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Dutch buy insurer.
London-based travel insurer Travel and Personal Underwriters has been sold to Dutch outfit De Gouse ...
Insurer chief jailed.
German insurance manager Klaus Dieter Schweickert of Munich-based BBV, has been sentenced to six yea...
Appointment at Dataview Solutions.
Spencer Chainey has been appointed as manager of Dataview Solutions' government business division. H...
China approves first broker group.
China has approved its first group of insurance broker companies in an effort to develop the industr...
Friendly bonus rate.
United Friendly is offering a guaranteed bonus rate of 9.5% for investment into its with profits bon...
First International Forum on Drug Abuse Prevention.
Delegates from around the world last week attended the first International Forum on Drug Abuse Preve...
Legal bodies to slash costs.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers are believed to be clo...
Ritchie takes chair.
Hamish Ritchie has been appointed as chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies UK. He will continue as ...
Bid to pin down PI.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has announced a new initiative to help its members...
Appointment at Eurobase Systems.
Edwin Rogers has been made personnel director for Eurobase Systems. He has been with the company sin...
Travel opportunities.
Insurance product marketing company HML claims brokers can now make more commission on travel than m...
IBRA tackles scrapping Act.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council met the Treasury yesterday to discuss the thorny issue of...
CIS shows its no Euro-sceptic.
Co-operative Insurance Society launches its fourth fund this week. The European Growth Fund follo...
Appointment at Impact Underwriting.
John Grunert and Keith Bowden have joined Impact Underwriting. Both were previously members of DP Ma...
Royal signature.
Dutch insurer Royal Nederland is the first to sign up for the workflow and policy administration sys...
Unbeatable and unmissable.
Post Magazine is staging three topical conferences which will dissect the crucial issues affecting insurers in 2000. David Worsfold explains why you can't afford to miss these events.
Personal pensions - Partridge in a pair deal.
Independent financial adviser Partridge Muir and Warren claims to have devised "a Rolls Royce of a s...
Regulator must understand insurers says Brown
Lloyd's underwriter Reg Brown has called for the insurance industry and regulators to work together t...
Rip-off fears after mortgage cop out.
The Treasury surprised the industry last week by refusing to bring the regulation of mortgage advice...
Appointment at Gosschalks Solicitors.
Medical negligence specialist Tim Slow has been made a partner at Hull-based Gosschalks Solicitors. ...
Legal & General on the market
Legal & General's new chairman, Rob Margetts, has confirmed that the company is open to new offers in...
£150m bill from air crashes.
The Boeing MD-80 Alaska Airlines plane that crashed on Monday night will cost the insurance industry...
Millions of pounds wasted.
Insurers are wasting millions of pounds on vehicles that are written off in accidents, according to ...
Record results.
Software specialist Siebel Systems has posted record results for the quarter and year ended 31 Decem...