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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...
Rate unchanged.
Wesleyan Home Loans has resisted passing on the recent base rate interest rise to homeowners. Its va...
Germans come in.
A German insurer is to enter the UK market next year. The insurance, brokerage and financial advisor...
Motor trading.
Specialist motor trade insurer Road Runner has increased the sum insured on its Combined motor trade...
Aon pays out.
Aon Corporation has declared its quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share. It is payable on 22 Feb...
Wizards of Oz.
Jeremy Golden discovers that Australian insurers have had to be extremely innovative in recent years as the country's general public have become more astute about financial products.
A clear sign.
Joanna Makin asks whether the writing is on the wall for insurers of schools and education authorities as parents become increasingly likely to claim damages for a child's poor performance.
Reviewing the fleet.
Insurers are trying to curb rising motor fleet losses by getting clients to be more proactive. One particularly important area is driver awareness training. David Fanning examines the products that insurers hope will help them achieve this.
Friends of the Earth protest.
The London office of Norwich Union was the target of a protest last week by environmental pressure g...
Plain money talk.
TIFCO has produced two plain English guides to premium finance. The first is presented from the insu...