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Appointment at Swiss Life UK.
Nicola Smith has been appointed marketing consultant for employee benefits by Swiss Life UK. She joi...
Reinsurers could be handed huge mis-selling bill.
Reinsurers could be left to pick up a significant part of the £11bn pensions mis-selling bill, accor...
Friendly bonus.
United Friendly is offering what it claims is a market leading first year guaranteed bonus rate of 9...
Long haul high risk.
The road haulage industry is currently enduring a bumpy ride and it does not look like getting any b...
The value of ratings.
In today's fast changing market, an insurer can gain much from a good relationship with ratings agencies. One of the most important benefits is that a rating indicates the insurer's real strength to third parties such as potential investors.
Appointment at United Assurance.
David Amos has joined the board of United Assurance Group as an executive director. He joined the co...
Appointment at Munters.
Property restoration company Munters has appointed four new restoration technicians at its Aberdeen ...
Learning from the past is the key to the future.
The only certainty in the future is change - massive, relentless, uncompromising change. Tim Ablett points a finger at the insurance industry and says the best way that it can help itself is by learning from past mistakes.
Grim prediction for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's is heading for spectacularly high losses for 1997-2000, according to rating agency Moody's. ...
1998 Comparison of company highlights (ranked by GPW) (£000's)
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FSA wants back office staff trained.
Insurers will have to train back office staff if proposals from the Financial Services Authority are...
Mergers not a quick-fix remedy.
The failure of so many mergers to deliver additional shareholder value was one of the most significa...
Signing on the dot.com line.
The government's decision to simplify the e-commerce Bill and speed up its passage through Parliamen...
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society.
Mutual assurance society Wesleyan has recruited James Macdonald to become its managing director. Pre...
Swiss Re launch.
Swiss Re has launched 'Electronic Risk Exchange', an Internet-based service that trades reinsurance ...
UA still target for Britannic.
Britannic could still make a move for United Assurance despite calling off takeover talks. Last w...
Smart moves to change IT culture.
"When change meets culture, culture normally wins," Mike Smart, sales and marketing director of PMSC...
BRIT's share buy.
BRIT Insurance Holdings has bought from broker Benfield Greig the remaining 70.01% share of BRIT Ins...
Oh dear.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
007% for bond.
Nationwide has launched a two-year members' fixed rate bond, exclusively available to holders of mat...
Learn today, win tomorrow.
The UK general insurance market has never been in such turmoil. Against a background of continuing...
Five-a-side football.
Partner Clare Edwards almost achieved an historic victory in her role as Manchester law firm Elliott...
Oil limit to spread.
The limit of oil pollution cover offered by the International Group of P&I Clubs will increase next ...
Movers and shakers.
Andrew Mitchell analyses the 1998 Treasury returns for UK general insurance companies and uses figures from 1992 and 1997 to pick out the trends that have developed during the past decade.