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Policy Master ups profits and signs new deal
Policy Master, the specialist financial services software provider, has reported turnover up 47.6% to...
Trucker of the year.
Freight insurance broker Jensen Dickens wheeled out the award for Trucker of the Year at the Commerc...
Gartmore sold.
US mutual Nationwide won the race to buy UK fund manager Gartmore for £1.03bn from the Nat West Bank...
First CEO for Fortis.
Belgo-Dutch financial group Fortis is considering appointing its first chief executive officer and e...
GISC appoints monitor
The General Insurance Standards Council, which is due to start registering members on a voluntary bas...
ISAs caught in 'Net.
A new online service offers low cost individual savings accounts from a range of providers. Pensions...
Judge makes 'maverick' decision over damages.
Insurers and defendant solicitors were playing down the possibility of another increase in personal ...
Plain sailing on web.
Yacht and motor boat insurer Navigators & General has enhanced its website, www.navigatorsandgeneral...
Appointment at Fitzgeralds.
Alan Fitzgerald has formed Fitzgeralds chartered loss adjusters in Cork, the first chartered firm es...
Arson measures lack spark.
The Home Office's long-awaited announcement on measures to tackle arson was a major disappointment t...
Broker alliance pledges to re-crown customer as king.
Four brokers have formed a new European alliance to provide an alternative to the large internationa...
Appointment at The Association of Consulting Actuaries.
Mike Arnold has been elected chairman of the Association of Consulting Actuaries. Mr Arnold, senior ...
Norman Insurance changing its name.
Norman Insurance is changing its name to MMA Insurance from 27 April and undergoing a complete rebra...
Garwyn's Irish plan.
Specialist liability adjuster Garwyn has recruited a team of seven loss adjusters from Irish loss ad...
Bill makes it through Lords.
The government has steered the Financial Services & Markets Bill through its potentially difficult c...
Generali will get a UK life predicts analyst.
Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali could soon swoop for a major UK life portfolio, accor...
New Zurich unit.
Zurich Corporate Solutions this week launched a new global business unit providing integrated risk f...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's has appointed Steve Quiddington as managing director of its members' services unit. He takes...
Last minute rush for ISAs.
Providers of Individual Savings Accounts reported a huge last minute rush to buy before the financia...
Appointment at PJ Frankland.
Neil Chatburn has joined Derby-based broker PJ Frankland as a director. He will specialise in arr...
Firms raided by police.
A huge investigation into insurance fraud has led to a series of police raids. The Preston office...
Independent Insurance, Ireland.
The manager of Independent Insurance, Ireland, Michael Gaughan outside the company's new headquarter...
Scottish Provident cliff hanger
The future of carpetbagger target Scottish Provident hangs in the balance. While Standard Life gave...
Goodfellow's choice.
Underwriting agency The Goodfellow Group has outsourced its IT requirements to Essex-based Technolog...