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Traffic device helps police master roads.
Plans for the police to use a new speed-zapping gadget to slow down stolen cars look set to be given...
Hide and seek.
Hi-tech product provider Searchwell has launched a detector aimed at finding objects hidden undergro...
DTI portfolio: the kiss of death?
For the best part of 20 years, it seems that the top ministerial job in the Department of Trade and ...
Woolf reforms will lead to legal howlers say insurers.
There is growing concern that the radical reform of the civil litigation system will lead to chaos i...
From States to Staines.
US insurance industry solution provider InSystems has opened an office in Staines to provide a local...
Swiss Re rebranding.
Swiss Reinsurance Company has rebranded its global business under the Swiss Re banner. Swiss Re Life...
Changes at Sun Life.
The Board of Sun Life and Provincial Holdings, a member of the Axa global group, has announced sever...
Cigna plans £2bn sell off to Ace.
Cigna is negotiating to sell its property and casualty business for £2bn to Bermuda-based Ace so it ...
Insurers urged to exorcise phantoms.
Insurers have been circulated with a list of 'bogus garage operations' in a bid to counter the lates...
Law lords rule against 'double recovery'.
The insurance industry has welcomed the law lords decision to rule against 'double recovery' for dam...
Boost for exporters.
A new co-operation agreement between the ECGD and FGB, the Finnish Export Agency, will provide help ...
Son's Nazi lawsuit.
A French Jew whose parents died in Auschwitz death camp during WWII is suing the French government a...
There's no quick fix for broken pension promises.
The row over guaranteed annuity rates has provoked some curious responses. The most readily understa...
New Year goes down a storm.
New year 1999 roared its arrival with gales battering many areas of Britain, leaving insurers and lo...
Industry backs calls for single regulator.
The insurance industry wants a single independent regulator according to the General Insurance Stand...
Commercial health risk.
Insurers have been warned to be aware of the IT-related problems they face in order to maintain "com...
Euro gets off to a flying start in London.
The introduction of the euro to world markets, which took place on New Year's Day, has received a po...
Fitzgerald is new CEO at Miller.
Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters president Bev Fitzgerald has become the chief executive of Mil...
Feelers put out to gauge reactions to IFA plans.
Moves towards the establishment of an effective representative body for IFAs has begun with the publ...
Appointment at Rowe & Maw.
Keith Lyon and David Chadwick have been appointed to Rowe & Maw's Lloyd's office insurance and reins...
Avon Insurance boosts Arsenal Charitable Trust.
Avon Insurance recently gave the Arsenal Charitable Trust a boost with a cheque for £500. The Arsena...
Buying from rivals.
Both general and life insurers are gaining competitive advantage from the use of competitors' technology systems. John White explains.
Appointment at Travel & Personal Underwriters.
Eileen Porter has been made claims manager with Travel & Personal Underwriters. Previously she worke...
Appointment at Heath Insurance Services.
Richard Amphlett has been promoted at Heath Insurance Services to sales and development executive. H...