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Crawford merger.
Loss adjuster Crawford THG has finalised the details of its merger and restructuring plan, following...
Appointment at FirstCity Professional Indemnity.
Darren Backshall has been appointed senior broker at FirstCity Professional Indemnity. Previously he...
Footman James & Co sponsored.
Specialist vehicle car broker Footman James & Co sponsored the 1999 Parliamentary Classic Car Run on...
Holdup for Aetna.
Aetna must dispose of its combined operations in Texas and other markets before it can purchase Prud...
Denham gets Nac of brand.
Lloyd's managing agency Denham Syndicate Management has overhauled its branding and image following ...
Schemes trio from Vanguard.
Vanguard Insurance has launched three new schemes for independent brokers and intermediaries. The...
Prisoner kept past his cell-by date.
For 32 hours a man was unlawfully detained in prison after the end of a nine-day committal order for...
Big in the US.
Chartwell Re is to be acquired by Trenwick Group, making the combined group the second largest indep...
PIA expels two firms.
The Personal Investment Authority has expelled two firms of intermediaries after suspending them fro...
Toni Wilkes of Telford-based broker Mach Insurance.
Toni Wilkes of Telford-based broker Mach Insurance is one of the first winners of the NIG Skandia 'B...
The chairman of the Motor & Legal Group.
The chairman of the Motor & Legal Group Ian Griswold did a Damon Hill last week, crashing out of a r...
Furniss heads IIB.
Ken Furniss from insurance broker Calvert Glover & Co has been elected president of the Insurance In...
Law firm sued by client.
The plaintiff retained a firm of solicitors to act for him between September 1988 and July 1993. ...
Insurers face supermarket sweep.
Traditional insurers are bracing themselves for store wars as retail giants Tesco and Sainsbury's co...
City must never allow anarchists to win the day again.
The City authorities have some explaining to do after letting last Friday's Anarchy in the City demo...
Appointment at Argent Insurance.
Elaine Clarke, the current president of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Stoke on Trent, has joi...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has appointed four new partners. Duncan Ross becomes a partner in the cargo and goods...
Air crash finding.
Three safety measures recommended by the Federal Aviation Authority had not been implemented at Litt...
Appointment at Cameron McKenna.
International law firm Cameron McKenna has appointed Maxine Cupit as a partner to its insurance and ...
Insurers get technology to combat 'virtual' rivals.
New technology aimed at helping insurers carry out business over the Internet has been developed by ...
Call bonanza.
Aon Risk Services, which last month was appointed as travel insurance partner for Post Office Counte...
French giant bids au revoir to European operations.
France's Assurances Generales de France Group last week announced the disposal of business units in ...
What the papers say.
DAILY MAIL Controversial plans to put an electronic speed cop into cars to stop drivers breaking ...
From Russia for lunch.
Ipswich-based insurance broker PoundGates Holdings hopes to develop trading links with former Soviet...