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Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has promoted Bob Middleton to agency controller in its Edenbridge marketing de...
Cross-border life sales rocket.
Cross-border sales of life insurance within the 18 states of the European Economic Area has eclipsed...
Return to lender.
It's now thought cool to finance your lifestyle with someone else's money. Where do insurers fit into this lending spree? Simon Threadgold reports.
New Year to bring new name for Scottish Equitable.
Scottish Equitable is to begin 1999 with a new corporate structure operating under the name Aegon UK...
Panel settles marathon row.
The long-running dispute between the bankrupt Swedish credit insurer Svenska Kredit and its reinsure...
Lloyd's denies IBRC allegations.
Lloyd's has denied claims that it's encouraging brokers to leave the Insurance Brokers Registration ...
RSA to axe 300 call centre jobs.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to axe almost 300 jobs next year as it closes two of its customer service ce...
FSA planning definitive designation for financial advisors.
The Financial Services Authority is working on a new designation for financial advisors. The reve...
The Maritime Insurance Company hoping for no icebergs.
The Maritime Insurance Company will be hoping that two container ships they have underwritten stay c...
Staff grin and bear it for Pudsey.
The insurance industry once again played its part in the BBC's Children in Need Appeal last week wit...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
Darryl Meech has been appointed senior deputy underwriter of Crowe Life, the largest syndicate at Ll...
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Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
£7m anti-flood plan could burst the banks.
The Environment Agency plans to splash out an additional £7m a year in an effort to foil the floods....
Flammable film stock makes cinema a risky business.
Props from the film Titanic were recently shipped to the UK for an exhibition at Wembley Arena. The ...
Insurers join up on PI.
Several insurers have teamed up to try and cut the cost of professional indemnity claims by using al...
RSA's smoke signals.
Royal & SunAlliance is giving away smoke alarms with its Primechoice policies. This follows a survey...
Winning over the press gang.
The article by Mark Bishop (Good press dries up in floods, PM, 19 Nov, p18) implies criticism on ins...
Appointment at RE Brown & Others.
Alex Colquhoun has joined the bloodstock and livestock section of RE Brown & Others. Mr Colquhoun ha...
New company - RGS Reinsurance Company of South Africa Ltd.
The Reinsurance Group of America has targeted South Africa as a growth area and last week opened a n...
Voyage of risk discovery needed in marine market.
Marine safety has once again emerged as a major issue, with Channel 4's investigation into allegatio...
Back injury claims.
A 'revolutionary' new product is set to change the handling of claims involving back injuries. The c...
Appointment at GE Capital Travel Insurance.
GE Capital Travel Insurance Services has appointed two regional account managers for the northern re...
Gay lovers' tiff leads cops to missing masterpieces.
A £10m art fraud scam has come to light following a gay lovers' tiff which led to the discovery of t...
For a few dollar$ more.
American life insurers, traditionally more secure than their peers in other markets, are suddenly facing risk factors that threaten to dent their credit quality. Moody's examines what must be done.