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Name gives Lloyd's underwriters thrashing.
Underwriters at Lloyd's were given a pasting last week by a Name with a great track record in underw...
Auld city, new alliances.
The Glasgow insurance market is changing on the back of a number of high profile mergers. Jonathan Swift reports from Scotland's general insurance capital.
Powell suspended.
Hereford-based Powell Price & Co has been suspended from conducting and soliciting investment busine...
Local repairers vital.
An independent repairer has declared that despite moves by insurers and national groups to consolida...
Appointment at Plexus Online.
Rayne Ward is the new business development manager at Plexus Online. She joins the solutions prov...
Frankel sentenced.
A German state court has sentenced US bond trader Martin Frankel to three years in prison following ...
Gherkin go ahead.
The controversial 180-metre 'gherkin'-shaped tower designed by Sir Norman Foster for Swiss Re has mo...
Appointment at Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Lauren Nelson has been promoted by Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers to an account executive in its pro...
Full speed ahead.
The adoption of a strong learning culture increased Devitt's income six-fold and ensured it stays one step ahead of the competition, writes Edward Murray.
Bennetts releases expansion plans.
South West broker Bennetts GB aims to recruit 200 staff as part of its current expansion plans. A...
Loss adjuster not for sale
Liability loss adjuster Garwyn, which recorded profits up 12% for 1999, has said that Australian grou...
Gray heads Jeddah.
Bupa has appointed David Gray as managing director of Bupa Middle East, based in Jeddah in the Kingd...
Willis wins award.
Risk management and insurance intermediary Willis Group has won an award from the Environmental Syst...
Partners in claims.
Edward Murray finds out what Norwich Union and IPRS had in mind when they joined up to launch a rehabilitation pilot scheme for those out of work.
Appointment at The Mortgage Compliance Board.
Richard Fox has been made compliance director of watchdog the Mortgage Code Compliance Board. He joi...
Ahead of the game.
Hanover Park likes to be one move ahead of the market and its competitors. Director Steve Brindley lets Diane Smyth in on the secret of its success.
Miller tops event.
At the recent Insurance Athletics track and field championships, a team from broker Miller Insurance...
First aid for whiplash.
Zurich's Claims Injury Management Team has taken the pain out of whiplash claims, with an innovative motor injury whiplash programme offering a fast and effective outcome both for claimants and for insurers, writes Jonathan Swift.
Lift off for network.
Problem: Willis had minimal penetration in the SME sector and provincial brokers were losing leverage with insurers. Tim Collison discovers the enter-prising solution that the company came up with.
HSBC Insurance Brokers' annual team building endurance test.
HSBC Insurance Brokers' insurance marketing division's annual team building endurance test this year...
Appointment at Tempest Re.
Kin K Gee has been made chief life and health officer at Tempest Re. Previously he was president ...
Sampo buys Optiva.
Sampo Finance is to acquire Optiva Pank, the third largest bank in Estonia, from the Central Bank of...
Appointment at e-Quest One.
Janine Bailey has been appointed marketing manager of e-Quest One's UK operations....
New chief for IIL.
Max Taylor, the chairman of Lloyd's has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of London....