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Mars dismay after work, tests and pay.
The boffins behind a botched uninsured scientific mission have been left the colour of the planet th...
Just the job to get staff.
Recruitment consultants are forming innovative new tactics to cater for the changing world of insurance business. Stephen Lythgoe reports.
Rugby World Cup players covered.
Many of the players competing in the Rugby World Cup, which kicked off this week, will be covered ag...
An uphill struggle for motor.
Motor insurance losses in the UK have exceeded the market's worst fears, according to an actuarial s...
Risky business.
A survey conducted by Zurich Municipal has found a significant number of local authorities have not ...
Bolero goes online.
Bolero.net, the e-commerce company designed to provide a paperless trading environment for the comme...
Boring, boring, boring.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at British Equestrian Insurance Brokers.
BEIB has recruited three new members of staff. David Hall has been made general manager in charge of...
Warning of riots.
Anti-capitalist anarchists are believed to be targeting financial services as part of a global riot ...
Salvage online.
Accident management company Elite Repair Services is to pilot a new Internet-based salvage disposal ...
Key Broker scheme launched.
Allianz Cornhill has launched its Key Broker scheme. It will give brokers access to new profit deals...
Churchill has cash to splash on acquisitions.
Direct insurer Churchill, which last week acquired Devitt Insurance from the SBJ Group for an undisc...
Appointment at The Quest Gates Partnership.
John Waddell has been made managing adjuster for the Glasgow operations of the Quest Gates Partnersh...
Cunningham Ellis and Buckle called out.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis and Buckle was called out after arsonists made a pigs ear of the prem...
IFA's virtual dream nears realisation.
Independent financial adviser Towry Law's dream of creating a virtual operations firm through outsou...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is still recovering from the excesses of last week when Post Magazine picked up two gongs at t...
Virtual business will kill off brokers.
A boom in e-commerce will send brokers to the wall - that was the grim warning at last week's Insura...
I would not take IIB to court, but ...
Following the article 'Broker slams IIB over symbol' (PM 30 September, p1) and a telephone conversat...
Trio named as target buys.
Top reinsurers Bermudian groups Ace and XL Capital and French reinsurer Scor are targets for acquisi...
Talking loyalty.
The feature 'Moving Targets' (PM 9 September, p23) explained why insurers often miss the mark when i...
IFAs' target areas.
Independent financial advisers have identified genetically modified foods, intensive farming methods...
Miller-time for liability division.
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft has launched a dedicated liability division. The company, which was ...
Zurich backs police.
Zurich Financial Services has supported a call from Sussex police to report company car drivers who ...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Nicholas Delzant has been made director of risk underwriting at Euler Trade Indemnity. He joins from...