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Danes' need for Swede.
Danish mortgage credit institute Nykredit and Swedish insurer Trygg-Hansa, part of the Swedish backi...
Charcol fires off trio.
John Charcol has extended its redemption-free product range with three new packages. Marketing direc...
Buyout will trip up regulation.
The acquisition of Sedgwick by J&H Marsh & McLennan comes as little surprise given the hectic consol...
Exclusive - Hiscox puts system to millennium test.
Hiscox has successfully completed a pilot test of its systems that are used to trade electronically ...
Law firms to merge.
Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave has announced it is to merge with Manchester law firm Vaudreys. The merg...
Underwater proposal.
Some people are said to dive into relationships, others take it literally. Tracy Houghton, of Cornhi...
AA hits back at reports of trade falling off.
AA insurance has stressed that its closure of 142 shops has nothing to do with dwindling trade. A...
Appointment at Axa Global Risks.
Jean-Remi Bernard has been promoted to management information manager of Axa Global Risks (UK). He w...
FSA says rebate-only pension cases may not escape review.
The Financial Services Authority has refused to rule out including rebate-only personal pension case...
Building sire raided.
More than 20 police officers and five-plant investigators raided a construction site in Scotland ove...
You can't party on if the party's off.
Millennium parties can be covered against unforeseen problems by a policy from Insurex Expo-Sure. ...
Insurers count clost of blaze that gutted Army homes.
Crawford-THg is handling all 29 losses as a result of brush fires which swept through the officers' ...
Deadline for merger.
The Zurich Group has announced that it aims to complete the merger with BAT Industries on September ...
Risky times in Hong Kong.
As Hong Kong's new airport finally starts handling all air cargo, Jeremy Golden looks at the shakey start up of this huge infrastructure project, and assesses the insurance implications.
AIG muscles in on pensions with $18bn takeover.
The largest US Property and causality insurer AIG has entered the pensions market with the $18bn (£1...
Appointment at Davies Wallis Foyster.
DWF Solicitors has appointed four new staff. Tom Myles and Peter Holland and Mark Rowlinson all join...
CIA Medianwork wins battle.
Advertising agency CIA Medianwork has won an £8m battle with the media agency which handled General ...
European Athletic Championships.
Iron Trades business administrator Joice Maduaka was part of the triumphant British team at last wee...
Scheme attempts to boost broker business.
Lombard General Insurance has launched a scheme to help its supporting brokers and intermediaries ge...
Appointment at the Insurance Institute of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Ed Butler, a director of Cunningham Group, has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of ...
Preparing for total recall.
Withdrawal of a product is an expensive business in terms of profitability and brand value. Graeme Berry considers the financial risks of a product recall and the role of insurance in managing these risks.
Day trippers.
Zurich Municipal has taken steps to stop local authorities being tripped up over claims relating to ...
Appointment at FarmWeb.
Elaine Pyke is the new chief executive of UK farm insurance specialists FarmWeb. She joins the compa...
RSA's £3m server bill.
Royal & SunAlliance has invested over £3m in four NUMA-Q 2000 servers from Sequent. The deal represe...