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Engaged in a phone war.
Insurers are taking-on telephone watchdog OFTEL after it announced it aimed to radically change free...
New moves to prevent IFAs suffering trial by tax.
Independent financial advisers who invest in trust funds have been warned to plan ahead or suffer tr...
Low interest rate hurts investments.
Japan's continued low interest rate policy has hurt returns in investment made by Japanese life insu...
A jobhunter's dream come true.
Jobhunters seeking work in financial services now have access to a plethora of vacancies at their fi...
Insurers rally to safety drive.
Road safety was the big theme for insurers at the opening of the British International Motor Show in...
Virgin Direct launches two-for-one cover.
Virgin Direct customers can now get two-for-one following a decision to merge life and illness cover...
Towergate Underwriting Group acquires Strovers Limited.
Towergate Underwriting Group has named Strovers Limited as the latest in a long line of acquisitions...
IBM disaster plan.
IBM has announced a disaster recovery capability for Windows NT. In conjunction with the new Busines...
Pru's Egg is truly scrambled.
Why am I not surprised that the Pru has ended up with Egg on its face with its latest banking launch...
Winterthur uses stroke of GENIUS.
Winterthur International, the global insurance subsidiary of the Credit Suisse Group, has gone 'live...
Seminars drive home new work regulations.
Royal SunAlliance Engineering is to embark on a series of seminars to educate people on two imminent...
Appointment at Cottrill Stone Lawless.
Philip Shuker has joined the personal injury team of Cottrill Stone Lawless after merging his own fo...
Reform starts now'.
Secretary of State for Social Security, Alistair Darling warned too much of what is done by the Welf...
Appointment at O Rourke Reid & Co.
Two assistant solicitors have been made partners at O Rourke Reid & Co. Erika Fagan and David Mon...
What the papers say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Families in America are being told not to buy certain breeds of dogs or they ...
CSC deal with Sweden.
The Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a contract with the Swedish governmental agency, The Pr...
Bloody-minded' CGU kick up stink over logo.
Industry giant CGU has been slammed as "bloody minded" for pressurising a tiny south coast broker to...
Talk of the Town.
As delegates prepare to head off to Germany for this year's Baden-Baden meeting, Eric Alexander discusses what is likely to be on the agenda.
Max Taylor opens Crowe Italia.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor did an Italian job, opening Crowe Insurance Group's Rome-based motor ins...
Appointment at DBI Insurance.
David Dunnett has taken over as managing director of pet insurers BDI Insurance, succeeding John McM...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
Sue Rogers has been appointed claims customer service manager within the commercial lines division o...
Cunningham offers shelter in emergencies.
The Cunningham Group has struck a double deal to help people relocate if their roof comes tumbling d...
Appointment at Merricks.
Abdul Hafezu has joined the Birmingham office of Merricks solicitors as a senior insurance litigatio...
When business and politics didn't mix.
The autumn of 1973 was a grim time. Power workers, miners and many other groups of key workers had b...