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ABI's travel guide.
To ensure that Brits abroad have great holidays and not grating horrordays, the Association of Briti...
Testing annuities.
Equitable Life has announced that its test case governing guaranteed annuity rates will begin in the...
£100m price tag.
Hummingbird Communications has agreed to buy PC DOCS Group for an estimated £100m. The deal should b...
By mutual consent.
South African insurer Old Mutual is to ditch its mutual status by the middle of the year after almos...
This grim reaping of smokers is a disgrace.
I was appalled at the cynical and simplistic attitude displayed by the Annuity Bureau in your 4 Marc...
FSA extends reach of fines.
Individuals operating in the Lloyd's market could be hit by fines issued by the Financial Services A...
GISC must show that change is not to be feared.
The General Insurance Standards Council has made a clever choice for its first chief executive in pi...
Farr out.
Essex based broker FMW has dumped founder and former chief executive Kevin Farr for "not complying w...
Delight for Joy.
A Cornish broker has proved it's the cream of the crop by winning the first CGU Home & Drivers Club ...
NU responds to IFAs with new term cover.
Norwich Union has developed a new term insurance product with enhanced levels of critical illness co...
Exclusive - RSA offers no win, no fee cover.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched an innovative 'after-the-event' protection plan aimed at tipping t...
The ART of the matter.
Brendan Lawlor argues that despite redundancies caused by consolidation, the take up of alternative risk transfer could create new opportunities for brokers and underwriters prepared to retrain.
NIG product pack.
NIG Skandia has introduced an information pack detailing the range of personal and commercial produc...
Anderson & Young creates first virtual bodyshop on Internet.
Accident repair specialist Anderson & Young has created what it believes is the first virtual bodysh...
Pointon York signed up by IFA giant.
Pension provider Pointon York hopes to boost its product and service sales after linking up with one...
Line-up revealed.
The draw has been made for the 1999 Post Magazine Charity Football Competition which is played for t...
ISAs from Widows.
Scottish Widows is to launch a series of Individual Savings Accounts from April. These include 'Mini...
Good call over taped selling.
I agree with your editorial about the taping of telephone calls with customers ('Everyone wins with ...
Boomtime for claims.
After just two months the insurance industry is already predicting 1999 could be a bumper year for c...
From hits to writs.
Rock n' roll is not what it used to be following a string of law suits in America from people injure...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Alan Clarke, director and general manager of Independent, is to retire from his day to day responsib...
Setting record straight on subs hikes.
I refer to Richard Griffiths' review of the Exeter Friendly website ('Distinctly average presence on...
Less means Morley.
CGU is hoping to make capital gains with its new London-based asset management division, Morley Fund...
Alliance tackles ADR.
The International Underwriting Association of London and the Lloyd's Underwriters' Association hope ...