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Barclays joins premier IFA league.
The new group formed by Barclays' planned £5.3bn acquisition of Woolwich looks set to become a serio...
Appointment at Crutes.
Helen Mackenow has joined Crutes' Newcastle office as a trainee solicitor. Having completed the init...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has recruited Sylvia Kay as development manager of claims operations. Ms Kay will be responsible...
Fueling the hire.
Non-fault assistance company Three Arrows has added a pre-paid fuel scheme to its service to save cl...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Aguardsman, injured when he went 'surfing' on the tailgate of an army lorry a...
Harry Enfield's new show.
The name's Bond, Rodney Bond ... licence to sell pensions. This new Harry Enfield character, an insu...
Appointment at CMG.
CMG has promoted Mike Woods to associate director. Mr Woods, based in Bristol, will be responsible f...
Appointment at Crawford & Co.
Paul Geelmuyden has been appointed general manager of Crawford & Company's Taiwan branch. His duties...
XL excels in 2000.
Bermuda-based XL Capital saw net income up 127% for the second quarter of this year at $142.5m (£90m...
Avon has a ball.
Winners of this season's Post Magazine/Avon Insurance football ticket competition will have a greate...
Gates teams up with W&P for better property.
Liability adjuster Gates Adjusting Partnership has teamed up with surveyors Workman and Partners to ...
Settling St Paul's strategic syndicate stance.
It was with some concern that I read your article "Syndicates set for merger" (PM, 10 August, p3), w...
New Link for Egg Insure
Egg Insure has named Kiln's general insurance syndicate Link Insurance at the tenth member of its ins...
Aegon profits spiral.
Aegon UK, the holding company for Scottish Equitable, said pre-tax profits for the first half of 200...
Linaker acquisition.
Bristol insurance broker the Linaker Group has acquired Plymouth broker Wells and Carn as a prelude ...
Cox joins Yahoo! for e-insurance.
Lloyd's insurer Cox has teamed up with internet service provider Yahoo! UK & Ireland to provide insu...
Status row same old story.
The spectre of demutualisation has returned all too quickly to haunt Standard Life. The company may ...
RSA moves into Thai freight sector.
Royal & Sun Alliance has entered the expanding freight forwarding liability market in Thailand in a ...
Helphire hopes for fast track solution.
Car hire specialist Helphire hopes that a proposal by the Head of Civil Justice to fast track over 2...
BIBA calls for pricing solution.
The British Insurers Brokers' Association has vowed to step up its efforts to resolve the issue of d...
Big Brother not to blame.
While your general points about the industry's image are more than valid, I don't think one person s...
China's insurers do a double stake.
The Chinese government has doubled the stake a foreign firm can take in a domestic insurer to 10%, a...
Biking quotes online.
Specialist insurer ChoiceQuote is to offer online motorcycle cover at its site www.choicequote.co.uk...
European fire database established.
A European fire database is to be established by a working party following a proposal by the Federat...