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Appointment at Legal & General.
Former chief economic advisor to the Treasury, Lord Burns, has been made a non-executive director of...
CS Rand fixes Y2K.
CS Rand has completed a Year 2000 project for Lloyd's broker group Ballantyne, McKean and Sullivan. ...
Appointment at Lehmann Communications.
Michael Cole, who during the 1980s was a distinguished foreign and court correspondent for the BBC, ...
Pump-action cure for NHS crash costs.
I read with interest the article 'Health cost charges threat to car insurance' (PM 21 Jan, p2). O...
Early settlement.
Insurers have been told to settle claims early to avoid extra costs with occupational disease claims...
Scot-Prov relaunch.
Scottish Provident International has relaunched its Select product with several extra investment opp...
Rising son.
Jeffrey Greenburg, son of AIG chairman Maurice Greenberg, has been appointed president of J&H Marsh ...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Three new managers have been appointed by Independent Insurance. Rob Wakelam is regional manager for...
CGU rubbishes claims of long term fast-track.
Insurer CGU this week claimed that long term policies will not revolutionise the insurance industry ...
Insurers to get personal.
Experian has launched a a marketing package designed to allow insurers to tailor the way they handle...
Union briefs press.
Union chiefs held a press conference yesterday on their battle with Royal & Sun Alliance. The MSF ha...
Broker Network urges more self-regulation.
The Broker Network has responded to the General Insurance Standards Council consultation document by...
Axa chief has mergers on his mind.
Claude Bebear, boss of giant French insurer Axa, has been a very busy man this week. Besides winn...
In for a pound.
Legal & General has marked the first anniversary of its TESSA by cutting the minimum investment from...
Midas plugs gap in water site security.
Midas Engineering has launched a product to boost the security and protection of water installations...
Insurer quits Africa.
Clerical Medical has announced that it is to cease writing new business in Africa, Switzerland and m...
Insurex Expo-Sure has devised a guide.
Insurex Expo-Sure has devised a step by step guide for people organising millennium parties. From ch...
Au revoir GRE.
French insurer Axa, whose £3.4bn bid for Guardian Royal Exchange was this week recommended to shareh...
MP doubts GISC plans.
The broking industry needs its own regulatory body outside the jurisdiction of the general insurance...
Cashiers cash in.
The enforcement of California's first programme to curb repetitive motion injuries in the workplace ...
Adjuster confident of farm income.
New loss adjuster VFM Associates has opened in Shrewsbury, believing the area is ripe for with busin...
AIRMIC flying high.
Membership of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers is well on course to have 1000 members ...
Commentary - No win, no fee: insurers handle with care.
It seems insurers are approaching no win, no fee cases with scepticism, and probably with good reaso...
Motor insurance syndicate predicts that brokers will benefit.
A leading Lloyd's motor insurance syndicate has predicted that brokers will benefit from the lack of...