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Aegon puts TIFCO up for sale.
The world's biggest global premium finance provider has been put up for sale by its owners. Dutch in...
Aon thinks big on back of office opening.
Aon is planning to expand in Scotland on the back of a new Edinburgh office and a possible acquisiti...
XL to form new company.
Worldwide insurer and reinsurer XL Capital is to form a new subsidiary holding company to oversee th...
£6bn bid for Aetna.
Troubled US health insurer Aetna is the subject of an unsolicited $10.3bn (£6.2bn) takeover bid. ...
SGS finding way with Compass.
Intentional verification organisation SGS has bought Compass Insurance. The Coventry-based operat...
A closed door policy?
Simon Threadgold asks if the Access to Justice Act is having the opposite effect to which it was intended.
Appointment at Miller Pycraft.
Tony Griggs has joined Miller Pycraft to focus on its quality control. Previously he was manager ...
Builders' poor deal on pay.
Further to your recent article (Company lays foundations for builders to get cash, Post Magazine 24 ...
Reinsurers unaware of law rules threat.
Reinsurers involved in lengthy run-off proceedings could find themselves unfairly penalised by the E...
Busy filing their mails.
... and organising presentations, taking telephone calls - often in different languages - and doing their bit to keep a company running like clockwork. This is the role of the personal assistant in the 21st century, as Marcus Alcock discovers.
Wholesale @ new portal.
A new Internet insurance portal will be launched next month, offering access to quotes online as a s...
Censure and fine for Clowes.
City broker TL Clowes and Company has been censured and fined £25,000 by Lloyd's for acts of miscond...
Fenchurch ruling.
Fenchurch Insurance Brokers has been stung by further claims of misconduct - months after being fine...
1st Automotive select Cottrill Stone Lawless to handle non-personal
The uninsured loss department at 1st Automotive has selected Manchester law firm Cottrill Stone Lawl...
Vizards Staples & Bannisters.
Leading pensions lawyer Graham Chrystie has joined Vizards Staples & Bannisters. Mr Chrystie, who is...
Commentary - Shifting sands of liability.
In the landscape of the Court of Appeal looking at general damages and Michael Ogden's working party...
Brazil.
The Brazilian government is to sell control of the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute, putting an end t...
Rehab scheme comes at a cost.
We fully support the aims of your Rehabilitation First Campaign, although we do share the reservatio...
£5m fire damage.
A fire at a furniture warehouse in Darlaston, west Midlands, has caused an estimated £5m worth of da...
Mind games to bust fraud.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has employed the thought police in a bid to slash fraudulent claims. ...
IPT tax threat to motor insurance
Longford Insurance Schemes claims that millions of motorists would risk driving without insurance if ...
Names claim fraud.
The Lloyd's trial got underway in earnest this week with Names' QC Simon Goldblatt saying they were ...
Appointment at WhiteLight Systems.
Peter Beard has been promoted to worldwide vice president of sales at Whitelight Systems. He had bee...
Lloyd's warned of desertion.
Lloyd's is facing a "devastating" exodus of key players unless its speeds up its process of reform, ...