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Judge throws out dyslexia case.
A child was born dyslexic in February 1979. Ten years later he moved with his parents to Hampshire. ...
Want a suite?
Policy Management Systems Corporation has lauched its e-commerce system PMSCiSolutions for the UK in...
Public is ignorant of Y2K cover.
Consumers have been left in the dark regarding any exposure to Y2K liabilites. According to a sur...
Tanker sinks off Brittany coastline.
The French authorities are facing a massive investigation following the sinking of the oil tanker Er...
Support for BDMA.
Your headline 'Another firm snubs the BDMA' (PM 2 December, p4) is misrepresentative. Ark & Gener...
Greenway to stay.
John Greenway, Conservative MP for Ryedale, was re-elected as chairman of the All Party Parliamentar...
ABI under fire over quality for life mark.
Plans for a quality mark for retail life assurance, pensions and investment products have split the ...
Appointment at Norkom Technologies.
Ian Rawlings has been appointed as regional manager for the UK for Norkom Technologies. He will be b...
Bill unopposed.
The Limited Liability Partnerships Bill received an unopposed second reading in the House of Lords l...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed four new partners to its personal injury division. Three...
X-citing choice.
Xelector, the European online marketplace for financial services, has chosen systems provider and in...
Misys to pull plug on system.
Misys has pulled the plug on the Penta insurance broker system. The technology trader to the UK in...
Appointment at St Paul International Insurance.
Rebecca Tween has been made regional underwriter for St Paul International Insurance. Ms Tween, who ...
Iron Trades is sold to QBE
Iron Trades, the UK's fifth largest employer's liability insurer, has been sold to Australian insurer...
IFA sees double.
Independent financial adviser giant Towry Law has doubled its UK operation with the acquisition of A...
Chubb offers overseas links.
Chubb plans to help brokers tailor commercial insurance for emerging multi-national businesses. T...
JLT chooses T&CA.
It's a deal. Chris Caine, managing director of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Corporate Risk, shakes ...
Going somewhere?
This year has seen much debate over long term care, but has it actually offered any benefits for the elderly or those who provide the sector's products? Andrew Chapman looks back on 12 months of talk.
A game of tug.
Jonathan Swift asks if the P&I sector's fixed premium insurers will ever be able to wrench control of the market from the mutual P&I clubs.
Insurers get stuck into 'Net.
The death of the traditional insurance industry has been proclaimed by a new virtual insurer. US-...
ABI denies talk of merger with BBA - but ...
The Association of British Insurers and the British Bankers Association have dismissed speculation th...
Windsor's fine year.
Lloyd's broker Windsor has reported a 26% increase in profit before tax for the year to almost £2m f...
CNA Re dumps IGI as it quits sector.
CNA Re has severed its relationship with London market firm IGI Underwriting Agencies following a de...
A landmark case.
Michael Wells profiles the technicalities of a recent court case that should interest all reinsurers.