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Government to publish paper.
The government is to publish a consultation paper at the beginning of March, designed to tackle the ...
Appointment at Donns.
Manchester-based Donns Solicitors has promoted Nicola Lunt to associate. She came to the firm in 198...
Appointment at SBJ Group.
SBJ Group has made several appointments. These include: David Barclay and Jeffrey Graves as senior e...
Innovation in Huon merger.
Claims handling software company The Innovation Group has entered into an agreement with insurance s...
Appointment at Das.
Diane Willshire is the new development manager, broker business, at insurer Das. Throughout her care...
Devitt: scooter deal.
Devitt Insurance Services has won the contract from Yamaha to provide free third-party cover on newl...
Floods harsher for low earners.
Immediate action needs to be taken to ensure vulnerable sectors of society are protected against the...
Liability - that's the ticket.
Employers' liability for their employees' actions has come under the spotlight once again, following...
SVB rationalises syndicates
Lloyd's managing agency, SVB Syndicates is to rationalise its underwriting operations into three synd...
Blanch profits fall.
US reinsurance broker EW Blanch warned that its earning per share in 2001 would be "significantly be...
QPR supporter scoops football prize.
John Tuhey, assistant risk and insurance manager at London Borough of Hounslow, is this month's Avon...
Merging means missed chances.
The "urge to merge" is causing financial institutions to miss opportunities to create value, accordi...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
Reading-based MMA Insurance has recruited Claire Hazlehurst as motor manager, underwriting. She has ...
GISC sparks red tape row.
If you think the broker will benefit by standing up, then you are living in GISC land. How can di...
JLT laughs off merger talk.
The largest remaining UK-owned broker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, reaffirmed its commitment to independ...
Approval gained.
The High Court this week rubber-stamped the scheme of arrangement approved by the creditors of Chest...
Savings Alliance.
Mortgage specialist Alliance & Leicester intends to offer Legal & General long-term savings and inve...
Brokers are of value to motorists.
I was disappointed to read that the Consumer Association of Ireland has issued a scathing attack on ...
Appointment at Caplin.
New York-based Caplin, creator of the Real Time Text Protocol (RTTP), has taken on Ariel Jacobs as e...
Team site rates well.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has teamed up with CNA Insurance to launch a new internet...
Water risk a clear one.
Darby v National Trust Court of Appeal 29 January 2001 The claimant, her husband and childre...
Matthew Thomas Gough (by his mother & litigation friend Karen Gough)
Queens Bench Division 2 February 2001 The claimant, an eight-year-old schoolboy, fell from a ba...
Queensway sale on.
Canadian insurer Queensway Financial Holdings is to sell off two US subsidiaries - North Pointe Fina...
Pye secures AUA.
Charrington's, the service company for Lloyd's Syndicate Pye 962, is to underwrite Allied Underwriti...