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BCJ's Italian job.
Italian Insurer Assitalia has struck a deal with Burlington, Chamber and James to underwrite its com...
Ready for the reformation?
How prepared is the insurance industry for the dramatic legal changes of the Woolf reforms which are set to revolutionise the face of claims handling? Alex Broad finds out.
Site that earns its stars and stripes.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Classroom cover.
Burke Ford Healthcare has moved to the top of the class with a new income protection plan. The healt...
Forward-thinking firms will be primed for EMU.
I read with interest about the call from the Association of British Insurers for UK insurers to begi...
Room service.
Lloyd's business provider Room Underwriting Systems has signed an agreement to supply IT products an...
Talking shop with mega-brands.
One of the key attractions of Insurance 99, Post Magazine's strategic business conference for the in...
IT brains produce double-whammy for insurers.
Software providers PMSC and Olympic Enterprise Solutions have teamed up to produce two-solutions-in-...
Axa acquisition is for the best.
Many will lament the loss of the Guardian and Royal Exchange names - put together in the merger-mani...
Allied Dunbar wins retirement case.
A self-employed financial planning consultant sold Allied Dunbar life assurance, pensions and unit t...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Allan Reason has been appointed a partner of City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper. An experienced liti...
Plain, not ordinary.
Lawclub Legal Protection has revamped its Retro product literature. The new leaflets now carry the P...
Countries unite to fight fraud.
Nordic insurers are to unite in a bid to fight back against the rising tide of insurance fraud. A...
Torrance to join Cornhill board.
Cornhill Insurance has recruited former ITT London and Edinburgh chief executive Andrew Torrance. ...
Decision by Old Mutual.
The decision by Old Mutual, the South African financial services group, to ditch its mutual status c...
Show me the money.
A need to give customers the chance to pay premiums by instalments has seen insurers embrace premium credit schemes. Simon Threadgold finds out how this can benefit the company as much as the policyholder.
Bigger and better.
Will you be one of those to step up to the podium at the Royal Albert Hall, in front of 2000 of your contempories, as a winner in this year's British Insurance Awards?
Appointment at Policy Management Systems Corporation.
Trevor Lewis has joined PMSC's international business group as product director, general insurance. ...
Scourge of fee schemes.
The letter 'Bad adjusting practices leave fraudsters at large' (PM 14 Jan) makes me realise how fort...
Vital message.
Denis Loretto is right to state that brokers should not be written off for personal lines insurance ...
NetIQ's brainwave.
NetIQ is to join with TRS Consulting to deliver total solutions to the financial trading marketplace...
Mersey blues for Liverpool Victoria.
Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society chief executive Roy Hurley hit out at regulators this week for u...
Appointment at FMW International Insurance.
Huw Thomas and Dominic MacMahon have been appointed to the main board of Chelmsford-based FMW. Mr Ma...
Nationwide new sponsor of English football team.
Nationwide, the new sponsor of the English football team, has demanded urgent talks with the Footbal...