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Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has started undertaking assignments following the earthquake in centra...
Vehicle merger.
Listed Lloyd's vehicles SVB Holdings and CLM Insurance Fund are to merge creating one of the largest...
GAB Robins sold at last.
The long-running saga of loss adjuster GAB Robin's sale is over - and now it is looking to buy. N...
We'll take you there.
Management consultants are helping to clear the way for companies to set up online operations. David Fanning finds out exactly what they are advising.
Post goes online.
This week sees the launch of Post Magazine's new Internet-based service, Post Online. At PM we recog...
The great divide.
The recent launch of Iron Trades and Direct Line websites to sell cover over the Internet has brought the e-commerce discussion to the fore. Marcus Alcock examines how willing the industry is to accept e-trade.
Capital consequences.
As the millennium dawns, losses once again loom and corporate capital is showing signs of retreating from the market. Marcus Alcock asks whether now is the right time for private capital to show its worth.
PCS to expand in France.
The European arm of loss adjuster Property & Casualty Services is to expand its French operation. ...
Deal to give ATT members cover discounts.
The Association of Accounting Technicians has joined forces with Marsh Private Client Services to pr...
Ecclesiastical engineers partnership.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has struck a deal with Hartford Steam Boiler, an international engineering ...
Stuart on verge of acquisition.
City intermediary Stuart Alexander is soon to acquire another broker. The firm said it expects to...
MP slams Canada Life over windfalls.
An MP has hit out at Canada Life for shortchanging policyholders of demutualisation windfall cash fr...
Keeping football out of the courts.
Lee Dell'Anno examines an alternative way to settle claims for football injury compensation outside the legal and insurance systems.
Appointment at Forbes & Partners.
Robin Stephens has been appointed head of commercial litigation at Forbes & Partners....
Zurich boosts critical cover.
Zurich Life is set to launch a revised range of critical illness products through its independent fi...
Exclusive - Loyalty on the cards.
A Lloyd's insurer is to launch its own loyalty card next week in a bid to secure greater customer re...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes has appointed Kate Redmond and Zoe Bolton at the company's Covent Garden headquarters....
Appointment at Miller Firstline.
Miller Firstline has appointed Duncan Graham to its creditor team, where he will be responsible for ...
Appointment at FI Group.
FI Group has appointed Geoffrey Dunn as group finance director. He joins from Group One Telecommunic...
Reader's Digest to sell insurance.
Reader's Digest is to start selling life and health policies to its subscribers in a joint venture w...
There is no Liver deal says Society.
The Family Assurance Society has denied it is in talks with Royal Liver Assurance with a view to cre...
Stakeholder will hit high earners.
High earners could lose out under the government's latest proposals for stakeholder pensions. As ...
A farcical case of roadshow traffic jams.
You have to pity insurance brokers and independent intermediaries. They are desperate to know mor...
Insurers told to embrace claims technology.
IT solutions provider Policy Management Systems Corporation has warned insurers that they must revol...