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Fingers should be crossed for London reforms.
Working groups can often turn into talking shops which go round and round the same issues until a bl...
A helping hand.
Motor insurers are the cause of tough times for bodyshops, and are paving the way for high capital salvage operators, as David Fanning finds out.
Commentary - Minors in major road accident.
Over the last few years, interesting developments have emerged in case law relating to contributory ...
Ups & downs.
Tina Walsh examines the Lloyd's private motor sector and discovers that despite the number of syndicates falling because of mergers, the outlook is not entirely bleak.
Unscheduled landing.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle winged into help a family after a police helicopter made an ...
Cable company signs up insurers.
Leading cable television company Ntl is poised to sign up major insurers to its forthcoming interact...
Axa cornered.
French insurer Axa was cornered into buying out minority shareholders in its UK subsidiary Sun Life ...
Drivers let off lightly.
The motor insurance sector is still suffering turbulent times as our supplement this week illustrate...
Standard Life fights vote.
Standard Life is to target younger policyholders in its attempt to defeat a vote on demutualisation....
Appointment at Compass Management Consulting.
Debbie Rosario has joined Compass Management Consulting to specialise in information technology perf...
Q1 boosts profits.
American International Group reported a hike in operating profits of 15% for the first three months ...
Bupa guarantees it.
Bupa has given a guarantee that anyone buying one of its long-term care products will be refunded if...
What the Papers Say.
THE GUARDIAN The mile-long tunnel which carries 32,000 vehicles a day under the river Tyne has be...
Scot Equitable takes the high road to IFAs.
Scottish Equitable is to go on the road this month to tell independent financial advisers how it pla...
CIS website is a disappointment.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Colonial faces unclear future.
The future of Colonial's UK life and pensions direct salesforce remains unclear following its sale t...
WeatherNet online.
WeatherNet's insurance validation services are now available online, providing access to over half a...
The calculator.
Commercial law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has launched an online tool for calculating the proj...
Opportunities for insurers.
Insurers must learn the lessons of Turkish earthquakes, claims consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers. It...
All change.
Richard Willsher examines the fresh challenges facing Singapore's insurance sector following the setting in motion of liberalisation by the country's government.
Improving your chances.
Robert Charles advises job seekers how to realise their worth in the workplace.
Friends Provident to demutualise
The board of Friends Provident has recommended demutualisation and a stock exchange float by the end ...
Solicitor had no right to see client in police station.
Julian Rixon and Rosslyne Rixon suing as Rixons Solicitors ('A Firm') Nicholas Wilson v The Chief...
ZFS: £25m secures medical interest.
Zurich Financial Services has invested an estimated £25m in a joint venture with the Medical Defence...