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Smart acquisition.
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has acquired Keighley-based broker CS Horne Insurance Consultants. T...
Eastern promise of the Orient.
European insurers are looking to Asia for new business opportunities. Companies like Axa, Allianz...
Appointment at Loss Adjusters Limited.
Malcolm Head has joined Gibraltar-based Loss Adjusters Limited as a director. Mr Head will be respon...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas have joined Helphire Group to head the new national sales team of i...
Hiscox dump Fitch.
Hiscox has dumped Fitch IBCA as one of the ratings agencies it uses. At Hiscox's request, Fitch IBCA...
Les is more.
Chief executive of Axa Sun Life Les Owen takes up the position of group managing director of Nationa...
Losses can't dent CGU profits.
CGU's interim results showed an operating profit of £420m, up 5% on 1998's figure. This was ach...
Risk and responsibility.
The developing world needs major upgrades in its infrastructure to meet the needs of its burgeoning population. Who is going to provide the funding and take the risks. Richard Willsher finds out.
Pension alternative.
CGU Life has launched a new profit annuity product as an alternative means of providing income durin...
Blooming new office.
Broker Tear Rose has moved offices. Its new address is 96 Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0DL...
Metal gets heavy.
A law enforcement task force, Operation Twisted Metal, has arrested 31 members of an insurance fraud...
Stop-start pension.
Abbey National has launched a pension which allows customers full flexibility to stop and start paym...
Two up, one down for Axa.
Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, the Axa subsidiary, has announced its interim results. Group operati...
Crawford-THG - Turkish earthquake.
Crawford-THG has been inundated with calls from brokers following the earthquake which devastated a ...
Accountants liable for client's loss of retirement relief.
A taxpayer was the majority shareholder in a family company which carried on business alongside the ...
Appointment at Lawrence Graham.
London law firm Lawrence Graham has appointed Helen Loughlin as its new director of human resources....
BDMA accused of cartel-making.
A war of words has broken out between the British Damage Management Association and a company it is ...
Trouble in store after shop case.
Zurich Municipal is facing multi-million pound payouts because of government interference in local p...
Appointment at CCC International.
Peter Kenny has taken up a senior consultant role with CCC International. Mr Kenny, who joins fro...
Listen and earn.
US insurers are paying more to try and get the ear of government. New figures show lobbying of US le...
As silly as the silly season can get.
The summer silly season for reporting is well and truly here, as illustrated by last week's coverage...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS An English couple who claimed they were victims of racial discrimination in a Scottis...
Virtual training.
Global broker Willis has opened its own 'virtual university'. The Willis Institute will offer staff ...
Profits fall in operations marked to go.
Door-to-door insurer United Assurance has announced a 36% drop in interim profits to £125m, compared...