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Life firms named as favourites to buy Lincoln UK.
Allied Dunbar Life and Canada Life will be among the front-runners to buy the UK arm of Lincoln Nati...
Irish eyes smiling.
Legal expenses insurer DAS has returned a record year from its Ireland operation with gross premium ...
Competent Complinet.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
German viewpoint.
The German Journal of Insurance, a quarterly technical publication produced by weekly magazine Versi...
Pru in fresh scandal.
A whistleblower in insurer Prudential's US operation claims the company cheated customers over life ...
Allianz loses out to rivals.
Investors in the German insurance market are being advised to shun giant Allianz in favour of the se...
ABI's man from Pru.
The British Damage Management Association has confirmed that Andy Tomlinson, Prudential claims servi...
Skiers piste off at judge's court ruling.
A judge has prevented the floodgates being opened to skiers trying to sue travel agents over bad wea...
Risky e-business.
A new Internet-based service providing insurers with information on risk assessment has been launche...
Merry Christmas and a Bug-free New Year.
The time for talking is finally over. As the next few weeks unfold, the insurance industry will find...
Project choice.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada has selected document management specialist Tower IDM ...
Benfield buys Bates.
Reinsurance and financial services group Benfield Greig is set to acquire Bates Turner Intermediarie...
Insurers welcome the end of tie-ins.
The government's decision to end compulsory mortgage tie-ins has been welcomed by insurers. Under...
St Paul to keep UK arm.
UK-based non-life insurer and reinsurer Unionamerica will continue to operate as a stand-alone opera...
Appointment at Johnstone Douglas.
John Carr has joined corporate benefit and financial planning consultants Johnstone Douglas as assoc...
Equitas landed with £94m Gulf War bill.
Equitas, the company established by Lloyd's to reinsure pre-1992 liabilities, is facing a further £9...
Firms in the dark over pensions.
Uncertainty over government pension proposals has led to a pensions planning blight, according to on...
Too yacht to handle.
Independent Insurance has designed a new package for waterfront business risks. The Waterfront Packa...
Rupert the bearer of good news for Kennedys.
City insurance solicitors Kennedys has set up a Hong Kong office following the merger of rival firms...
Zurich pins bancassurance hopes on data centre.
Zurich Financial Services is to make a play to become Europe's biggest bancassurer by forming a "wor...
Appointment at Swiss Re.
Swiss Re has made two appointments to its executive board. Rudolf Kellenberger becomes the board's d...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Neil Worsnop has been made partnership director for The Broker Network. He joins from Eagle Star, wh...
Rehabilitation regime must be flexible.
Post Magazine and the Association of British Insurers are to be applauded for raising the awareness ...
Bland takes over.
Philip Bland, chairman of Leicester-based broker Bland Bankart, is to chair the national insurance b...