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Rule 42 decision a blow to service and honesty.
I am writing following the outcome of the decision by the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal (BI...
Training targets.
The CII is committed to ensuring that over the next two years, the CII and the Society of Financial ...
Appointment at Financial Services Authority.
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Donald Brydon, chairman and chief executive of Axa In...
Fraud costs hit hard.
Figures to be released by the Association of British Insurers in October are set to show the fight ag...
PPB denies levy.
The Policyholders' Protection Board has denied it is close to issuing its levy on the UK insurance i...
RSA to expand with NZ purchase.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to expand its Australasian operations by acquiring AMP's New Zealand general...
Appointment at Chaucer Holdings.
Chaucer Holdings, the parent company of Chaucer Syndicates, has taken on Chris Forbes as a non-execu...
Clock ticking on Equitable.
Equitable Life could face hundreds of millions of pounds in claims and possible insolvency if its pr...
AIG row to go to arbitration.
Last week's deal, which facilitated China's entry into the World Trade Organisation, failed to fully...
No syndicate safe from WTC fallout.
Several Lloyd's syndicates with no direct exposure to the US terrorist attacks could face significant...
AIT acquisitions.
Financial services customer relationship management solutions provider AIT has acquired selected ope...
Axa markets rivals.
In what has been seen as a bold move, Axa Life Insurance Singapore has permitted its agents to marke...
Welcome to the e-revolution.
Despite some early casualties, the new wave of online intermediaries is taking the market by storm. The e-revolution has refined the online application process, so website visitors no longer need get caught up in the revolving door of some companies'…
Insurer opens in Aberdeen.
Axa has formally opened its 20th commercial business branch in Aberdeen, a city which used to boost ...
Zurich: new MD.
Zurich Professional has appointed a new managing director, following the resignation of Elizabeth Mu...
Onwards & upwards.
Lloyd's.com was launched without fanfare earlier this year. Despite its inauspicious beginnings, Max Carter, its commercial director, has high hopes for the role it will play in keeping the market at the forefront of technological developments. Edward…
A site with prospects.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Laws & effects.
In the wake of the US terrorist attacks, Steve Reynolds and Bernie Heinze look at legal precedents and how they could impact on the unravelling of claims in the longer term.
ATE test cases.
Ronnie Henderson, chief executive of personal injury specialist Claims Direct, last week confirmed i...
Appointment at 3/4 South Square.
Barry Mortimer, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, has joined chambers...
Mould cover capped.
Insurance coverage for mould damage in homeowners' insurance policies would be scaled back significa...
FM Green calls off acquisition plans.
Commercial broker FM Green has called off plans to make a £4-£5m acquisition (PM April 19, p4) becau...
New research post.
Ecclesiastical has created the new post of intermediary research analyst, focusing on research withi...
CII in talks across Europe.
Dr Sandy Scott (pictured), director general of the CII, said it was involved in talks with France, G...