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Willis nets share.
Willis has bought a controlling share in Norway's biggest independent broker Sev Dahl's Assurancekon...
Chatset forecasts Lloyd's losses
Lloyd's is unlikely to return to a reasonable profit until 2002-03 and faces a loss of almost £500m (...
Lloyd's cements US relationship
Max Taylor, chairman of Lloyd's, has joined the board of US insurance communication organisation, The...
Travel agents not playing fair
Over a quarter of high street travel agents are hiding the real cost of insurance sold according to r...
Art attack over erroneous views
Art specialist, Axa Nordstern Art Insurance, has hit out at claims that insuring major works of art i...
Pension plans back on track
The insurance industry has welcomed the government's draft regulations on stakeholder pensions. The A...
Eagle Star's Digital channel
Direct insurer Eagle Star, part of Zurich Financial Services, is to launch an interactive Digital TV ...
Pain up at Lloyds TSB
Jon Pain is to replace Dennis Holt as managing director of Lloyds TSB Insurance following a managemen...
Zurich's Pope on mission
Bob Pope, marketing director of Zurich Commercial has been seconded from his post for the next six we...
CGU questioned over Nat West deal
CGU has been dragged into the debacle between the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland ove...
Pet practice leads to job cuts
Cornhill Insurance has confirmed it is to move the administration of DBI the pet insurance company it...
Zurich prepares for RSA bid
Zurich Financial Services, the Anglo-Swiss insurance group has appointed US investment bank Morgan St...
S&P estimates French storm damage
Standard and Poors (S&P) has estimated that the storms that swept through most of western Europe at t...
XL Capital to repurchase shares
Bermudian reinsurer XL Capital has authorised the repurchase of up to $500m of its shares. The grou...
Changeable times.
Andrew Newman charts the development, diversification, technological advances and opportunities created during 100 years of growth, and looks at the challenges to come.
Conference clash.
The London Processing Centre and the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conferences will ...
23 years and out.
Cornhill Insurance has decided not to renew its sponsorship of English Test cricket in 2001 followin...
Broker merger boom to continue.
Mergers in the broking community will continue at high levels this year, claims consultant Insurance...
Ex-Guardian trio R3 behind new firm.
A new affinity company is to bring two major new entrants into the UK e-commerce market. R3 aims ...
The learning curve.
For all the industry's growth in the 20th century, the numbers of people studying insurance academically has remained remarkably static over the past 100 years. But, says David Bland, the onset of globalisation has created an opportunities.
Exclusive - GAB lines up cuts.
A review of loss adjuster GAB Robin's 65 UK branches will result in the closure of some branches. ...
Axa box clever in PI at Lloyd's.
Axa Re has moved into professional indemnity, writing business from a box at Lloyd's. Heading the...
Lloyds TSB's loss sees Holt moved
Dennis Holt, who is currently managing director of Lloyds TSB Insurance, is to replace Gordon Pell as...