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Norwich Union dragged into Vaz affair
Norwich Union has been dragged into the Keith Vaz affair, after it was revealed that the foreign offi...
Equitable Life close to rescue deal
Equitable Life is understood to be close to offering a deal to its policyholders which, if accepted, ...
Charman gets expanded role
Ace is to divide its operations into two units, each with a president and chief executive. Under the ...
Bupa nets £3m Generali deal
Bupa has taken over the administration of £3m worth of group risk business from Generali. The portfol...
Cox increases stake.
Cox Insurance Holdings has increased its stake in insurancewide.com from 26% to 40%. Cox's own onlin...
AMP out of bidding.
Australian Insurer AMP and Dutch insurer Aegon have pulled out of the bidding for Equitable Life, le...
Argyll Insurance Service signs new chief executive.
Argyll Insurance Service has scored a transfer coup by signing up former CGU south east business man...
Questionnaire in this issue.
Enclosed with this issue is a questionnaire for the industry's first ever definitive salary and work...
Compliance catastrophe.
With regard to the Office of Fair Trading's decision to give the green light to the General Insuranc...
The old problem of dealing with sickness at work.
Sickness at work has long been an issue for both insurers and the government as Post Magazine report...
Eversheds' restructuring means new practice group.
National law firm Eversheds is to establish a national volume group to focus on the firm's low-margi...
Time for the industry to pull together?
The Chester Street Insurance Holdings fiasco is a national tragedy. The media witch-hunt will cle...
The intricacies of making a claim.
I was unfortunate to be run into by a policyholder of Axa Insurance last May. Axa admitted liability...
Axa: new legal panel appointed.
Axa Corporate Solutions has appointed a new legal panel following a parade involving 30 firms. Ci...
Misys bugged.
Technology giant Misys posted a pre tax profit of £66m (excluding internet spending) for the six mon...
Overseas killing.
Overseas employees will be able to sue their UK parent companies once the government's new 'corporat...
MCS amalgamates.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has become software provider MCS's biggest user after amalgamating its whole ...
BLM advise BRB.
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has been appointed to the British Railways Board panel of legal adviso...
Commentary - Time for zero tolerance in fraud cases.
A long-standing bone of contention within the insurance industry is the ineffectiveness of criminal ...
St James' Place unveils 2000 results.
St James' Place aptly chose the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, to be the one to unveil its 2...
Hammond refocuses.
Hammond Suddards Edge has shut its claimant insurance practice to concentrate on higher-value corpor...
Thatcham: new CEO.
Peter Roberts has been appointed the new chief executive of Thatcham, the automotive research body. ...
Auto profit move.
Auto Indemnity moved into profit for the final quarter of last year, acknowledging subscription to t...
Chester Street faces MPs asbestos wrath.
The furore surrounding the voluntary liquidation of Chester Street Insurance continues to mount amid...