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Thrifty cover.
Broker SBJ and Lloyd's insurer Octavian are covering Thrifty Car Rental, the world's sixth largest v...
BCCI: Bank to pay.
The Bank of England is to be sued for up to £1bn for its part in the collapse of Bank of Credit and ...
Claimline expands.
Surrey-based personal injury no win, no fee specialist Claimline is understood to be seeking financi...
Insurers spared PI payout.
Insurers have been spared a £380m bill by a Court of Appeal decision that has kept the discount rate...
Appointment at SLE Worldwide.
Mike Stevenson and Mike Patchett have been appointed to the board of SLE Worldwide. Mr Stevenson was...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Peter Hadden, director of Independent Insurance, has taken on responsibility for managing the group'...
Hart backs down on mutuality.
Gordon Hart, the leader of the Members' Rights Campaign, set up following last year's failed demutua...
Raising awareness of risk management.
This week, broker Marsh became one of the first companies to receive its licence to run the new Mana...
MMT: site for LMP.
MMT Computing has launched the LMP2001 website at www.lmp2001.com to enable industry members to acce...
Hybrid warning.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has expressed concern about the boundaries between...
Ex-PC loses stress liability claim.
Liability insurers were able to breath a sigh of relief last week, following the rejection by the co...
Industry faces Hepatitis claims.
Health insurers could face substantial pay-outs after it emerged this week that 20 people have contr...
Fusion recruits.
Fusion, part of Lloyd's vehicle SVB, has recruited another three senior development managers from In...
Ford claims fear.
The London market could be facing a multi-million-pound asbestos bill from car manufacturer Ford, af...
Kyoei to join Millea.
Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance is to join the Millea Insurance Group being set up by three oth...
US and Europe must end trade rows.
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb, and policy adviser to President Bush, last week ...
Bupa and Old Mutual alliance spawns CareNet.
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to distribute a new international he...
Silverbeck teams up with Highway.
Liverpool-based law firm Silverbeck Rymer has teamed up with motor insurer Highway Insurance to crea...
Wrong interpretation put on Fairchild.
As the solicitor representing one of the defendants in the case of Fairchild v Waddington and Leeds ...
Union hosts talks over asbestos.
The Trades Union Congress was due to host a meeting today between the Policyholders Protection Board...
Hitting out on safety.
Companies flouting Health & Safety law will face tougher penalties, the government said last week, f...
Barrister warning.
The Bar is bracing itself to pay thousands of pounds in compensation, as a result of a rise in compl...
ATE row: end in sight.
The Law Society, as predicted by Post Magazine last week (p2), has finally agreed to join the Associ...
Staking out the alternatives.
The government is doggedly spreading the stakeholder word, with the emphasis on giving the public control and choice over which of the pension routes to take. You only have to look to the US for a glimpse of the future, says Keith Sankey.