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Equitas stresses its high solvency margin.
The headline, "Asbestos claims hike to bring Equitas to the brink" (PM, 14 September, p64) may have ...
Caudle puts syndicate 271 into run-off.
Lloyd's managing agency BF Caudle has put aviation syndicate 271 into run-off. Syndicate 271 (Dav...
Free sites for IFAs.
My Money Adviser, the web-based personal finance specialist, is to offer 10,500 free internet sites ...
Appointment at Primary.
Vicki Hider joins the marketing team at Primary Insurance. She previously worked at Stark Software I...
Agencies merge in QBE reshuffle.
Australian insurer QBE is to merge its two managing agencies following a comprehensive review of its...
Broker panel set up to advise armed forces.
A new nationwide panel of approved intermediaries was unveiled this week to provide insurance advice...
Argent doubles broking chain.
Insurer Cox has doubled its Midlands-based broking chain Argent Insurance Group and made a greater p...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's of London has appointed Andrew Moss as director, finance and operations. He joins from HSBC,...
Commentary - Awards for post-care suffering not child's play.
In Heil v Rankin, the House of Lords reviewed levels of award for pain, suffering and loss of amenit...
Further delays for ABI code.
The Association of British Insurers' Claims Code, which will set out benchmarking standards for the ...
EDS gets Amlin deal.
Lloyd's insurance group Amlin has signed a contract with technology services provider EDS to consoli...
Legal & General broadens share of pension market.
Legal & General has broadened its potential share of the stakeholder pension market through its late...
In the best of health.
Employers are being forced to increase the benefits they offer their employees in the scramble for skilled personnel, and group income protection is one of the ideal candidates, as David Fanning discovers.
GISC: no decision.
The General insurance Standards Council has deferred a decision on accrediting training schemes (PM,...
A&T sponsorship.
Dorset broker Alan & Thomas is to sponsor the self-pronounced 'largest football club in Europe'. No,...
Tobacco firms face class action.
A nationwide class action that would consolidate all the punitive damage law suits filed against cig...
Leedham joins AB&C.
Addleshaw Booth & Co has expanded its London insurance and reinsurance team with the appointment of ...
Weighting for MBA.
Weightmans has appointed a new management team. Ian Evans will become the firm's senior partner and ...
Folgate insight.
Broker-only insurer Folgate Insurance has launched a website - www.folgate.co.uk - to provide an ins...
Life changes on the horizon.
Stakeholder pensions and new economies of scale will transform the UK life assurance industry, despi...
Strategic ARM allows job juggle.
A new online solution from e-engineering company Strategic Thought aims to help companies manage fin...
Sparkes succeeds.
Roddy Sparkes is to succeed Gerhard van Niekerk when he retires as managing director of Old Mutual S...
Rehabilitation achieves momentum.
In the run-up to Post Magazine's second Rehabilitation conference, Lord Hunt looks at the how the issue has finally begun to gain recognition in the NHS.
Offshore insurers in credit hire riddle.
Since the well-known problems with credit hire, I have been extremely concerned respecting the numbe...