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ABI looks to reinsurers for Y2K database.
The Association of British Insurers' year 2000 database is being broadened to include reinsurers fro...
Axa's contractor policy.
AXA Insurance has launched a policy designed to meet the requirements of a wide range of contractors...
ACE launches aviation division for high-fliers.
ACE USA has shuffled its cards and announced two new business ventures. Firstly, it has formed an...
Price still dictates where people go for insurance.
A national opinion poll has shown that over two thirds of people who changed their home insurance la...
Kidnapped' cabbie is subject of fraud probe.
Insurance claims investigators are probing a series of traffic accident claims made by a taxi driver...
Featherstone to retire.
Clive Featherstone, deputy chairman of Fishers International, is retiring from the company after 11 ...
Hike in car premiums.
The Slovenian government said it is set to increase car insurance policies by up to three per cent f...
Families to sue surgeon over pensioner's death.
Four New Zealand families are seeking £600,000 worth of damages and costs from a English surgeon aft...
Date for legal merger.
The merger between solicitors Beachcroft Stanleys and Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave is to go ahead fro...
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...