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Amicus shocked by AMP job cuts.
Finance union Amicus this week said it was "shocked and saddened" by Australian insurer AMP's decisi...
The Pursuit of Excellence' chosen as theme.
The Pursuit of Excellence' has been chosen as a theme by David Ireland, the new chairman of the Asso...
ISO takeover boosts anti-fraud offering.
Insurance Services Office claims to have bolstered its anti-fraud offering in the UK, with the acqui...
A report into the Yarl's Wood fire.
A report into the Yarl's Wood fire by Bedfordshire County Council published this week calls on the g...
No broker panels for PRI.
Professional Risks Insurance, the London market liability insurer that intends to raise £130m when i...
Airmic members vote to change statement.
Airmic members have voted to change the association's mission statement to better reflect the profes...
Reality strikes in Insurance Window Fantasy League.
With the first group stage of this extraordinary World Cup over, the Insurance Window Fantasy Footba...
Primary Insurance forms partnership.
Primary Insurance has formed an insurance partnership with The Travel House Group, in a deal said to...
London's financial services sector will lose jobs.
London's financial services sector will lose almost 6000 jobs this year as companies reduce staff an...
RSA to stick by TIG despite loss of deal.
Royal & Sun Alliance has stressed that it will continue to work with beleaguered software specialist...
ABI and BMA finally reach an agreement.
The Association of British Insurers this week struck a deal with the British Medical Association aft...
New market.
Middle-east-based reinsurer the Arab Insurance Group is to seek shareholder approval for a recapital...
Lloyd's underwriters and insurers turning away requests.
Lloyd's underwriters and specialist liability insurers are beginning to turn away new and renewal re...
Singer and Friedlander Insurance Finance recruit specialists.
Singer and Friedlander Insurance Finance has recruited three insurance specialists to develop its br...
Appointment at BiB Underwriters.
Agricultural Insurance specialist BiB Underwriters has taken on a new operations manager to head up ...
When East meets West.
Long-term prospects for general insurance sales in Eastern Europe are looking promising. As these regions are poised on the brink of EU membership, Jeremy Golden looks at their markets and the compliance issues.
Businesses fail to rate internet risks.
US companies are continuing to under-estimate the risks associated with doing business via the inter...
Freed McLarens signs Capita deal.
Loss adjuster McLarens International has signed a new deal with outsourcing giant Capita, following ...
The FSTC launches new website.
The Financial Services Training College has launched a new website, www.fstcollege.com, to provide t...
September decision time for Lloyd's.
An emergency general meeting of Lloyd's Members to approve the final form of the Chairman's Strategy...
The CII say more practitioners complete qualifications.
The Chartered Insurance Institute this week said more insurance and financial services practitioners...
PwC confident of securing agreement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance, is "highly confident" t...
E&O: US lawsuit to find if regulatory fines are covered.
A lawsuit filed in New York is expected to rule on the key issue of whether regulatory fines can be ...
Appointment at 1st Software.
1st Software, the provider of integrated technology solutions to financial advisers and intermediari...