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Dodd plans to lobby Australian government.
Eric Dodd, chief executive of Australian insurer NRMA, plans to exert pressure on the government to ...
Liverpool law firms abandon merger.
Liverpool-based law firms Weightmans and Hill Dickinson have abandoned their merger discussions. ...
Capita seeks next Eastgate.
Capita has confirmed that no parts of Eastgate are to be sold off or put into run-off as a result of...
Insurers lag online.
Technology giant IBM has published a study revealing that while over half of global banks now offer ...
Alliances key to future survival.
Three types of general insurer will emerge from the present fracas of industry mergers, says a repor...
Zurich unites London entities for single "face".
Zurich is to bring its three London market operations together to form a new services company Zurich...
A different playing field.
General insurance companies will have to change dramatically if they are to survive tomorrow's e-commerce- driven market, predicts David Campbell.
InsurE-com gives free software.
Internet specialist InsurE-com is to provide free desktop business software, providing comparative q...
New maritime body rings bell for London.
A major new trade body to promote the London maritime industry was due to be launched today at the B...
Brown steps down at Markel Syndicate Management
Reg Brown is to give up his position as managing director of Markel Syndicate Management. Mr Brown sa...
Amlin: more losses.
Integrated Lloyd's Vehicle Amlin is predicting greater losses for the 1998 and 1999 years of account...
Eastern promise.
Switzerland's Winterthur Life has entered into a strategic alliance with Chinese insurer Tai Kang Li...
Windows openings.
Allied Underwriting Agencies has become the first UK-based underwriter to use software company Polic...
Claims Direct future unclear.
A cloud still hangs over Claims Direct, despite the company recording improved profits and putting a...
E is for enterprise.
With the digitally-enabled population increasing rapidly, insurers and brokers alike would be wise to develop their enterprise solutions to successfully tap into this valuable customer base, says Graham Newman.
Syndicate 2010 begins trading.
Lloyd's syndicate 2010, backed by Wren's former finance director and a host of ex-Limit underwriters...
Wesleyan: system.
Marlborough Stirling has signed a £1.2m deal with mutual life assurance company Wesleyan to install ...
Blue skies in Leeds.
For Yorkshire business capital Leeds, the future looks bright. It has become increasingly popular as a place in which to both live and work and insurers cannot seem to get enough of it says Edward Murray.
Tribunal rulings will not stop spurious claims.
Proposed government changes to employment tribunals, announced this week, will not succeed in preven...
ABI code fails to deliver.
The Association of British Insurers and other sections of the industry, as well as the government's ...
Broking group gets a make-over.
South London-based broker The Hanover Park Group has unveiled a new corporate identity. The indiv...
Coverwell: doing well for itself.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
inspop.com increases panel.
Internet-based insurance intermediary, inspop.com, has signed up another four travel insurance provi...
Broker pleads guilty to fraud.
A partner of Solihull-based Second City Insurance Brokers pleaded guilty in Birmingham Crown Court l...