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Legal and General.
Legal and General is to help a football club's fans beat the financial exclusion blues. Birmingham C...
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting Group.
Lynda Thwaites has joined Towergate Underwriting group as human resources co-ordinator. Previously s...
Insurers behind in digital TV stakes.
Insurers are lagging behind banks when it comes to selling insurance products via digital TV, a surv...
Dibb Lupton Alsop move.
City solicitor Dibb Lupton Alsop is moving into a brand new 13-storey building in Noble Street which...
Partnership offers after-the-event cover to solicitors.
Lawinsure, a subsidiary of HSBC Insurance Brokers, has teamed up with Eastgate Assistance to provide...
Why we said thanks but no thanks to the BDMA.
We have been appointed as the primary supplier - not a preferred supplier - to McLarens Toplis (Adju...
Indy's profits are up but Bright is gloomy.
Independent Insurance has reported interim profits of £29.3m, up 12% on last year's figures, with it...
Helphire acquisition.
One of the credit hire companies at the centre of the landmark court case Dimond v Lovell in April t...
Still going strong.
First City Insurance Brokers has announced its fifth year of growth for the 12 months ended 31 May. ...
Appointment at Cendant claimsplus.
Steve Cartlidge has been made head of operations for claims management specialists Claims Plus. He h...
Indy's Dubliners.
Independent Insurance is to shore up its Ireland operation by opening an office in Dublin. Michael G...
Nissan to appeal against ruling.
Nissan has been given permission to appeal against a court ruling which ordered it to honour two rei...
Rothschild buoyant after fine results and improved rating.
J Rothschild Assurance's results for the six months to 30 June showed a 19% increase in new regular ...
CGU axes trio from its panel.
CGU has axed three companies from its loss adjusting panel - McLarens Toplis, Cunningham Ellis & Buc...
Smart acquisition.
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has acquired Keighley-based broker CS Horne Insurance Consultants. T...
Eastern promise of the Orient.
European insurers are looking to Asia for new business opportunities. Companies like Axa, Allianz...
Appointment at Loss Adjusters Limited.
Malcolm Head has joined Gibraltar-based Loss Adjusters Limited as a director. Mr Head will be respon...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas have joined Helphire Group to head the new national sales team of i...
Hiscox dump Fitch.
Hiscox has dumped Fitch IBCA as one of the ratings agencies it uses. At Hiscox's request, Fitch IBCA...
Les is more.
Chief executive of Axa Sun Life Les Owen takes up the position of group managing director of Nationa...
Losses can't dent CGU profits.
CGU's interim results showed an operating profit of £420m, up 5% on 1998's figure. This was ach...
Risk and responsibility.
The developing world needs major upgrades in its infrastructure to meet the needs of its burgeoning population. Who is going to provide the funding and take the risks. Richard Willsher finds out.
Pension alternative.
CGU Life has launched a new profit annuity product as an alternative means of providing income durin...
Blooming new office.
Broker Tear Rose has moved offices. Its new address is 96 Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0DL...