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A "radical" let-down.
When a government minister tells you that an imminent announcement is "radical" you know you are abo...
Name change for Bishopsgate after acquisition.
Bishopsgate Insurance has confirmed it is to be rebranded under its Dutch-Belgium parent's name foll...
Torrance's move.
Andrew Torrance will be the new chairman of motor research centre Thatcham. Mr Torrance joins from C...
Crystal clear offer.
Scottish Provident International has launched the Crystal Campaign, which it claims offers investors...
Zurich teaming.
Zurich Specialities London and Zurich International (UK) have teamed up to offer a new risk manageme...
Card for cheap calls.
PPP Healthcare has joined Telco Global Communications to launch a travel calling card which will giv...
Kris at Barbican.
Former Olympic sprinter Kris Akabusi is speaking at the annual convention of the Life Assurance Asso...
Drug-drive tests 'years away'.
Roadside drug testing is still years away, despite public concern about the affects of drug-driving ...
Samsworth gets pensions baton.
Lovell White Durrant partner Jane Samsworth has been chosen as the next president of the Society of ...
Cornhill's Torrance to wear Thatcham hat
The new chairman of Thatcham, the insurance research centre, is Andrew Torrance, general manager of c...
Appointment at BIB Underwriters.
Andrew Spencer has been made underwriting supervisor at Darlington-based BIB Underwriters. He joins ...
Appointment at Reliance National Insurance (Europe).
Paul Fillbrook has joined the London office of Reliance National Insurance (Europe). He takes up the...
Interactive broking.
The Internet consultancy for intermediaries, icons@csc, has teamed up with Evesham Insurance Centre ...
General industry strong in GISC.
Bryan Whicher's letter (Insurers must be scrutinised, Post Magazine 27 January, p16) concerns me as ...
Protection money.
Scottish Provident's new business figures for the year to 31 December 1999 show a rise of over 48% i...
Insurer joins lawsuit.
Another major insurance company has joined as co-plaintiff in a pending lawsuit by two subsidiaries ...
Net consortium.
A consortium of leading IT players has been formed to enable mutual funds to be traded over the Inte...
Government ready to offer earthquake cover.
The Taiwanese authorities are planning to set up a government-backed scheme to offer earthquake cove...
Expedient history.
The Claims Underwriting Exchange database is set for considerable expansion following the acquisitio...
Tissue factory inferno sparks off legal fight.
Independent Insurance, a Lloyd's underwriter and a Birmingham broker have become embroiled in a £10m...
Travel insurer Options' recommendations.
Tourist mecca Majorca has been given a far from clean bill of health by direct travel insurer Option...
Weather mis-cast.
A new £25m super-computer, which US government weather forecasters boasted could predict hostile wea...
£4.5m bid to be UK's first virtual IFA.
An independent financial adviser network is investing £4.5m in new technology in a bid to become the...
MVRA launches new standard.
A new quality standard has been launched by the Motor Vehicle Repairers Association in a bid to diff...