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Poor pre-tax profits prompt shake-up at Bradstock.
The Bradstock Group has announced a massive company shake-up following disappointing pre-tax profits...
EDS increase scope.
IT services provider EDS, has announced the acquisition of leading international software solution p...
Quartet's risk package.
Zurich has joined forces with Huddersfield University, training consultants Riva 4Di and RoSPA, to p...
Player of the Tournament trophy.
Geoff Clark, contingency underwriting manager for Lombard General Insurance, presents the Player of ...
Swiss Re shares deal.
Swiss Re has disclosed a share exchange involving its subsidiary THG Holding and Crawford & Company,...
Time to rethink risk strategies.
Companies have to re-evaluate their risk management strategies by installing pre-loss as well as pos...
Eve of merger decision.
The London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association (LIRMA) are set to announce it...
Live global 2000 link.
Guy Carpenter is conducting a live worldwide video conference on Year 2000 Countdown today (Thursday...
Appointments at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has appointed five solicitors in its insurance department as partners. Jason Bleasdal...
Kidnapping and ransoms on Allianz's future agenda.
Allianz is to offer kidnap and ransom cover in the German market for the first time at the end of th...
IBRC's whos-who.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council (IBRC) has published amended lists, extracts and register...
Business as usual at Christchurch after buyout.
Christchurch Insurance Brokers has issued a firm 'business as usual' message following its managemen...
CDIA issues instructions.
French business and car owners who have been adversely affected by rioting football fans since the W...
New motor players may stall in the future.
The debate on the future of car use is rapidly developing in this country and it does seem likely th...
Pension switch sparks mergers.
Merger mania is poised to sweep through the Italian insurance industry in the wake of new government...
Upgrade for a new generation.
Insurers GIO Australia has upgraded its imaging and workflow systems to exploit new-generation techn...
FMS unlocks 'Net sales.
Dublin-based software house FMS has unveiled a new system designed to enable insurers to use the Int...
SITEL promises 10,000 new jobs.
SITEL UK has said it will create 10,000 jobs in the next five years as it restructures its business ...
Smart move with names.
Yorkshire broker Smart & Cook has changed the names of three of its four branches to strengthen the ...
Appointment at Merricks Solicitors.
Sean Stanbton-Dunne has joined Merricks to lead its employment law department. He has specialised...
Appointment at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin.
Two new senior consultants have joined the risk management practice of TTP in London. Sandra Duncan ...
Norman looks to EDI.
Norman Insurance is to develop its commercial products via EDI later this year and offer interest fr...
Tube driver wins her appeal.
Susan Edwards was a London Underground train operator working a shift system which she was able to f...
Is this the beginning of the end?
Lloyd's is in trouble. With the number of members at its lowest for 20 years, some are predicting that the crisis could destroy Lloyd's. Alex Miller investigates how it came to be in its unenviable position.