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MCS signs up City broker.
Solutions and software provider for the broking market MCS has signed City broker Miles Smith to its...
Appointment at Merricks.
Merricks has recruited Michael Reynolds to its construction department and Colin Bosher to its prope...
PI appeal threat to insurers.
The House of Lords will next week begin a hearing that could leave professional negligence insurers ...
Honesty is still the best policy.
Last week, Brian Clark, insurance procurement manager of Halifax General Insurance Services, said: "...
Appointment at Mondas.
Financial sector and e-business specialist Mondas has appointed Tom McClelland as technical director...
Asbestosis package not final solution.
The Government's interim rescue package on asbestos compensation, although welcomed, should not be s...
Insurance trio in talks over terror cover company
Three of Europe's biggest insurers have confirmed they are in negotiations to set up a specialist ter...
... but fraud must be tackled together.
Mr Williams is correct that the fee/value argument is a circular one, but only if the adjusting comp...
Specialist property and social landlord broker Thomas Winter ...
Specialist property and social landlord broker Thomas Winter has established a new Scottish office i...
Co-operation working well in a crisis.
Following the collapse of Independent Insurance we had the unenviable task of calculating many thous...
Appointment at Swiss Re.
Swiss Re has appointed Ruurd de Fluiter as chief executive of Swiss Reinsurance Company UK. He will ...
Flood report: UK left high and dry.
As insurers, homeowners and businesses brace themselves for another season of floods, the government...
Ansa network set up to stop drain on insurers' costs.
Ansa, the recently renamed specialist drainage services company, said this week it could reduce the ...
Voices on the margins.
The on/off merger talks between the Association of British Insurers and the British Bankers Associat...
CGNU set to sell Portuguese operation to Ergo Group.
UK insurance giant CGNU is to sell its Portuguese general insurance operation to Victoria Seguros SA...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
I was prepared to give this website a rave review on the basis of one page, but - as so often happen...
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has entered into an agreement ...
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has entered into an agreement with WR Berkley Corporation to provide 20% of syn...
Amicus calls for new laws to protect pensions.
The engineering and manufacturing union Amicus has called for new laws to protect employee pensions....
Jewellery fraud costs the industry £70m a year ...
Jewellery fraud costs the industry £70m a year, according to claims specialist the Loss Management G...
Zurich UK Commercial has teamed up ...
Zurich UK Commercial has teamed up with the Chartered Insurance Institute to launch an online traini...
The theft of five paintings on sale for over £1.7m ...
The theft of five paintings on sale for over £1.7m occurred at the Stockholm International Antiques ...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Manchester-based insurance litigation firm James Chapman & Co has made Roger Brooks a partner. Mr Br...
Household insurance sales boost Lloyds TSB.
Lloyds TSB General Insurance recorded a rise in operating profit for 2001 of £668m, compared to £587...
All ships entering New Zealand waters ...
All ships entering New Zealand waters may have to be insured to protect taxpayers from picking up th...