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Appointment at Woodstock
West Malling-based Woodstock Insurance Brokers has appointed Steve Gamage as operations manager and ...
Asda to sell life insurance in partnership with Scottish Widows
Supermarket chain Asda is to sell life insurance and mortgage life insurance in partnership with Sco...
PeopleSoft announces record revenues
Customer relationship management systems vendor PeopleSoft has announced record revenues for the thi...
MPs call for legislation requiring proof of car insurance
MPs called on the government this week to introduce legislation requiring tax disc-style proof of in...
CJC voices concerns over EL fixed fees and capacity
The Civil Justice Council does not want to expand and extend its work on fixed fees into the employe...
Law reforms see insurers "haemorrhaging" money
Anthony Gould reports from PM's management briefing on legal reforms and what they mean for the industry, held last week in London
US senate rejects class Act
The US senate has rejected the Class Action Fairness Act, which would have permitted the removal of ...
EL guidelines welcomed
The Association of British Insurers this week unveiled guidelines on how to proportion employers' li...
SAP wins Capita tender
Capita Insurance Services' managing director Bill Dye claimed this week that its new SAP technology ...
Employers' liability conference - update
Post Magazine's special employers' liability management briefing on 19 November will be the first op...
The Association of Run-Off Companies increases number of executive members
The Association of Run-Off Companies has increased the number of executive members on its governing ...
Claims is suffering deskilling
David Marshall, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said the claims sector was ...
Hong Kong insurance business recorded steady growth in 2002
All major lines of Hong Kong insurance business recorded steady growth in 2002, according to statist...
ABI to lobby government over new homes
The Association of British Insurers may soon embark on a new round of government lobbying - this tim...
Churchill seeks help with claims payments
Churchill Insurance has bought a document claims solution from Tall Group, to be installed at its ma...
Broker Direct launches pilot with Zurich
Broker Direct has launched a pilot with Zurich that aims to reward policy-holders with reduced premi...
Double century
This week, the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund - which provides financial assistance to ex-servicemen and wom...
Appointment at Amlin
Amlin, the Lloyd's insurance group, has recruited David Ashby to head its bloodstock account. As a p...
Willis announces intention to acquire Ital Re
Broker Willis has announced its intention to acquire Milan- and Rome-based reinsurance broking giant...
NIG fails to sell division as a whole
UK Underwriting, the third party schemes business of Primary Group, has acquired renewal rights to N...
Germany's Allianz expects to achieve "positive results"
Germany's Allianz said it expects to achieve "positive results" for its 2003 fiscal year, not only f...
ZFS to focus on corporate
Zurich Financial Services has narrowed its focus to concentrate on corporate business in Belgium and...
Appointment at Adventus
Business and management consultancy Adventus has appointed Andrew Humphreys to strengthen its offeri...
Insurer cuts renewal times to two days
Standard Life Healthcare claims to have slashed average renewal administration times from two weeks ...