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Crutes: new partner.
North-East insurance specialist Crutes has appointed a new partner to work in the area of clinical n...
Bupa opens health clinic in India.
A ceremonial lamp was lit to mark the official opening of Bupa's first health and lifestyle clinic W...
No sale for CNA life.
CNA Financial said, last week, that after five months, it had still not received a high enough offer...
Arthur J S Hall & Company v Melvyn Keith Simons and others.
House of Lords 20 July 2000 This House of Lords decision related to appeals in three actions ag...
Scottish profits.
Scottish Mutual has announced an increase in pre-tax profits of 18% from £45m to £53m for the first ...
Primary rationalises for Goodhealth drive.
Goodhealth Worldwide and Primary International Healthcare have been merged under the Goodhealth bran...
CML backs reviews.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has welcomed the Treasury's call for a review of the effectiveness o...
Helping to cut stress.
Eastgate Legal & Medical Services has launched a new stress management helpline service for small an...
Spooked on the web.
Underwriting agency Select & Protect has launched Spook, which it claims is the first household insu...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Germaine Greer, the feminist author, has been burgled, just three months afte...
Zurich and Bupa make alliance
Zurich Life International and Bupa International have signed an alliance to enable the two to offer a...
Pinset poaches Crabtree in bid to top league.
National law firm Pinsent Curtis has poached leading lawyer James Crabtree as part of its plans to b...
CMG launches ConsoltorO system.
Technology provider CMG is to launch its ConsoltorO 3.0 system for independent financial advisers, w...
Mergers take their toll on new groups.
Image problems have also dogged insurance company mergers over the last few years, with Royal & Sun ...
Winning words.
Bury St Edmunds-based broker the Beckett Group has launched its new website, www.beckettgroup.com, w...
Law firm launches.
Law firm Llewelyn Zietman has helped launch a new legal services company Judicium. The launch will c...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is concerned for the sanity of her colleagues at legal firm Kennedy's following a recent visit...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Mario Aristides has been made manager of Axa Insurance's Maidstone branch. Mr Aristides began his ca...
Reliance NI to face axe from US parent over £315m debts.
UK insurer Reliance National Insurance is the latest subsidiary of US firm Reliance Group Holdings t...
Out of date medicine a danger says Norwich Union Healthcare.
Out-of-date medicine may be endangering millions of Britons, according to a new survey from Norwich ...
Mergers mean London lawyer salaries soar.
London lawyers' earnings have continued to soar this year, thanks, in no small part, to continued ac...
Commentary - Mutual status: the best option?
In Equitable Life v Hyman, the court held that directors' wide-ranging discretion under the company'...
Joint life venture.
South African insurer Old Mutual is to set up a joint life assurance venture with India's Kotak Mahi...
Cunningham Lindsey sets the stage for expansion.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey International has expanded its media division with the acquisition ...