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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...
Global climate change conference.
Insurance experts were in Buenos Aires this week to address governments from around the world at the...
IFA's peace-of-mind policy.
IFA Portfolio has a new unemployment and disability mortgage protection policy. 'Mortgageguard' p...
A website you can bank on.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Gem of an idea to beat fraud.
IBM and Jewelers Online have joined forces to launch a web-based jewellery information databse aimed...
R&SA denies it is to quit commercial fleet.
Royal & Sun Alliance has denied it is set to pull out of the commercial fleet market, but has stated...
Fleet deal on the road.
Fleet companies can keep trucking in safety following a joint venture between Ryland Multifleet and ...
Assitalia continues Italian invasion into the capital.
The London market received a further boost this week with the news that Italian insurer Assitalia ha...
Yasuda says software will end fraud.
Claims fraud that costs insurers millions of pounds a year will soon be a thing of the past followin...
Italian players make capital move.
It's interesting to see two Italian giants - Generali and Assitalia - announce in the same week they...