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Lloyd's should look to Names.
Flexibility and invention have always been at the heart of the Lloyd's market and chairman Sax Riley...
TUC calls for unions to conduct stress MOTs.
With stress-related illness costing society £3.8bn annually through 6.5 million lost working days, t...
Insurance industry plays waiting game.
The insurance industry knows just what Sven-Goran Erickson is going through, as it plays its own wai...
Support welcomed from the FSA.
The Chartered Insurance Institute and the Society of Financial Advisers have welcomed the Financial ...
RSA in £80m HBOS deal.
Halifax Bank of Scotland plans to increase its commercial insurance business 10-fold over the next tw...
Countrywide Legal Indemnities.
I am pleased to agree with Patrick Snowball of Norwich Union (Post Magazine, 23 May, p11). The peopl...
Sterline Hamilton Wright launches online quotation facility.
Intermediary Sterling Hamilton Wright has launched an online quotation facility for professional ind...
Poor road design causes accident.
Kane v New Forest Council and another (Queen's Bench Division - 27 November 2001).
Heath Lambert set for flotation.
Broker Heath Lambert is understood to be close to finalising plans for a stock market flotation, alt...
The EC approves creation of online exchange.
The European Commission has approved the creation of the Inreon online reinsurance exchange. Current...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny enjoyed a good day at sea last week with Captain Mike Slack and friends, where the company det...
At a standstill?
The bus and coach sector seems to have stalled, with traditional carriers reducing their books or pulling out of the market altogether and more and more operators opting to self insure. Richard Adams explains.
Appointment at Beckett Risk Management.
Jeff Alcock has been promoted to risk control manager at Beckett Risk Management. He has been with t...
Football final is hard-fought clash.
Co-operative Insurance 1 Provident Insurance 0 Atherton (69) Co...
Appointment at Elliotts.
Neal Samarji, a longstanding partner at law firm Elliotts Solicitors in Manchester, has been appoint...
Wellington pulls out of shrinking PI market.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington is pulling out of the professional indemnity market after seven years, acc...
Slowly butt surely?
At present, there is no UK case law that focuses on the increasingly hot topic of passive smoking and its link to serious diseases, such as cancer. However, Jonathan Swift says it may only be a matter of time before a precedent is set.
M&SFS rules out the need to quit GI market.
Following a £12m drop in operating profit, Marks & Spencer Financial Services has denied it plans to ...
Insurers must rise to university challenge.
The insurance industry has been slow to market itself to graduates. But the sector needs to appeal to today's high-fliers to ensure the highest calibre personnel, argues Claire-Marie Yates.
Appointment at ISS Ark & General.
ISS Ark & General has made several new appointments. Joe Cook joins as general manager for Scotland ...
People's Insurance Company of China opens office in New York.
China's state-owned insurer People's Insurance Company of China has opened up a representative offic...
DLA to open in Shanghai in Asia push.
City law firm DLA plans to open an office in Shanghai next month, as part of a drive to expand its p...
Swiss Life launches online group protection facility.
Swiss Life has launched an online group protection facility enabling advisers to access, amend and a...
Appointment at Prettys.
East Anglian business law firm Prettys' has created a new partner. Matthew Cole joined the Ipswich-b...