assault course for charity.
A team of staff from the Bristol head office of legal expenses insurer DAS helped raise £16,000 for ...
Broker weighs up the pros to help ex-cons.
A Lloyd's broker is helping former prisoners get back on the straight and narrow. Wakefield-based...
Virtual views.
Over half of those operating within the call centre industry believe a virtual call centre will repl...
CGU watches out.
CGU has signed a deal worth £2m with the National Neighbourhood Watch Association for a commercial p...
Veteran broker dies.
Kenneth Griffiths, the first insurance broker president of the Liverpool Insurance Institute and a t...
Abbey broker offer.
Abbey Legal Protection is offering brokers 5% additional brokerage on legal expenses policies sold b...
Peaks and troughs.
The Swiss insurance market is lying between structural change and new departures. Martin Jara and Dr Thomas Kuhne explain whether the market is running like clockwork.
Appointment at Merricks Solicitors.
Insurance specialist John Webster has joined Merricks Solicitors as a partner to head its insurance ...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama has appointed Stephen Albutt as head of its accident and health team and Paul Hampshire as ...
Picking up the pieces.
Earthquakes, infernos, air crashes - no-one likes hearing about them yet they are the staple diet for a large section of the insurance industry. Eric Alexander discovers why 1999 has been a busy year for the financial masters of disaster.
Key role for insurers in drive to help poor.
The government has demanded an expansion in insurance with rent schemes in its drive to tackle finan...
Appointment at Columbus Travel.
Syd Henderson has been appointed managing director of Columbus Travel. During a 15-year career, Mr H...
Insurer's 10% off.
A rates hardening in the travel insurance sector has prompted one provider to offer a 10% discount a...
Pru wants bedfellow for good mornings in Vietnam.
Prudential is to target China and Vietnam as it looks to expand its Asian life insurance business. ...
A tonic for Lime St.
Mike Hannan, chief executive of the London Processing Centre, is a man with a plan - several of them, in fact, including ending the rivalry between Lloyd's and the rest of the London Market. Marcus Alcock reports.
P&I club's 117-year Mersey beat comes to an end.
Members of the Liverpool & London P&I club have voted unanimously to transfer their portfolio to the...
DBS restructures.
Financial adviser chain DBS has restructured its board. Network chief executive Tony Kempster and gro...
Crowe write off.
Crowe Syndicate Management - part of Crowe Insurance Group - has ceased to underwrite a book of non-...
Cancer case could hit insurers for millions.
The London market could see millions of pounds disappear down a hole if a court claim for compensati...
Provident wins.
Provident Insurance has been voted 'Insurance Company of the Year' by the readers of repair industry...
Appointment at Kyle Insurance Brokers.
Kyle Insurance - one of the oldest brokers in the UK - has appointed Jim Hamilton as manager of its ...
Scientists issue gale warnings.
Insurers can expect turbulence this winter as boffins predict it's going to blow much harder than us...
Avon calling online.
Avon Insurance has begun to roll out Avon Net, its Internet-based quotation and administration syste...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
Crowe Insurance has appointed Janet Helson as underwriter and Jamie Lewis as deputy underwriter of S...