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Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny nearly choked on her tea and biscuits when reading a report of the Hamilton/Fayed libel trial,...
Appointment at Salomon Smith Barney.
Kevin Houstoun has been made vice president of equity electronic trading and external connectivity a...
Zenith establishes new motor syndicate.
Zenith Motor Insurance has set up a motor syndicate at Lloyd's following its September management bu...
Caerphilly headquarters for National Britannia.
Rhodri Morgan, Economic Development Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales, opened environment...
Chandler Hargreaves launches protection for farmers product.
A division of Lambert Fenchurch has moo-ved in to help dairy and beef farmers concerned about the im...
House in new office.
Hill House Hammond has moved its commercial division in Stevenage into a new office. The centre, whi...
Packing a sucker punch.
Paul Redfern explains why insurers should beware of a pilot scheme for a mortgage seller's pack.
Winterthur buys NIG.
Swedish-owned motor and home insurer NIG Skandia has been bought by the Winterthur group for £120m. ...
EDI works for RSA.
The UK personal financial services division of Royal & Sun Alliance has processed over £100m of new ...
Applause for founder members.
I would like to applaud the magnanimity of the founder members of the British Damage Management Asso...
New coat of arms.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has unveiled a new coat of arms as part of a revamp of its image....
Appointment at Wellington Underwriting.
Stanley Kott has been appointed senior vice-president and a member of the board of US compnay Wellin...
Aon looks to Internet to boost IFA division.
Aon Consulting is to expand its independent financial adviser division through the use of telephone ...
A disastrous year.
We may not yet have witnessed the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but natural disasters in 1999 hav...
Drive by Compass.
Lloyd's consortium manager Compass Underwriting has launched a special insurance scheme, developed t...
Athletics competition.
Here's your second chance to win a family ticket (two adults, two children) to the first top event o...
Judge throws out dyslexia case.
A child was born dyslexic in February 1979. Ten years later he moved with his parents to Hampshire. ...
Want a suite?
Policy Management Systems Corporation has lauched its e-commerce system PMSCiSolutions for the UK in...
Public is ignorant of Y2K cover.
Consumers have been left in the dark regarding any exposure to Y2K liabilites. According to a sur...
Tanker sinks off Brittany coastline.
The French authorities are facing a massive investigation following the sinking of the oil tanker Er...
Support for BDMA.
Your headline 'Another firm snubs the BDMA' (PM 2 December, p4) is misrepresentative. Ark & Gener...
Greenway to stay.
John Greenway, Conservative MP for Ryedale, was re-elected as chairman of the All Party Parliamentar...
ABI under fire over quality for life mark.
Plans for a quality mark for retail life assurance, pensions and investment products have split the ...
Appointment at Norkom Technologies.
Ian Rawlings has been appointed as regional manager for the UK for Norkom Technologies. He will be b...