News
IFA monitoring system scrapped.
The FSA used the conference to announce a new system for monitoring IFAs. Out goes the present sy...
Appointment at Generali.
Generali has appointed Neil Moore, its senior underwriter based in Guernsey, as manager of its offsh...
May - solar flares and sunspots lead to storms and flooding.
Above average temperatures and sunshine in May left most parts of the UK feeling like summer had arr...
CFC's cups runeth over.
Newly-promoted Premier League team Charlton Athletic's reserves have been presented with the Avon In...
Appointment at Carmichaels.
Louise Neal has joined Carmichaels as a claims adjuster. Previously she worked in the claims departm...
Commissions covered.
Premiumguard has been launched to protect and secure the commissions of unemployed life policy holde...
Dawn of new industrial client era is on the horizon for insurers.
The insurance industry must face an era of new products and demands from the industrial client. A...
Investors' safety net.
Potential investors wary of unlimited liability in the Lloyd's market can now register for a scheme ...
Appointments at ItemPlus.
Specialist consultants in retail financial services ItemPlus has appointed three consultants. Pia Da...
Tobacco firm hit with biggest-ever damages.
The tobacco industry took a severe blow when a Florida jury ordered BAT subsidiary Brown & Williamso...
Pensions campaign.
Pensions Minister John Denham believes people at work and those taking up new jobs need better pensi...
ACE clinches deal to buy Tarquin.
ACE has has bought holding company Tarquin in a move that will increase its management capacity to 9...
Moody to gain SURL expertise.
Moody's Investors Service has announced the acquisition of Lloyd's Market syndicate network research...
RSA's brokers' guide.
Royal SunAlliance Engineering has produced a brokers' guide to its technical consultancy and enginee...
New system for LIM?
The London Insurance Market is understood to be considering the installation of multiple interoperab...
LP backlash over Order rumours.
New players to the litigation protection market have been slammed for "not behaving in the correct m...
Quote system worth sticking with.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Widening the IOB net, at long last.
It has been a long time coming but it is no less welcome now that the decision has been made. I am t...
Fishers buy IRISC Technical.
Fishers International subsidiary, the Fishers Group, has announced it is to acquire IRISC Technical ...
ACE US to buy CRC.
ACE USA has announced an agreement to acquire the majority of outstanding stock of Creditor Resource...
Campaign to find children's fitness.
Actress Leslie Ash is spearheading a campaign to counter findings that two out of three parents beli...
Art of the matter.
It is a fact that most householders hopelessly underestimate the value of their homes' contents. Simon Threadgold discovers a thorough valuation is worth its weight in gold.
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
David Owen has been appointed as a non-executive director of Smart and Cook insurance brokers. He wi...
New ACE company targets provincials.
ACE UK has announced the launch of a new company which will allow ACE London at Lloyd's to trade mor...