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Pru: US and Asian profits up.
UK insurer Prudential recorded a 14% increase to £425m in first-half operating profits on the back o...
Kidding around.
Online insurance provider Rapidsure.co.uk has teamed up with specialist travel insurer Anthony Kidd ...
Donns - a case of PI online.
A massive increase in personal injury and uninsured loss claims has prompted Manchester-based Donns ...
Misys net decisions.
Software company Misys may hire a bank to look at various options for its internet arm, Misys Intera...
Royal & Sun Alliance UK general business hit by rate increaes
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a slight increase in operating profit of £5m to £320m for the firs...
Appointment at Wilco.
Wilco has recruited Mark Dunstan to the newly-created role of strategic alliance manager. Mr Dunstan...
Non-disclosure: of premium importance.
We recently encountered a problem with a shop policy that has been voided due to non-disclosure. ...
TRL tests: no bull.
The Transport Research Laboratory has recommended the introduction of pedestrian tests for bull bars...
CGNU in Italian job.
CGNU has extended its life and pensions distribution through the expanded branch network of Banca Po...
Ease in Mynd.
IT solutions and services provider Mynd has introduced the 'I Plus Product Builder' for customers o...
Pru: ideal Tai deal.
Taiwan's government has approved Prudential of America's plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary i...
Sirius takes to the road.
Technology solutions and systems provider Policy Master hopes to recruit 300 brokers for Sirius, its...
Oxford put on hold.
The broker-only syndicate Oxford, which was due to start trading on Tuesday, has delayed its opening...
The road to improved claims.
Loss adjuster Crawford and Company has teamed up with CGU in an attempt to streamline the insurer's ...
Appointment at Compass Management.
Consulting Avril Lucas has been appointed senior consultant for the financial services sector of Com...
Ranking claim.
We were disappointed to see that in the excellent broker rankings supplement (PM, 27 July) our audit...
Drake expectations.
A further 25,000 Drake Insurance motor policy cancellation letters are to be sent out over the weeke...
All pretty obvious and still just the job.
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Timothy Benn Publishing to merge with City Financial Communications.
Post Magazine's owner, Timothy Benn Publishing, is to merge with City Financial Communications, publ...
High-street chains step on brokers' toes.
The threat to traditional distribution channels posed by the remorseless march of the high-street re...
Difficulties, but life reaches new heights.
Fifty years ago, the review of the year showed growth in the life market and problems in the general...
QBE: plan to sell off motor advances.
Australian insurer QBE has announced that it plans to sell Syndicate 980, Ensign Motor Policies at L...
JLT profits up 7%.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson recorded pre-tax profits for the first six months of the year up 7% to...
Africa has always been there.
In your article Happy Birthday to us (PM, 27 July, p21) you refer to "large parts of Africa in parti...