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The city3k Debt Exchange has been rebranded.
The city3k Debt Exchange has been rebranded as The Run Off Centre on its first anniversary. The cent...
Post helps in insurer dead-end.
After 20 months' research and investigation, and with Post Magazine's help, we have now traced the i...
Clarity is the best policy.
Traditionally, insurance policy wordings have been a bit of a puzzle to the uninitiated reader, however, the FSA looks set to implement legislation on plain English, so insurers had better get out their dictionaries, says Steven Spedding.
Markerstudy in car lease deal.
Broker wholesaler Markerstudy, in conjunction with First Active Cars, is offering a flexible car lea...
Axa UK set to cut up to 500.
Axa is understood to be set to axe up to 500 jobs from its UK general insurance operation under plans...
Loss adjusters should be price-makers.
In the article Experiencing a loss of direction? (Post Magazine, 28 February, p20), Neil Ventris of ...
Eureko delays flotation plan.
Pan-European insurer Eureko has put back its flotation plan, after its net income for 2001 dropped b...
Law Society Council to vote on reforms.
The Law Society Council is to vote on reforms that could radically alter the way law firms are funde...
The future shape of regulation is in insurance industry's hands.
"Once upon a time there was a land where insurance companies were always right and claims were never...
FSA appoints high street head.
The Financial Services Authority is expected to appoint its new head of regulation of general insura...
Critical illness insurance premiums can be reduced.
Critical illness insurance premiums can be reduced by as much as 50% if policyholders are allowed to...
Lord Chancellor to increase statutory level of bereavement damages.
The Lord Chancellor is set to increase the statutory level of bereavement damages for fatal accident...
More Th>n signs sponsorship deal with Channel Five.
Royal & Sun Alliance subsidiary More Th>n has signed a six figure deal with Channel Five to sponsor ...
Appointment at Hill House Hammond.
High-street insurance provider Hill House Hammond has taken on Jonathan Ballin as finance director. ...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has appointed Paul Price as a new field sales representative for L...
Dublin throws open its doors to the captive market.
Dublin is beginning to make itself felt in the captives market. As a result, there are increasing recruitment opportunities for professionals wishing to work in the sector and enjoy the quality of life Ireland represents. Paul Cotter reports.
View from the US - the Enron fallout.
The fallout from the collapse of energy giant Enron and the problems of its auditors Arthur Andersen...
A question of damages.
Last week, the government confirmed its intention to move away from lump-sum damages for personal injury. Lord Hunt warns it must ensure certainty for insurers in any new system, or risk imposing a system worse than that which presently exists.
BIBA is end of the road for AIIB.
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers will cease to exist from 12 April, following...
Mintel forecasts travel insurance premiums will increase.
Research agency Mintel has forecast that travel insurance premiums will increase by up to 30% by 200...
Insurance job.
The Association of British Insurers has said it is not likely to "get hot under the collar" over a c...
Fortis plans to widen scope after profits rise.
Fortis Insurance in the UK, which recorded a profit before tax of £32.7m in 2001, compared to £26.5m...
Jean-Marie Nessi has left the Axa Group.
Jean-Marie Nessi, chief executive of Axa Corporate Solutions, has left the Axa Group. He has been re...
Spencer to quit RSA
Paul Spencer, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance is set to quit the troubled insurer. RSA ...