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Odyssey rationalises.
Odyssey Re is transferring its London market branch operations to syndicate 1218 as parent company F...
New plans at Bupa.
New commission rates on corporate, small company and personal business schemes for Bupa Cash Plan ar...
RMI rethink.
At a recent Retail Motor Industry Federation London body repairers' meeting, it was decided that tho...
CGU Life gives help to IFAs.
IFAs have been offered the chance to pre-empt the introduction of stakeholder pensions with the laun...
Use it or lose it.
The Internet will not kill off other customer channels, but insurers must focus its use or lose out ...
BackCare's Reeback.
Funding from insurer Swiss Life has enabled BackCare, formerly the National Back Pain Association, t...
Online launch.
An online general liability product for small and medium-sized companies has been launched by Fusion...
Merger forms £10m broker.
Guaranteeing broker Edgar Hamilton is merging with fellow Lloyd's broker FE Wright to create a new e...
Appointment at Fortis.
David Voute has been appointed as general manager of corporate communications at international insur...
Appointment at William M Mercer.
Elaine O'Keefe has been appointed as senior communication consultant and team leader at William M Me...
Free legal cover.
Das Legal Expenses has signed a major deal to provide a leading household insurer with free mandator...
Surrey for esure.
The new Halifax Building Society-backed Internet company, esure, has decided to set up its head offi...
New Inter managers.
Leading assistance provider Inter Partner has restructured its business team to ensure closer workin...
Lutine is launched.
Ex-Edgar Hamilton director Kevin Spencer is to launch a new high-tech underwriting agency covering t...
Wesleyan brings IT in-house.
Mutual life insurer Wesleyan Assurance Society is to move its IT department back in-house to new pre...
Appointment at Computer Sciences Corporation.
Peter Gregory has joined CSC as a business consultant. He has more than 10 years' experience in the ...
Cut out cheques.
Some £12.5m could be saved by the life and pensions industry if it pays its suppliers and customers ...
Groupama pledge.
Groupama Insurances is to continue its sponsorship of the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research for...
Cash to keep staff.
American investment manager Nationwide is using payments of up to £1m to prevent mass defection from...
Appointment at Methodist Insurance.
Peter Lowe is to replace the recently-retired David Blanks as general manager of Methodist Insurance...
We don't need no education writs.
Legal experts and insurers are taking active steps to address fears that under the forthcoming Human...
Ex-Generali staff lose case.
Italian insurer Generali has won a Birmingham employment tribunal case bought by staff seeking enhan...
A Rapid Allianz online.
Insurer Allianz Cornhill and online insurance provider RapidInsure.co.uk have teamed up to launch a ...
Aegon keeps mum over sale.
Giant insurer Aegon has refused to comment on speculation that it is in "due diligence" regarding th...