News
What the papers say.
RICH LIST 1998 Swinton founder Ken Scowcroft, 69, has dropped two places in the Rich List from 13...
Misguided mis-selling advert.
I'm not sure I really understand what is going with the government and its attitude towards pensions...
Value for money must be focus for any legal debate.
Our feature on the costs of litigation raises some sensitive issues for insurers and the legal firms...
Bupa has cover down to a tee.
Amateur Nick Faldos who like to go off on golfing holidays have been warned that their insurance req...
Warning of VAT hike.
Financial organisations face a daunting increase in their VAT bills as Customs & Excise target the u...
Profits at Iron Trades up 130%.
Iron Trades has increased its pre-tax profit for 1997 by 130% despite a slight dip in gross written ...
Help the Aged Hall of Fame Award.
Veteran fund raiser Sir Jimmy Saville has become the latest recipient of the Help the Aged Hall of F...
Multiassistance signs up Barclays.
Claims management and repair company Multiassistance has signed a new client, Barclays Merchant Serv...
Tiger site that earns its stripes.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
June date set for GAN.
The privatisation of giant French insurer GAN is set to go ahead at the end of June. The French gove...
Alarmist maybe, but no axe to grind.
I was delighted to see that Elizabeth Mullins of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund is advising members ...
Risk management tools.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor announced last week that Lloyd's is considering developing its own new r...
Reinsurance cover obtained.
Mitsui Marine and Fire has obtained a $30m (£18.8m) reinsurance cover backed by event-linked swap tr...
Sponsorship announced.
Two London market insurers have announced sponsorship deals with two top-class horsewomen this week....
Heads he wins, insurers lose.
Insurers have been warned that a test case in Glasgow involving a former Celtic soccer star "may ope...
R&SA's Belgian buy.
Royal & SunAlliance have acquired Belgian underwriting agency J Haenecour which has offices in Bruss...
Natwest Insurance branded 'a disgrace' by broker.
A Bradford-based broker has hit out at Natwest Insurance Services, accusing it of using "extreme and...
Star in their eyes.
Northern Star has decided to become a full member of Polaris, after concluding that the number of ne...
How the weather blew hot and cold during March.
Despite a cold start with frosts in England and Wales and blizzards over the Scottish Highlands, Mar...
Slow claims meet their Waterloo thanks to Wellington link-up.
Lloyd's insurance group Wellington has come up with a new way in which to speed its claims for custo...
Standing up for loss assessors.
I write after reading Derek Armstrong's letter (Let adjusters repair damage of assessors, PM, 9 Apri...
Flood teams give it some welly.
Insurers kept their heads when all about them were losing theirs during the Easter floods. Subsequently, and despite press reports, they emerged as the heroes and not the villains of the drama. Alex Miller reports.
As good as new.
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Sydney hosts seminar.
The growing global environment for the insurance industry is the subject of a seminar to be held in ...