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Appointment at Hiscox.
Nick Ward is the new line underwriter of Hiscox Syndicate 33's professional indemnity and directors ...
Blair delivers bug warning to firms.
Prime minister Tony Blair has spoken out over the grave risks British companies face if they ignore ...
Partnerships behind Independent success.
Independent Insurance continued to be the City's insurance darling with another year of increased pr...
Let's not make a meal out of honest hospitality.
I see the hair shirt culture of modern Britain is starting to reach out to the world of corporate ho...
Nationwide Building Society criticises plans.
The Nationwide Building Society has criticised plans by other mortgage lenders to review their requi...
HBC sponsors amateur boxing.
The best of Britain's amateur boxers packed a punch in Birmingham last week at the National Amateur ...
RSA's NZ life deal.
Royal & Sun Alliance has made a successful bid for the life insurance operation of Norwich Union in ...
No win, no fee, still a grey area.
The government's proposal to extend conditional fees into other areas of litigation should not come ...
SCOR's 'quality' year.
SCOR, the French insurer and reinsurer, reported a growth in premiums and profits for 1997, describe...
Pru 'destroyed' paperwork.
Prudential Insurance of America routinely destroyed documents as part of its general business practi...
GAN deal edges closer.
The privatisation of GAN moved a step closer this week when companies interested in bidding for the ...
What the papers say.
THE TIMES An opera student is suing the owners of a theme park after his voice deteriorated throu...
Will conditional fees pay off?
Last week the Lord Chancellor outlined in the House of Lords his plans to phase out legal aid and replace it with a no win, no fee system. Richard Evans looks at the implications for insurers in the legal marketplace.
Maintaining the links.
Doing business by electronic data interchange brings its own hazards. David Morey explains what steps insurance companies can take to keep the links in the supply chain secure.
RSA unveils who's who in after shake-up.
The second stage of the shake-up of senior management at Royal & Sun Alliance following the arrival ...
Photo cover is focus of row.
Insurers behind a policy designed to protect photographers from copyright crimes have not targetted ...
IBM bids to enter £42bn market.
IBM has launched a portfolio of data analysis and marketing applications to try to capture a share o...
Reviving vital pound signs.
Insurers could end up the unseen casualties in emergency rooms around the country if the government succeeds in making them pay the NHS costs of road crash victims. Alan Probert reports.
Agencies must be doing something right.
I write in response to Christopher Lennon's letter ('Why dealing with recruitment agencies can be ve...
RSA looks to M&A for global strength.
Royal & Sunalliance announced that it intends to strengthen its life assurance and asset management ...
Government slammed by AIRMIC over EL insurance.
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) has attacked government proposals to impose ...
Appointment at Lutine Assurance.
Has Evers has been appointed managing director of underwriter Lutine Assistance. He has been with co...
Sharon heads for NYC.
Insurance manager Sharon Betteridge of the Bromsgrove branch of Hill House Hammond has won a weekend...
Best rise for Sherwood.
Technical solutions provider Sherwood International, has reported a pre-tax profit rise of 50% to £3...