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GISC rule decision no victory.
This week's imagined victory by the Institute of Insurance Brokers and the travel agents over the Ge...
US attacks reduce IUMI attendance.
Marcus Alcock reports from Genoa, where the 127th International Union of Marine Underwriters' annual conference is being held.
BIBA attacks IIB over GISC rule 42 victory.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has attacked the Institute of Insurance Brokers for having...
Shortfall at Lloyd's.
Initial indications following last week's US terrorist attacks are that Lloyd's capacity for the 2002...
Appointment at HPI Group.
The HPI Group, the main source of vehicle information for the UK motor industry and motoring consume...
QBE shares suspended
Australian insurer QBE today suspended trading in its shares at A$3.35 (£1.13) as a result of "huge s...
Tesco nets profits.
Tesco Personal Finance this week said 35% of its new applications are via the internet. TPF - which ...
MCS to demerge.
MCS, which specialises in business-wide IT solutions for both the insurance broking and hire/rental ...
CIS welcomes Sarwar v Alam ruling despite defeat
Although the Court yesterday upheld the previous Chester County Court ruling in the case of Sarwar v ...
Global Aerospace.
Global Aerospace confirmed its aviation policies included terrorist cover. Tony Medniuk (pictured...
Climate Change conference.
Post Magazine's Climate Change conference was promoted in conjunction with the Society of Fellows, w...
MMT goes for Gold.
London-based solutions company MMT Computing has become a member of the Microsoft Gold Certified Par...
Indie payments continue via FSCS.
The headline attached to our letter (see below: 'No compensation scheme for Indie policyholders') cou...
US counts the cost.
View from the United States by Denis Madison.
Instranet UK set to launch.
Instranet, the US software company, is to launch a UK operation on 2 October and is currently in pre...
Commentary - Sex-attack cases go to civil courts.
The Central London County Court has ruled that the Steven Berkoff rape case, recently reported in th...
Clause inclusion.
Although most travel policies contain a war clause that excludes acts of terrorism, there is a conse...
Straight talk.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is due to take over from the Policyholders' Protection Board in December. Suzanne McCarthy, chief executive of the FSCS, talked to Anthony Gould to explain how the new scheme will work and to put the record…
Insurers deny Helphire claim.
Credit hire company Help-hire this week said it had been given the green light to collect an estimate...
Research efforts.
The government is channelling its research efforts through the UK Climate Impacts programme and Dr R...
Appointment at BCWA.
Bristol-based BCWA Health-care has made two new appointments to its marketing department. Howard Hug...
Middle East to be a "war risk area".
The London War Risks Committee was set to designate part of the Middle East a war risks area as PM w...
US losses hit life insurers hard
Life insurers on both sides of the Atlantic have been hit hard by the events of last week. In the U...
Appointment at Hillman Saunders.
General insurance and financial services recruitment consultancy Hillman Saunders has added to its U...