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Spencer to quit RSA
Paul Spencer, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance is set to quit the troubled insurer. RSA ...
E-broking scheme focused on motor.
Norwich Union, the UK's biggest general insurer, is set to expand its online offering for brokers wi...
Allianz Cornhill records increase in operating profits.
Allianz Cornhill recorded an increase in operating profit, before tax, to £59.3m in 2001, compared w...
QBE chief supports liability payouts cap.
QBE chief executive Frank O'Halloran has thrown his support behind growing calls to cap public liabi...
CTC cites negative impact of 11 September on specialist services.
Charles Taylor Consulting has said it expects its specialist adjusting services to be negatively imp...
GAB moves to quash rumours of a sell-off.
GAB Robins' president and chief executive Joseph Zubretsky has denied it is looking to sell all or pa...
Frivolous employment claims by employees.
Frivolous employment claims by employees are on the rise, according to research by the Engineering E...
British Touring Car Championship sponsored by Green Flag.
The 2002 season of the British Touring Car Championship will be sponsored by wholesale insurer and m...
Court of Appeal credit hire case begins.
The crucial Court of Appeal credit hire case Clark v Ardington began this week, and was scheduled to...
More CII branches to close.
Five more local branches of the Chartered Insurance Institute are being forced to close as employers...
Aquila recruits systems manager.
Surrey-based pensions and life insurance software provider Aquila has recruited Sandy McDonald as it...
German insurer Allianze working on airlines policy.
German insurer Allianz is working on a policy for airlines to cover losses on the ground resulting f...
IFA accuses Equitable Life of deception.
An independent financial adviser has joined the legal fray against Equitable Life by forming another...
The number of new permanent job vacancies has increased.
The number of new permanent job vacancies registered within the insurance sector in the South-east i...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has had a busy week, hobnobbing around the capital, flitting along with the rest of the indust...
New heads for RSA adjusting.
Royal & Sun Alliance has appointed Pat White and Vic Noble to management positions within its newly-...
US Senate votes to extend a federal law.
The US Senate has voted to extend a federal law providing nuclear power plant operators with liabili...
Judge gives two law firms' boost in court.
City law firms Clyde & Co and Ince & Co, insurance specialists, carry out half of all work undertake...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This must be a first. Budget Insurance's website actually recommends you use the Opera web browser, ...
Vibration directive comes under fire.
A European Union directive that seeks to limit the time farmers and lorry drivers can work with cert...
Treasury could offer airline cover until May.
The Treasury looks likely to continue as insurer of last resort for UK airlines until May, following...
What the papers said this week.
The Daily Telegraph A woman reported her husband for exaggerating his injuries in a car accident,...
Old Mutual abandons its stockbroking ambitions.
South African financial services giant Old Mutual has abandoned its stock-broking ambitions and anno...
Wellington intent on new project.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington has insisted it still intends to establish a £400m London market insuranc...