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Bond's license to save.
The fund management arm of Standard Life, Standard Life investments, is to launch a high-yield bond ...
Allstate quits Japan.
US insurer Allstate has pulled the plug on its foray into the Japanese market after selling less tha...
Run on autopilot.
Improvements in the risk management of aircraft have levelled off in recent years, meaning insurers must work hard to drive the sector forward. Eric Alexander reports.
Taking stock.
Andrew Newman discovers why the rail industry in the UK is unique in terms of risk management for insurance companies, and also finds out that, while accidents can never be completely guarded against, approaches to safety are advancing all the time.
Willis ups stakes in Latin America.
Broker Willis has made further inroads into Latin America by purchasing a 51% stake in broker Bourch...
Themes of the 90s linger in new millennium.
There were two strong trends in the insurance sector in the last decade: rationalisation - often fol...
Solution for Zurich.
Zurich Commercial is to use a web solution from Cognos to improve its customer relationship manageme...
Fury over fee.
The Life Insurance Association has expressed concern at the Financial Services Authority's fee propo...
Rothschild sales up.
Sales through J Rothschild Assurance Group's UK marketing arm, The J Rothschild Partnership, rose by...
Just 1 in 10 will pay.
Only one-in-10 employers would be in a position to pay a member of staff in full for over six months...
The trouble with mergers.
Insurer and broker consolidation is a matter of deep concern to risk manager Ian Drewer, who explains his worries to Anthony Gould.
Website from MWD.
The electronic library of London market wordings, clauses and policy forms, Market Wordings Database...
Network joins BIBA.
The Broker Network has joined the British Insurance Brokers Association. Managing director Grant ...
Ratings downgrade.
Rating agency AM Best has downgraded Reinsurance Australia and its subsidiary Monegasque de Reassura...
Pycraft & Arnold slips
Disappointing performance by loss adjuster Pycraft & Arnold lies behind a profit warning by Miller Fi...
Rule book could delay GISC launch.
The long-awaited launch of the General Insurance Standards Council could be delayed until the end of...
.com unveiled.
Direct Line has unveiled its new brand for its multi-media activity. .com will be introduced as p...
Gem of a site for Diamond non-geezers.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
CII training courses.
The Chartered Insurance Institute will be running a series of training courses in the next few month...
Mortgage move by Treasury.
Melanie Johnson, economic secretary to the Treasury, was yesterday set to unveil plans concerning mo...
Go figure.
When modern collectibles and exotic jewellery are lost or stolen, loss adjusters need to turn to specialists who know their pound of carats from a figure worth a pound. Alex Broad reports.
Royal London chief foils estate agent's scam.
Royal London deputy chairman Roy Hurley (right) was involved in a new mis-selling scandal last week....
0800s still ringing.
Motor intermediary Hastings Direct has welcomed the decision by telephone watchdog Oftel to allow bu...
British Junior Chamber Awards.
AGroupama Insurance employee has been awarded the title "most outstanding leader" in the annual Brit...