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Life insurers opt for affinity.
One third of life companies currently sell organised affinity marketing through their head office, a...
BAe boss praises risk 'religion'.
Risk management has been vital to British Aerospace's recovery this decade, according to Tony Rice, ...
MSF vows to fight merger job losses.
Union bosses have slammed Norwich Union and ITT London & Edinburgh for announcing 600 job losses wit...
Quackenbush win.
Chuck Quackenbush has been re-elected California insurance commissioner for four years, beating chal...
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Axa's revenues rise.
The Axa Group's consolidated revenues rose for the year up to October 1998 by FF271.8bn (£28bn) over...
ALM backs byelaws.
The Association of Lloyd's Members is set to oppose a move to axe two byelaws passed in September. O...
Fire at Aberystwyth University.
An early morning fire at Aberystwyth University halls of residence last Tuesday left over 100 studen...
Hewitt hits out at IFA Association.
A House of Commons debate last Tuesday on the pensions mis-selling saga saw angry confrontations bet...
Managers' £1bn.
A survey of AIRMIC members has found that UK risk managers control premiums worth over £1bn. The two...
What the papers say.
PRESS GAZETTE Lawyers for a TV news cameraman who is unable to work since he was gunned down whil...
New Britannic solution.
Brittannic Assurance has installed an advanced digital recording solution from Comverse Technology E...
IBM experiments with adjusting initiative.
IBM is piloting an electronic notepad in the United States which it hopes will revolutionise the way...
EOC in maternity pay row.
In a case involving maternity pay, the applicants were all employees of the Equal Opportunities Comm...
Good job they're covered.
As the public perception of the risks facing professionals changes, Paul Redfern looks at the implications for insurers and asks whether it's justified.
Profit leap for Aon.
Chicago-based broker Aon Corp reported a 23% increase in pre-tax profits for the third quarter of 19...
Salus mass sell-off.
The Salus Ansvar Insurance Group has announced that it has agreed to sell its UK, New Zealand and Au...
R&SA fined £225,000.
Royal & SunAlliance is the latest firm to receive a fine after failing to carry out case reviews rel...
Independent Insurance sponsors under-14s football club.
Edenbridge United Football Club's under-14s are to assert their independence with a new strip for th...
Everything you ever wanted to know about a company.
Insurers can crack down on fraud and bad debt by using new computer services from Equifax Commercial...
IBRC may live to fight another day.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council may not be doomed as previously thought, as with the Trea...
GRE's Y2K check.
To make sure that its computer systems are in order for the millennium Guardian Royal Exchange is ge...
Casting the dye over genes.
Jonathan Swift looks at the future of genetic testing as a means for insurers to determine medical risks.
At last things are looking up.
The General Insurance Standards Council has landed in the nick of time. A dangerous vacuum was formi...