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Speedy software.
Software provider Cincom Systems has launched a package enabling insurers to rapidly build solutions...
Structured turmoil.
As BIIBA delegates head for Cardiff, David Worsfold outlines the issues on everyone's agenda.
Board with IT.
Information technology has finally broken into the consciousness of financial sector chiefs and boar...
Ruling could save millions.
A landmark court judgment which could save the insurance industry millions may also force some credi...
Altered images.
Staying ahead of competitors while devising innovative risk management solutions for clients could become the new fashion among brokers. Kevin Pratt explains why.
FSA website.
The Financial Services Authority has launched a central website to provide Internet access to its re...
Exclusive - Towergate answers Thor's SOS.
Towergate Underwriting has hammered out a deal to rescue the business portfolio of the beleaguered T...
Danish travel insurer Euro-Alarm appointed.
Thomas Cook has appointed Danish travel insurer Euro-Alarm to help provide its 24-hour medical and l...
Appointments at Tilney Fund Management.
Tilney Fund Management, a division of Tilney Investment Management, has appointed two senior fund ma...
Full of eastern promise?
Norwich, a base for Vigrin Direct and Norwich Union's headquarters, is building a bright future, but setbacks at Sedgwick may halt its rise, reports Simon Threadgold.
Storming Scotsman.
As he approaches the end of his first year in the chair of the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association, Simon Bolam spoke to Alex Broad about his concerns and hopes for members.
Merging in 2000.
Octavian Syndicates Management is planning to merge its motor syndicates from 1 January 2000 to stre...
Motor & Legal unveils plans.
Vehicle repairer Motor & Legal has unveiled the latest phase of development to its head office in Ma...
Vorsprung durch con trick.
Fraudsters are costing German insurers dear, but companies are finally getting to grips with an epidemic which its inhabitants deem to be socially acceptable. John Burke turns investigator.
... and £1bn at Aon.
Fellow broker Aon has reported total revenue for the quarter of just over £1bn ($1.7bn) up 9%. Reven...
Principal aims for UK market.
A major player in the US life industry has targeted Britain for expansion. The Principal Financia...
Insurers in row over disability.
The insurance industry has become embroiled in a row over alleged discrimination of Americans with d...
Too soft on the hard sell.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Arnott stickers to halt car crime.
North East broker Arnott Insurance has teamed up with Northumbria police to put the breaks on Tynesi...
Race for the cup.
NIG Skandia is up for the cup with a campaign to promote its new screen-driven motorcycle policy. Th...
Millennium Insurance's new product.
Divorce need not mean deprivation, according to Shropshire brokers Millennium Insurance. Its new pro...
Egg hatches next phase of e-commerce.
The Prudential has ridden into the hi-tech world of e-commerce with a vengeance by turning its new b...
BIIBA's annual dinner.
The Northern Ireland branch of the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association held its an...
Standards which didn't make the grade.
I really must take issue with your Comment of 8 April (Lost the plot? It's barely on chapter one). ...