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Technological wizards.
With dot coms here and internet start-ups there, one could be forgiven for thinking that the only form of IT advancement is via the web, writes Marcus Alcock. Not so, proved Provident Insurance.
Pohjola sells Life.
Pohjola Group Insurance Corporation is to sell its Life Assurance Company to Suomi Mutual Life Assur...
Appointment at August Group.
Solutions provider August has appointed Jack Massarano to lead its e-commerce development team. Prev...
Garwyn faces unclear fate.
The future of liability loss adjuster Garwyn remains uncertain following QBE's victory in the protr...
Claims Direct names it price
Insurance industry pet-hate, the no-win no-fee personal injury claims recovery company Claims Direct ...
Appointment at Chubb Europe.
Chubb Europe has created a new strategic development unit which will be headed by Moses Ojeisekhoba....
Pointon explains.
Pensions bank Pointon York is to hold seminars in Leeds (13 September), Manchester (11 October) and ...
Masters of reinvention.
High praise indeed for new improved Wren Life, for its clever combination of traditional professionalism with the latest technology and best practice, says Marcus Alcock.
No sale for techno.
British shoppers are starting to rebel against technology designed to make it easier for them to buy...
NMT launches net quote engine.
New Millennium Technologies has launched a new front end internet quotation model, which can be inte...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has completed the restructuring of its crisis management division which underwrites speci...
Axa in the fast lane.
Axa UK chief executive Mark Wood competed with racing legends Stirling Moss and Barry Sheene at the ...
A code of conduct.
Will credit car hire companies continue overcharging victims of accidents for replacement cars following the Association of British Insurers intervention last year, or will insurers insist on lower 'spot rates', asks David Fanning.
GISC opens its doors.
Now the General Insurance Standards Council has opened its doors, with the unequivocal endorsement o...
Cyclists beware.
Norwegian insurers now insist that cyclists register their bikes with the Falken cycle register at r...
Royal London to cut 450 jobs
Royal London, which acquired United Assurance for £1.5bn in April is to make 450 staff redundant at i...
Name gives Lloyd's underwriters thrashing.
Underwriters at Lloyd's were given a pasting last week by a Name with a great track record in underw...
Auld city, new alliances.
The Glasgow insurance market is changing on the back of a number of high profile mergers. Jonathan Swift reports from Scotland's general insurance capital.
Powell suspended.
Hereford-based Powell Price & Co has been suspended from conducting and soliciting investment busine...
Local repairers vital.
An independent repairer has declared that despite moves by insurers and national groups to consolida...
Appointment at Plexus Online.
Rayne Ward is the new business development manager at Plexus Online. She joins the solutions prov...
Frankel sentenced.
A German state court has sentenced US bond trader Martin Frankel to three years in prison following ...
Gherkin go ahead.
The controversial 180-metre 'gherkin'-shaped tower designed by Sir Norman Foster for Swiss Re has mo...
Appointment at Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers.
Lauren Nelson has been promoted by Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers to an account executive in its pro...