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PIA to target pensions drawdown market.
The Personal Investment Authority (PIA) is set to clampdown on the controversial £4bn pensions drawd...
CNA Financial jobs go.
Chicago-based CNA Financial, one of the largest commercial insurers in the United States, announced ...
Pension warning.
The National Association of Pension Funds has said the government's proposals for pension sharing on...
£20m for brothers.
A California jury has awarded £20m to two brothers molested by their parish priest. John and James H...
Coffee drinking: not for the faint-hearted.
The evils of caffeine were highlighted in Post as far back as a hundred years ago. Readers were warn...
Household extension.
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a three year extension to their existing household insurance part...
FSM slots into specialist area.
Feasey Slot Management (FSM) is to launch an underwriting accident and health specialist business. ...
PIA red faced after accusing innocent firm of mis-selling.
An administrative foul-up led to one small financial firm being wrongly branded a mis-selling miscre...
Issues and withdrawals.
The Treasury has released details of the issue and withdrawal of authorisations under the Insurance ...
IFAs set for phase 2 fight.
Independent financial advisers have come out fighting saying that many innocent IFAs will be put out...
Zurich merger is go.
The planned merger of Zurich Group with BAT Industries is set to go ahead following a successful sha...
Adam Richardson finished second.
Post Magazine-sponsored Porsche Carrera driver Adam Richardson stormed to a second position finish i...
IIB cannot be all things to all brokers.
As a member of the Institute of Insurance Brokers for a few years, I find the attempts of the IIB to...
ILU's bid to get cash from members hits new problems.
The Institute of London Underwriters' hopes of raising cash from members to pay for outstanding liab...
Record profits for ECI.
The Equitable Companies Incorporated achieved record operating profits, revenues and assets for the ...
Tax advantages of sleeping partners.
The courts make a clear distinction between tax avoidance and fraudulent behaviour, and are realistic when calculating damages for loss of earnings, says Ken Cannar.
Appointment at Swiss Life.
David Holloway has joined the Swiss Life Investment Services team as investment services marketing m...
Brokers must get together.
The broker regulation debate seems to be forming two camps with the Institute of Insurance Brokers i...
FSA gets it right first time.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
UNUM furious at reports that it is working to slash welfare state
UNUM has reacted angrily to claims it is helping the government devise a harsh new benefit assessmen...
Sorry, wrong number.
In our article on cargo risks on page 8 of last week's edition, we inadvertently put the wrong telep...
Travel agents: the storm clouds gather.
At long last the government has acted to stop the blatant rip-off of compulsory travel insurance in ...
£80m pensions bill for Sedgwick.
Broker Sedgwick has calculated an exceptional charge of £80m for the cost of its pensions mis-sellin...
Cover for goods to Iran.
As diplomatic relations thaw between Britain and Iran, the Board of Trade has announced the Export C...