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Friends' free cover.
Friends Provident has added free terminal illness cover to its term assurance products. The cover, w...
Mondial gets Smart.
Mondial Assistance has become the European assistance company for drivers of a new 'smart' car. Desi...
Sixth on buyout list.
Tokyo Marine and Fire announced last week that it has become the sixth insurer to back the $1.4bn (£...
CII wants young guns to fire up its products.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is looking for people to help design its products and services. ...
Poland opens its pension doors to Norwich Union.
The Polish government has given Norwich Union a licence to sell pensions in the country. NU will ...
£4bn Y2K bill.
Rating agency AM Best expects US insurers to pick up a Millenium Bug-busting bill of more than $6.5b...
Eleven in the dock over £2.5m claims fraud.
Eleven defendants appeared at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday charged with conspiracy to defraud. ...
Two heads are better than one.
The news that the General Insurance Standards Council has found that people are in favour of a singl...
Soap storyline is beyond belief.
I have followed the unfolding saga of the Coronation Street life assurance crisis with utter disbeli...
A damning body of evidence.
The second UK Bodily Injury Study has just been commissioned by the International Underwriting Association of London and is due out at the end of the year. Phil Ellis describes some of the changes that could result.
Insurance that has a lorra lorry extras.
AXA has shifted into gear and launched a haulage vehicle policy which can be used as a stand alone s...
Ocaso capital increase.
Leading Spanish insurance company Ocaso has increased its share capital by 5m pesetas (£21m) to a to...
Environmental shock.
Research carried out for Independent Insurance has shown just 50% of the larger and medium-sized com...
Co-op jumps on the ISA bandwagon.
Co-Operative Insurance is the latest company to pick up the government gauntlet and decide to offer ...
Audatex strikes up deal with Thatcham.
Audatex has struck up a deal with Thatcham to provide its customers with better training facilities....
NU's multi-trip, low cost policy.
A new annual multi-trip travel plan with prices starting from as low as £39 has been launched by Nor...
At last, a 10 out of 10 site.
Over the life of this column not one web site has received 10/10 for its efforts - until now. The si...
PPP's aid for IFAs.
PPP Lifetime Care has announced enhancements to its products to give IFAs more flexibility when prot...
Bad timing of talks over new IFA body.
The prospect of further fragmentation of the representation of independent financial advisers should...
Deal forms new IFA giant.
The M&E Network is set to join forces with Andover-based Interdependence to form the third largest I...
Hiccups of car databases.
The letter from Steve Kilmister of Experian (Car fraud check - databases are a valuable weapon, PM 1...
Exclusive - To protect and serve.
Guardian is to launch a consumer and IFA-facing website designed to be one of the most comprehensive...
Law firm up for award.
Insurance law firm Bevan Ashford has been nominated as one of four finalists in the 1999 Society for...
Utley joins Cox to head retail division.
Former Privilege Insurance chief executive Neil Utley has joined Lloyd's insurer Cox. Mr Utley, w...