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Brandt broker system.
Brandt Computer Systems has announced its latest Windows-based brokers administration system, a Euro...
Training chief says quality won't suffer under fast-track plan.
A fast-track training initiative for financial advisers will be launched next month in a bid to plug...
BIIBA to focus on year 2000.
BIIBA has revealed it will be looking at back up and contingency plans for the continuation of busin...
Y2K warning.
Broker J&H Marsh & McLennan has released a newsletter to clients to advise them to get Y2K compliant...
Stand firm', Hewitt tells MPs.
Patricia Hewitt has urged MPs to stand firm in the face of a concerted campaign from independent fin...
IPC chooses Ireland ...
Ireland is to be the base for a new venture launched by IPC Holdings. IPCRe Europe intends to underw...
CIGNA Fayre.
The number for the CIGNA Fayre story in POST Magazine, 22 October, p14, should have read 0171-560 84...
Direct approach to clients is wrong.
I have read several stories about insurers who have approached their broker's clients direct. Whi...
The right merger - a winner.
The announcement that Norwich Union has acquired ITT London and Edinburgh may have surprised many, b...
Pension trustees fight tax assessments.
The trustees of three exempt approved pension schemes (the BT Pension Scheme, the Post office staff ...
Going into action.
In the first of a new monthly series, a leading chamber of barristers explain the logic and timing of starting an action.
Appointment at Euclidian.
Andrew Smith has joined the Euclidian Underwriting to work on its fine art and specie account. Previ...
Gerling Global guide helps insurers to meet critical illness
Gerling Global has released a guide to help insurers assess their critical illness cover. In Crit...
Seminar is a success.
A seminar held in Southampton achieved the unusual and brought the insurance industry and judiciary ...
Cutting out paperwork.
Maritime Insurance, one of the UK's leading cargo insurers, has launched a new software product to d...
Appointment at Equifax.
Equifax has made two key appointments. John Mitchell has been made group director and will have over...
Students learn their financial lessons.
Today, there has been a lot of talk about compulsory long-term care contributions to allow people to...
British Aerospace strikes deal.
British Aerospace has struck an insurance deal which should leave it flying high. Under the terms of...
US Names fail in great debt escape.
A back-door scheme to insert a clause into the US Federal Budget that would have enabled dissident N...
NU: cycle safety is vital.
Norwich Union has teamed up with the Motorcycle Federation to promote rider safety and bike security...
... and so does Europ.
A massive 40% rise in calls to round-the-clock insurance services helper Europ Assistance has prompt...
PIA holds fire on top-up pensions action.
The Personal Investment Authority has ducked any decisive move against firms who have mis-sold top-u...
Appointment at James Chapman.
Tracey Aldred and Mark Jenkyn Jones have joined the professional indemnity department of James Chapm...
Help in time of crisis.
The Centre for Crisis Psychology has launched CCP Direct to help people cope with traumatic events. ...