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Arup Associates.
A 27 metre-tall beacon can now help long-lunch insurance workers in the City of London find their wa...
Old waters, new routes.
Andrew Coutts explains why marine insurers need to be inventive to survive in the 21st century's rapidly-changing insurance climate.
Insurer to exploit new law change.
The Bank of Ireland has joined up with legal expenses insurer Greystoke Legal Services to exploit a ...
Europe tops life insurance league
The European Union has overtaken Japan to become the world's largest market for life insurance. Stati...
European life sector increases despite falling premiums.
The Comite Europeen des Assurances will reveal today that growth in European life premium volume slow...
Birmingham Midshires signs household agreement with Legal & General
Home loans provider Birmingham Midshires, a division of the Halifax Group, has agreed a five year arr...
Woollard weighs up options
Standard Life carpetbagger Fred Woollard is currently "reviewing my various options" following the in...
Budget mish-mash
Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget speech contained an interesting mish-mash of measures. Insurers an...
Marsh creates new risk division
Broker Marsh's US owner Marsh & McLennan is to set up a risk management unit for corporate clients th...
Countdown to CGNU vote has started
There are ten days to go before shareholders will vote over the proposed £18bn merger of Norwich Unio...
Hercules goes online
A new household insurance service - underwritten by Lombard - which enables homeowners to get instan...
Peers backdown over long-term care insurance
Rebel Peers have backed down over the issue of the regulation of long-term care insurance following g...
DNA testing by the autumn
The government plans to allow insurance companies to use DNA testing for underwriting purposes to ass...
Banks may be forced to sell off businesses
Banks could be forced to sell off viable parts of their business - possibly including their insurance...
Cox down on investment
Cox Insurance Holdings has reported a drop in pre-tax profits for 1999 to £15.1m from £18.3m the year...
US property casualty set for downturn
US-based property casualty insurers are set for their worst underwriting results ever, according to I...
Unum group growth
Income protection insurance specialist Unum has reported new business up 73% last year, to £35.4m. ...
MBO for specialist underwriters
The underwriting management of specialist yacht and marine insurers Yachtline and Marineline have acq...
Tysers new marine division
Independent Lloyd's broker Tysers has formed a new division as part of its marine insurance and reins...
Francis helps appoint press watchdog
Mary Francis, director general of the Association of British Insurers is to join the Appointments Com...
Spencer resigns from Edgar Hamilton and Wellard
Kevin Spencer, currently managing director and main board director at Edgar Hamilton and Wellard has ...
Meningitis diagnosis costs MDU millions
The Medical Defence Union said it is getting an allegation a week of delayed diagnosis of meningitis ...
Terra Nova takeover approved
The shareholders of both Terra Nova and Markel have approved the takeover of the Bemudian reinsurer b...
Date for division.
Credit Suisse Group is to set up a new financial services management division from 1 April, combinin...