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Survey Overview.
The results of this salary survey suggest insurers and intermediaries have more in common than they think. Mark Cliff considers why this might be.
Death duties.
A multi-state task force of state regulators is investigating dozens of life insurers, including Met...
Insurance Industry Annual Salary Survey 2001.
This salary survey, to be an annual event, is the first step to the insurance industry understanding its own business, says Anthony Gould.
Draft Indian pay rules welcomed.
The Indian government is set to introduce draft legislation to allow commission payments to insuranc...
How qualified are you?
Methodology/sample info This report was commissioned by Post Magazine and AXA Insurance and carrie...
Appointment at SVB Underwriting Services.
Anita Hawkes has been taken on by SVB Underwriting Services as its marketing and communications mana...
Swiss rolls in profits.
Swiss Life net profit more than doubled in 2000 to Swiss francs 924m (£338m), boosted by a 49% rise ...
The need for a level playing field.
I work for a regional commercial brokerage, based in Manchester, and am constantly dealing with pers...
Aetna posts profit warning.
US health giant Aetna has warned that its first quarter earnings would be "significantly" lower than...
Claims Direct site compensates for advert.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Justice for all can be achieved.
Phil Bell was spot on in pinpointing the staggering and accelerating impact of the cost of claims fo...
Lifestyle choices.
Long hours, short lunch breaks and uncertainty caused by mergers and consolidation may lay behind the...
NU takes on CGU specialist property cover.
Norwich Union has dropped its specialist property owners' product in favour of CGU's and moved the C...
Trenwick flies in aid for London.
Bermudian insurance group Trenwick has lost the lead underwriter of its main Lloyd's syndicate. Davi...
Stuart Alexander aims for £30m.
Southampton-based broker Stuart Alexander plans to achieve a £30m premium income by the end of the y...
Show me the money.
The average salary of intermediaries and insurance company personnel is £33,000, with the majority ea...
Capitalising on the market.
Traditional methods of doing business in the London market are rapidly being replaced. To meet this ...
Too hot to handle?
Health and safety legislation has put employers in the hotseat when it comes to protecting their employees. But brokers have an increasingly important role to play in formulating clients' risk management strategies, bringing benefits all round, says…
Appointment at Donns.
North-West-based Donns solicitors has made Stephanie Tatton its new training manager. Ms Tatton join...
Insurance Personnel Selection gets hat trick at recruitment awards.
Insurance Personnel Selection recorded a hat trick at Independent Insurance's recent recruitment awa...
RSA extends its Enterprise range.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to extend the number of products available through its broker support packag...
Marine: GIT launch.
Cox subsidiary HML Marine has launched a hauliers and goods in transit liability product to help pro...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed three new partners in London and two in its Manchester office. Da...
CGNU life sales up
CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the first three months of 200...