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Italy's life market is set to boom.
Italy's life market is set to boom, say analysts at Solomon Smith Barney. They believe the growth is...
Blunt reaction to bid to out "sharp practices".
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers is being frustrated in its attempt to outlaw...
Focus on proposals.
Focus Business Solutions has launched an electronic data capture method for insurance policy proposa...
Equitable Life D-day.
A High Court decision was expected to be delivered yesterday in the Equitable Life guaranteed annuit...
Claims Code will be no 'quick fix': Parker.
The Claims Code designed to improve the industry's image which is being developed by the Association...
Y2K panic: City risk.
The Financial Services Authority still refuses to name a top financial institution which is at "seri...
Appointment at Cega Group.
David Pritt has joined medical insurance specialist Cega Group as information technology manager. Hi...
Room for solutions.
Room Underwriting Systems, business solutions provider for the Lloyd's Market, has struck a deal wit...
Protection profits.
Lutine Insurance Services celerbrated a decade of writing protection business with the news that bro...
Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
In the second part of our management focus, Brian Meigh explains why the human element is vital for insurers' success in change management.
IBRC fills up three empty seats.
The ranks of government appointees on the Insurance Brokers Registration Council is back up to stren...
IT Direct, the IT procurement service.
IT Direct, the IT procurement service operated by Lloyd's for the insurance market has launched a ne...
African drive north.
A South African broker alliance hopes to make waves in the European insurance market. The global ...
Appointment at RE Brown.
Paul Bermon has joined RE Brown & Others (Syndicate 702) where he will become part of its profession...
A steady look at vibrations.
Research and technical information body the Loss Prevention Council has issued a new report on whole...
More 'twisters' were predicted.
More 'twisters' were predicted this week after a mini-tornado hit the Birmingham area. The freak wea...
Brokers rocked by ruling.
Brokers could face a raft of professional negligence claims following a landmark decision in the Cou...
Appointments at Standard Life.
David Newlands and Hugh Stevenson have been appointed to the board of Standard Life. Mr Newlands is ...
A train crash is not a publicity gift.
I am extremely dismayed by the comments attributed to Peter Golding of McLarens Toplis (PM 1 July p1...
Appointments at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Steve Wood, currently head of underwriting and risk management at RSA, is to succeed Tim Ablett as d...
Delta goes Nuts.
Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurer owned by CGU, is to merge with Nuts Ohra, the Dutch health, life and ...
ABI refuses to name and shame.
The Association of British Insurers this week rejected calls to publish the company-by-company resul...
Blunderbuss' aim is out.
Brokers who use a 'blunderbuss' approach to new business are likely to fail, warns a report sponsore...
On the electronic trail.
In the second of four articles on the year 2000, Alan Fisher and Joe Reynolds discuss the procedure forensic investigators should use to prove a Y2K exclusion clause applies to a loss.