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Guardian's free e-mail.
Home and motor insurer Guardian Direct has become the first insurer to offer a free personal e-mail ...
Straight-talker moves on.
I see that Alan Fleming is on the move. The high-profile director of global risk management at Dia...
Tories and Lib Dems team up to scupper NHS Bill.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have lined up in opposition against the government's Road Tr...
Commercial business heats up.
Corporate court cases are on the increase throughout the UK. This is opening up fresh opportunities for commercial legal expenses insurers, who are showing innovation in a busy market, as Kevin Pratt explains.
FMW waves off 'Life to Romania' charity van.
FMW recently waved off a van before its three-day drive to Romania to deliver desperately needed foo...
Future of SOFA still not sitting comfortably.
The future direction for the Society of Financial Advisers is still uncertain despite a comprehensiv...
Grim warning for the future.
Insurers in the the UK motor market have been warned to expect "more bloodshed" and drastic premium ...
What the papers say.
DAILY STAR Road rage has made most drivers scared to help other motorists in distress according t...
PIA's axe falls on mis-selling companies.
The Personal Investment Authority has issued another series of fines and suspensions for compliance ...
MULRA to launch campaign.
The Motor Uninsured Loss Recovery Association (MULRA) is to launch a proactive campaign to boost its...
Computers pose theft threat.
An alarming discovery that certain hand-held computers can make it easier for thieves to break into ...
Euro Introduction.
CMG has warned insurers not to lose sight of the changes the single currency will bring early next y...
Columbus promotes family value.
Columbus Direct Travel Insurance has launched a new insurance product after it found that it had sol...
Family's equity ISA.
Family Assurance has announced it will offer an equity ISA in April 1999. The actively managed fu...
Commentary - Gropes of Christmas past.
Christmas, a time for lost inhibitions and excess alcohol, is here and personnel departments are bra...
NIG staff to lose jobs this week.
NIG Skandia is set to axe the first wave of jobs following its acquisition of the UK operation of Hi...
Independent's high five.
Independent Insurance is celebrating after scooping five honours at the seventh Insurance Broker Ind...
PMI market fails to get a clean bill of health.
Last week delegates from the private medical insurance market met in London London for the Healthcare Insurance Conference, ALEX BROAD was there to hear leading PMI figures deliver a far from positive diagnosis of the market.
Goodhealth to the international rescue.
Every village should have a doctor and the global village is no exception. Goodhealth aims to fil...
Sky's the limit for claims against aeroplane cabin crews.
Clumsy air stewards and stewardesses could land their employers in trouble after a precedent was set...
Actuary says motor industry will be running on empty until 2000.
Actuary Bacon & Woodrow has stressed to the motor insurance industry there will be no profit in the ...
Accounting pilot trial.
Lloyd's Policy Signing Office and Benfield Greig brokers are conducting a pilot trial of submit slip...
JLT splits operations.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has revealed its new-look structure which it believes will provide a b...
Groundbreaking Lloyd's changes survive ballot.
A move to scupper revolutionary changes in the way Lloyd's members are represented has been rejected...