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Appointment at FI Group.
FI Group has appointed Geoffrey Dunn as group finance director. He joins from Group One Telecommunic...
Reader's Digest to sell insurance.
Reader's Digest is to start selling life and health policies to its subscribers in a joint venture w...
There is no Liver deal says Society.
The Family Assurance Society has denied it is in talks with Royal Liver Assurance with a view to cre...
Stakeholder will hit high earners.
High earners could lose out under the government's latest proposals for stakeholder pensions. As ...
A farcical case of roadshow traffic jams.
You have to pity insurance brokers and independent intermediaries. They are desperate to know mor...
Insurers told to embrace claims technology.
IT solutions provider Policy Management Systems Corporation has warned insurers that they must revol...
Lucky escape for insurers.
Insurers may have got off relatively lightly in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, which swept along the e...
If there's smoke ...
It is time for a serious debate in the insurance press on the merits of greater sprinkler use. The r...
Triangle joins up.
Software company Promark and IT infrastructure supplier Triangle have formed a partnership agreement...
Time to explain.
The government has announced proposals that will see pension schemes integrated with stakeholder pensions. It's also seeking the industry's thoughts on how to offer advice. Francis Higney gauges the reaction.
Chubb reaches out.
Chubb is to promote itself in Europe for the first time with a major new advertising campaign. The m...
Crack subsidence and claims will fall.
Insurers must crackdown on unnecessary subsidence remedial work to push down household premiums, say...
Northern Ireland last stop for Countrywide.
Countrywide insurance is rounding off its 1999 roadshow with a visit to Northern Ireland on 6 Octobe...
Plans to cut crime against parked vehicles.
The government is set to announce a nationwide plan to cut crime against parked vehicles. The Home O...
Appointment at Browne Jacobson.
Olivier Morel has been appointed to the London office of Browne Jacobson. Mr Morel was formerly head...
Intuative choice from Pearl.
Pearl Assurance, part of the AMP Group, has chosen Intuitive Systems, the sales support specialist, ...
On the move to LUC.
The contingency underwriting team at Lombard and Gan has moved into the London Underwriting Centre a...
Boost for Baloise.
Baloise, Switzerland's fourth biggest insurer, increased its first half profits by 16% to SFr241.8m ...
Medical inspection.
Analysis of overseas medical claims carried out by Mondial Assistance has revealed that a quarter ca...
Appointment at Mansion House.
Lesley Winrow has joined Mansion House Executive as an executive consultant, where she will speciali...
Rate cut for expats.
Expatriate healthcare specialist Interglobal Services has come up with a scheme to help families cut...
Profits boost for Miller Fisher.
Outsource service provider Miller Fisher Group has announced an increase of operating profit and tur...
Senior staff in Lloyds TSB takeover refuse to go north.
Lloyd's TSB's takeover of Scottish Widows has hit problems over the siting of the new fund managemen...
Profits fall for ILP.
Irish Life & Permanent, the bancassurer formed from the merger of Irish Life and Irish Permanent ban...