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RMIF demands compensation.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has demanded compensation for the 140 body shops cut from the Z...
Berkeley buys Gee.
Berkeley Morgan, a subsidiary of insurance and financial services provider Berkeley Morgan Group, ha...
Direct player not a threat.
I would like to make some observations following your front page story last week, 'Consortium threat...
Ace takes risk out of schools.
Insurer Ace Europe has launched a new website to help teachers, governors and parents manage the ris...
Appointment at Audatex.
Sharon Wiggins has been made marketing manager at Audatex. Previously she worked for several hi-tech...
400 firms waiting to join The General Insurance Standards Council.
The General Insurance Standards Council opened on Monday to 400 firms waiting to join. The Financial...
Bad news for Standard Life.
Standard Life's victory in the campaign to stay mutual has been sullied by members' criticisms of th...
Rise to the challenge.
St Paul's results show that the research it undertakes before venturing into new areas has paid off: it has grown consistently and grown profitably in recent years, writes David Worsfold.
MSF is miffed.
White collar union MSF has not yet decided whether to appeal against last week's decision at an empl...
Call centre solutions.
Call centre specialist C3 launched a new virtual call centre solution based on its state-of-the-art ...
Glass e-valuations.
Abbey National has teamed up with Glass's Information Services to provide car valuation data as part...
... call centre manager.
Edward Murray spent a day with Stephen Kopaloff, a successful call centre manager who knows his product and claimants inside out.
Driven by success.
All round improvement in personal lines plus a new product has scooped this award yet again for Colonnade - a hat trick for this successful insurance broker, writes Diane Smyth.
Soaring salaries of legal eagles.
Philip Parry explains how massive salary hikes for some lawyers are having a knock-on effect for the legal recruitment market.
Appointment at Albany Software.
Emma Cooper has been made marketing manager at Albany Software. Before joining the company she worke...
Insurer covers women's round-the-world trip.
Single women setting off around the world was relatively new and the insurance arrangements very com...
Bass hits the spot.
International hospitality group Bass believes in aiming high, and deserves to pocket this year's risk management award, says Anthony Gould.
Gerling "e-first" launch cancelled.
German insurer Gerling has cancelled the launch this week of what it predicted would be "an e-commer...
Appointment at Travellers Protection Services.
Stuart Barnes and David Coe have been appointed as account handlers by Norwich-based Travellers Prot...
Judgement Day.
Evaluating the entries for the British Insurance Awards is never an easy task, but an increase in the number and standard of submissions this year really put the 16 industry professionals on the judging panel to the test. David Worsfold was there.
Dominic Cork man of the match.
Cornhill's Ray Treen presented Dominic Cork with the man of the match award at Lord's on Sunday for ...
New CEO at Fortis.
The Belgian-Dutch insurer Fortis has appointed Anton von Rossum as chief executive officer, as of 1 ...
Appointment at Primary Insurance.
Sandra Moore has joined the sales team at Primary Insurance, based at Horsham in West Sussex. Previo...
PYV launches online news service.
Lloyd's broker PYV has launched an online news service for solicitors looking to negotiate their way...