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Appointment at The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau.
The IOB has appointed five new ombudsmen. Peter Hart is an associate ombudsman while Dorothy Rickman...
£1.4bn for 15%.
Citigroup is to pay £1.4bn to acquire the remaining 15% of Travelers Property Casualty which it does...
Merger collapse hits Allianz.
Giant insurer Allianz is one of the biggest losers following the collapse of the Deutsche/Dresdner b...
Dot.com dangers.
As more companies are conducting e-business, Shanthini Satyendra explains the legal implications insurers need to be aware of.
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Mark Stephenson has been promoted to City sales manager by Independent Insurance. He joined the comp...
Go west.
Alex Broad discovers there are many insurance industry job opportunities in the south west, but filling them often means breaking the mental block some staff have about leaving London and other major cities.
Go directly to direct ploy is unacceptable.
Have insurers abandoned any pretence of rating risk. A typical view of comprehensive motor rates o...
US interest boosts GICs.
A rush by US life offices into European guaranteed investment contracts could see the market exceed ...
Cox looks for Internet pilots.
Cox Insurance's retail division wants up to 20 small brokers to pilot its Internet service ahead of ...
Pratts and Martin Clarke Insurance undergoes facelift.
Norwich Union was one of the first companies to stamp its mark on the revamped office of Pratts and ...
Insurers await ruling.
A court decision is expected any day regarding the dispute between Belgium and the European Commissi...
Screentrade slammed for cheapest cover guarantee.
Internet broker Screentrade has been branded a "one minute wonder" after it claimed to offer the che...
Fraudbusting.
Nathan Dony argues that when investigating corporate fraud it is necessary to understand whether you are looking for an opportunist or serial fraudster.
Aon conference.
Broker Aon is hosting its fifth Energy Insurance seminar in Aruba, South America, this week. Around ...
ERC's WAP site.
Reinsurer ERC Frankona is launching a WAP site. Anyone can access the site at wap.erct.net with no a...
Appointment at The Quest Partnership.
Steve Ashwell has been appointed as a Poole-based liability adjuster by The Quest Partnership to enh...
Master of profits.
Broker specialist Policy Master has announced excellent profits for 1999. Operating profit rose 48.5...
Appointment at General Insurance Standards Council.
The GISC has appointed Jim Beveridge as head of membership and Steven Barrow as head of monitoring. ...
Appointment at Ansvar Insurance.
Leigh Ide has been appointed regional manager for the south east by Ansvar Insurance. He joins Ansva...
Insurance chief calls for FSA to wake up to social exclusion.
The Financial Services Authority needs to bear in mind social exclusion issues when making regulatio...
Lloyd's admits Glass Test errors.
Lloyd's has apologised to Names for the debacle over last year's Glass Test on solvency requirements...
Promark/IBM deal.
John Senior of IBM (left) celebrates with Richard Muddiman of Promark Software as IBM announced it w...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions to its York office. The new appointm...
Dutch hand over Holocaust details.
The Dutch Association of Insurers is the first to release details of Holocaust era policyholders to ...