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Force of nature.
Filming of the action-packed pod race in the latest blockbusting Star Wars film, Episode 1: The Phan...
Making legal briefs briefer.
Software supplier Axxia has joined forces with personal injury solicitors Putsmans to develop a new ...
Sacked woman's job offer scrapped after drugs find.
A woman who worked for London Underground as a station supervisor from 1990 was sacked in 1997 follo...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Eight new partners have been appointed at City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper. They are Anthony Armit...
Pru still on the lookout despite giving Hung Fu the chop.
Prudential Corporation is expected to continue to look to expand in Taiwan, despite last week pullin...
H&R Insurance Services to sponsor.
Aberdeenshire-based insurance group H&R Insurance Services is to sponsor the Grampian Police pipe ba...
Kids' stuff.
Tonbridge-based Lombard General Insurance has sponsored an interactive teaching resource pack to edu...
Best foot forward.
Almost 30 women from Allianz Cornhill Engineering's head office in Liphook, Hampshire, raised about ...
Sun shines on Plato.
Sun Life of Canada UK has awarded a #1.5m, two-year outsourcing contract to Plato Computer Services ...
Mendelsohn's fine tuning paying off.
Royal & Sun Alliance is determined not to be wavered off course by City speculation, insisted Bob Me...
Policy Master buy.
Policy Master, supplier of software systems to the insurance industry, has announced the conditional...
Commentary - When stress reaches court.
Around 270,000 people take time off work each day because of work-related stress. After council work...
Y2K threat to reinsurers.
Reinsurers have built up threatening levels of Y2K exposure as a result of over-capacity in the mark...
Appointment at Forbes & Partners.
Two new partners have been appointed to the insurance litigation department of Forbes & Partners. Pa...
Appointment at Bond Pearce.
Law firm Bond Pearce has recruited Trevor Fox to its insurance group as a partner. Mr Fox joins from...
Record business.
Equitable Life, currently awaiting judgment in the guaranteed annuities case before Sir Richard Scot...
Eastgate defends bodyshop standard.
Accident management firm Eastgate Assistance this week defended its decision to introduce a new body...
Mutuals not a better deal.
Your editorial comment 'Dimming the mutual galaxy' (PM, 1 July, p15) strikes an unrealistic note. ...
Lloyd's on line.
Lloyd's has launched an on-line version of its IT procurement service, IT Direct, to make its servic...
Borrowers' cover.
GE Financial Insurance is to provide mortgage payment protection for Bradford & Bingley's 400,000 bo...
Heavy duty headaches.
The pressure on UK goods-in-transit insurers is growing and it won't be an easy job ensuring that business stays with domestic providers. Steve Banner explains.
Appointment at Irish Insurance Federation.
Martin Long has been made public relations officer for the Irish Insurance Federation. Previously he...
Homecare up for grabs.
Insurance services company the Miller Fisher Group has put its Surrey insurance subsidiary Homecare ...
Manchester-based Co-operative Insurance to sponsor.
Manchester-based Co-operative Insurance is to sponsor the Scottish League Cup (the CIS Insurance Cup...