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CGNU bancassurance failure
CGNU looks set to shelve its plans for an alliance with France's Societe Generale and is to review wh...
JLT merger results in new team
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed a new senior management team for its new employee benefit...
Reliance goes into run-off
UK insurer Reliance National Insurance Company (Europe) has gone into voluntary run-off, the company ...
Lloyd's organisations opt for reform
Ross McKenzie, Aon Re International's chairman and director of Aon Ltd, has been appointed chairman o...
California power crisis could cost Ace $140m
Ace Financial Services has a total exposure of $140m for credit defaults by two energy utilities in t...
Go ahead for Mutual.
Old Mutual's joint venture with Kotak Mahindra Finance, OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, has been g...
Misys calls time on Countrywide.
Technology giant Misys is looking to abandon its Countrywide brand and refocus Countrywide Insurance...
TPG makes a play for broking market.
Travel insurance intermediary Travel Protection Group is set to make a major play for the insurance ...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Berrymans Lace Mawer has created six new partners. These include: Guy Bailey, who joined the Birming...
Safeonline staffs up broker network.
Internet insurance risks specialist Safeonline is looking to recruit a 200-strong broker network to ...
Tailored to suit.
Allianz Cornhill has launched Property Owners Select, which it claims will enable brokers to offer c...
Exam resits raise a legal question.
The Queen on the application of Ahmed v University of Oxford Administrative Court 7 November 2000. ...
Mobile menace.
Swiss aviation inspectors have said a mobile phone may have caused a Saab 340 to crash shortly after...
Kennedy: R&R move.
Broker services support provider Rarrigini & Rosso has appointed Philip Kennedy as managing director...
Screen-driven cover.
Crowe Insurance's motor Syndicate 963 has unveiled a new screen-driven private car policy for broker...
Sparks fly over electrical fire liability terms.
Not infrequently, recovery actions are brought against electricity companies following fires. The re...
The price is right.
English Matthews Brockman, the consulting actuary, has launched a pricing software package for the w...
Club Direct online.
Travel insurer Club Direct has gone live with online sales from its internet site, www.clubdirect.co...
ABI investigates tribunal bills.
The growing confusion over who should be picking up the bill for employment tribunal claims has prom...
Brand protection.
Willis has unveiled a new insurance service, Brandsaver, that combines insurance and consultancy pro...
Miller heads Marsh.
Heidi Miller has been appointed to the role of vice chairman of broking giant Marsh. She takes over ...
Risk unit expands.
The special risk unit of Combined Insurance is to expand its medical lines of business to offer pers...
The Underwriter plans to branch out.
The Underwriter Insurance Company is looking to open a new office and expand into employment practic...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has made three board-lev...