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Surprise and doubts over Nat West bid.
High street bank Nat West officially made a £10.75bn acquisition offer for insurer Legal & General t...
Pounds fillings and sense.
They say you can't buy good health - or can you? Sales of health cash plans are rocketing as more people realise they're a sound investment. Simon Threadgold finds out how sticks and stones may break your bones, but bills will never hurt you.
Intech installation.
Insurer William Russell, a specialist in providing medical insurance for ex-pats in the UK and abroa...
Appointment at Amey Vectra.
Stuart Chapman has joined the Birmingham-based disaster recovery division of Amey Vectra as operatio...
Angel in devil of a confusing matter.
In a recent issue (PM 26 August, p6) you use the phrase "legal expenses insurer" to describe Angel ...
Three make it on to CGU's panel.
Insurer CGU has unveiled its legal panel for property management work, appointing only three firms. ...
Court case could end with Equitable hit for £1bn.
Management at troubled mutual Equitable Life were remaining tight-lipped about the prospects of a fa...
Insurers failing to maximise 'Net.
The world without boundaries created by the Internet also provides a headache for governments as the...
Everyone wins with employee development.
Your editorial and article (Training Survey, PM 26 August p17) are both spot on. I can count on one ...
Miller rumoured to takeover GAB Robins
It was rumoured this week that loss adjuster GAB Robins was to be sold to rival Miller Pycraft & Arno...
Edgar Hamilton Group - Notting Hill Carnival.
Edgar Hamilton Group is looking forward to arranging the cover for the first Notting Hill Carnival o...
Repairer gutted in every sense.
A motor repairer is facing bankruptcy for starting a blaze which caused damage estimated at £3m and ...
The mood in Monte.
On the eve of this year's Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, Janina Clark asks reinsurers about the present and future state of their market, and gets some conflicting answers.
Chubb goes online.
Chubb has launched an online quotation system for brokers. The first Chubb cover available on Soluti...
Head-in-the-sand attitude to Y2K will get you beached.
The problems with the satellite navigation network recently highlighted the difficulties which we mi...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Graeme Sutton has been chosen to succeed Michael Gaughan as marketing manager of Independent Insuran...
Appointment at Brittanic Assurance.
John Wilkinson has been made head of general business insurance at Birmingham-based Brittanic Assura...
Zurich acts to promote new star in province.
Zurich has strengthened its Northern Ireland operation by launching a personal lines business which ...
There's smoke but where's the fire?
The summer is now more or less over, and as is normal for the six-week school holiday break, rumours...
EXCLUSIVE - Broker Network links up with finance firm.
Broker Network has joined forces with a leading premium finance company to provide its members with ...
Firms seek Y2K payouts.
US insurers are bracing themselves for multi-million dollar payouts as a result of botched work to m...
Appointment at Criterion Assurance.
Harold Dunn has been appointed group finance director of Criterion Assurance group and joined the bo...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The launch of a giant poster of Kelly Brook, the former Big Breakfast present...
Commentary - Shooting down guns for hire.
A code of guidance for experts is expected to become a practice direction under part of the civil pr...