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New coat of arms.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has unveiled a new coat of arms as part of a revamp of its image....
Appointment at Wellington Underwriting.
Stanley Kott has been appointed senior vice-president and a member of the board of US compnay Wellin...
Aon looks to Internet to boost IFA division.
Aon Consulting is to expand its independent financial adviser division through the use of telephone ...
A disastrous year.
We may not yet have witnessed the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but natural disasters in 1999 hav...
Drive by Compass.
Lloyd's consortium manager Compass Underwriting has launched a special insurance scheme, developed t...
Athletics competition.
Here's your second chance to win a family ticket (two adults, two children) to the first top event o...
Judge throws out dyslexia case.
A child was born dyslexic in February 1979. Ten years later he moved with his parents to Hampshire. ...
Want a suite?
Policy Management Systems Corporation has lauched its e-commerce system PMSCiSolutions for the UK in...
Public is ignorant of Y2K cover.
Consumers have been left in the dark regarding any exposure to Y2K liabilites. According to a sur...
Tanker sinks off Brittany coastline.
The French authorities are facing a massive investigation following the sinking of the oil tanker Er...
Support for BDMA.
Your headline 'Another firm snubs the BDMA' (PM 2 December, p4) is misrepresentative. Ark & Gener...
Greenway to stay.
John Greenway, Conservative MP for Ryedale, was re-elected as chairman of the All Party Parliamentar...
ABI under fire over quality for life mark.
Plans for a quality mark for retail life assurance, pensions and investment products have split the ...
Appointment at Norkom Technologies.
Ian Rawlings has been appointed as regional manager for the UK for Norkom Technologies. He will be b...
Bill unopposed.
The Limited Liability Partnerships Bill received an unopposed second reading in the House of Lords l...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed four new partners to its personal injury division. Three...
X-citing choice.
Xelector, the European online marketplace for financial services, has chosen systems provider and in...
Misys to pull plug on system.
Misys has pulled the plug on the Penta insurance broker system. The technology trader to the UK in...
Appointment at St Paul International Insurance.
Rebecca Tween has been made regional underwriter for St Paul International Insurance. Ms Tween, who ...
Iron Trades is sold to QBE
Iron Trades, the UK's fifth largest employer's liability insurer, has been sold to Australian insurer...
IFA sees double.
Independent financial adviser giant Towry Law has doubled its UK operation with the acquisition of A...
Chubb offers overseas links.
Chubb plans to help brokers tailor commercial insurance for emerging multi-national businesses. T...
JLT chooses T&CA.
It's a deal. Chris Caine, managing director of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Corporate Risk, shakes ...
Going somewhere?
This year has seen much debate over long term care, but has it actually offered any benefits for the elderly or those who provide the sector's products? Andrew Chapman looks back on 12 months of talk.