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New editor for Post.
The new editor of Post Magazine is Anthony Gould. He has been deputy editor since January and was fo...
Ford Loft sold.
Layton Blackham has acquired the Chelmsford-based broker the Ford Loft Group, which will continue to...
Taking the fight to the fraudsters - Fraud update.
Bookings are rolling in for Post Magazine's Insurance Fraud Update on 14 October. This aims to br...
Life in the slow lane.
The life insurance sector is languishing in implementing e-commerce solutions. So states a report ca...
Appointment at Axa.
Amanda Fisher has been made regional development director for Axa's north region. She joins the comp...
Body of evidence.
The second UK Bodily Injury Survey, which looks at claims trends and the causes behind them, is out ...
Protocol the Putsmans way.
West Midlands-based law firm Putsmans has set up a new set of protocol services to help insurers mee...
Brands.
Fifty years ago, the thorny question of how to promote individual insurance company brands and the i...
The Berlin call.
With casualty figures expected to be high and rates still soft, delegates attending this weekend's International Union of Marine Insurance conference are being asked to arrive with ideas of how to refocus their business. Alex Broad reports.
Reinsurance market could be halved.
The global reinsurance market could be halved by the trend for cedants to move away from quota share...
Moneymen want statutory mortgage rules.
Most banks and building societies favour statutory regulation of the mortgage market, a survey shows...
Great fire of WC2.
A massive fire on the doorstep of Post Magazine last week is likely to result in one of the largest ...
China looks after its own.
China is planning to change the way it calculates insurers' claims paying ability in an attempt to b...
Douglas Cox Tyrie Insurance Brokers.
Douglas Cox Tyrie Insurance Brokers has helped put sail to the 15-year-old record for the quickest c...
Planned MBO has Admiral thinking big.
Direct motor insurer Admiral will enter new insurance markets if plans for a management buyout are g...
Radon protection.
The National Radiological Protection Board is to help health and safety managers cut down the risk o...
Appointment at Bond Pearce.
David Turner has been made a partner with the Exeter-based insurance team of law firm Bond Pearce. H...
Days of thunder mark Weathernet report.
According to the Cunningham Weathernet report for July 1999 thunderstorms caused considerable damage...
Brokers claim ART space.
Brokers are gaining market share in the area of alternative risk transfer (ART) programme design and...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
RP Hodson has made two senior appointments. Former Eagle Star commercial underwriter Stuart Dixon jo...
Davies greets AIFA.
The Financial Services Authority has welcomed the launch of the Association of Independent Financial...
E-commerce e-xposures.
Over 130 of the global insurance industry's biggest hitters arrived in Rome last week for the IBM Global Insurance Executive Conference. Its theme was 'A millennium that matters - doing business in the e-age".
Jaguar chooses Tracker.
Jaguar has chosen Tracker as the recommended provider of tracking devices for its latest range of ca...
Surprise and doubts over Nat West bid.
High street bank Nat West officially made a £10.75bn acquisition offer for insurer Legal & General t...