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Appointment at Barnetts.
David Gibbs and Anthony Considine have been appointed to key positions at Bolton-based Barnetts. Mr ...
NU helps the aged.
Norwich Union has given the charity Help the Aged a new year present of £33,500. NU long-term care m...
Lloyd's big guns being outpaced by smaller rivals.
Larger Lloyd's brokers are underperforming according to a study to be published next week. The re...
Pensions media blitz branded confusing.
A multi-million pound national media campaign heralding phase 2 of the investigation into pensions m...
Cross-border confusion must come to an end.
Mr Foster, in his letter 'Industry regulation may counter EU law' (PM, 17 Dec, p18) raised a number ...
Wellington buys agent for £2m cash.
Lloyd's vehicle Wellington Underwriting has agreed to buy US managing agent J. Linneman for £2.51m c...
Churchill motors down to Kent.
Churchill has motored into the new year following the announcement it has launched a 40-staff accide...
Property survey was negligent.
The plaintiffs in a dispute over a property survey were first time buyers who found a house and were...
Appointment at Cornhill Insurance.
John Knowles has been made IT executive with Cornhill Insurance. Previously he was head of claims an...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Liz Taylor has been appointed as alternative dispute co-ordinator for Manchester law firm James Chap...
Post Magazine focuses on the human cost of arson.
Arson is a perennial problem for insurers and in the first issue of 1984 its human, as well as econo...
Nice niche for Nash.
Carole Nash has expanded in Ireland with the opening of a Dublin office and upgrading its Emerald Po...
A promised land for insurers.
Cardiff and Swansea are fast becoming hotspots for UK insurers. David Fanning finds out why.
Weightmans to expand through merger with William Hatton.
Law firm Weightmans is to expand through a merger with Midlands practice William Hatton. Weightmans'...
Howell out, Homer in.
The chairman of the Motor Insurers' Bureau, Les Howell, has stepped down on completion of his four-y...
Asia targeted for aggressive marketing.
Australia's National Mutual Holdings has targeted Asia for aggressive marketing in 1999. The firm, w...
Wait and see over euro: Cap Gemini.
CAP GEMINI has warned insurers to wait until March before celebrating the euro conversion process. ...
Appointment at Donns Solicitors.
Medical negligence expert Stephanie Forman has joined Donns Solicitors as a partner to head and deve...
Lloyd's sees fall in Names.
The number of individual unlimited liability Names underwriting at Lloyd's for the 1999 year of acco...
Appointment at HSBC Gibbs.
Charles Ledsam has been appointed a director of HSBC Gibbs. He will have particular responsibility f...
Newsagent wins electronic point of sale system from Aon.
Kidderminster newsagent Norma Oakes has won a £7000 electronic point of sale system from Aon. The EP...
Cologne brand to be splashed all over the world.
The General & Cologne Re brand has now been fully implemented in the UK with the rest of the world e...
Appointment at Beachcroft Stanleys.
James MacNish Porter has been made a partner at Beachcroft Stanleys. Mr MacNish Porter trained wi...
Damage pay-outs take a hike.
There have been renewed fears within the insurance industry at the level of damages awarded to seriously injured people in several recent court cases. However, some companies are trying to turn back the tide says Alex Miller.