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Fire sent out the wrong smoke signals.
Contrary to your recent front page story (PM 24/31 Dec), the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester ...
RSA gives boat cash to charities.
Charities were the big winners at the London Boat Show last week thanks to Royal & Sun Alliance and ...
ABI makes PASS at cash-strapped IFAs.
A loan fund of £100m has been set aside to bale out independent financial advisers in danger of goin...
End of war heralds start of new office era.
Back in 1919, as commerce started to get back to normal after four years of war, those returning to ...
Entering the danger zone.
Political risk insurance is going through something of a boom, but with the market described as a minefield, David Fanning discovers the best plans can easily blow up in an insurer's face.
RSA's new values.
Royal & SunAlliance's new healthcare and assistance division has launched its first product, called ...
Long-running fraud case ends in victory for CU.
Commercial Union won a £1.6m fraudulent insurance claim trial on Monday after almost six years of in...
Friends' free cover.
Friends Provident has added free terminal illness cover to its term assurance products. The cover, w...
Mondial gets Smart.
Mondial Assistance has become the European assistance company for drivers of a new 'smart' car. Desi...
Sixth on buyout list.
Tokyo Marine and Fire announced last week that it has become the sixth insurer to back the $1.4bn (£...
CII wants young guns to fire up its products.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is looking for people to help design its products and services. ...
Poland opens its pension doors to Norwich Union.
The Polish government has given Norwich Union a licence to sell pensions in the country. NU will ...
£4bn Y2K bill.
Rating agency AM Best expects US insurers to pick up a Millenium Bug-busting bill of more than $6.5b...
Eleven in the dock over £2.5m claims fraud.
Eleven defendants appeared at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday charged with conspiracy to defraud. ...
Two heads are better than one.
The news that the General Insurance Standards Council has found that people are in favour of a singl...
Soap storyline is beyond belief.
I have followed the unfolding saga of the Coronation Street life assurance crisis with utter disbeli...
A damning body of evidence.
The second UK Bodily Injury Study has just been commissioned by the International Underwriting Association of London and is due out at the end of the year. Phil Ellis describes some of the changes that could result.
Insurance that has a lorra lorry extras.
AXA has shifted into gear and launched a haulage vehicle policy which can be used as a stand alone s...
Ocaso capital increase.
Leading Spanish insurance company Ocaso has increased its share capital by 5m pesetas (£21m) to a to...
Environmental shock.
Research carried out for Independent Insurance has shown just 50% of the larger and medium-sized com...
Co-op jumps on the ISA bandwagon.
Co-Operative Insurance is the latest company to pick up the government gauntlet and decide to offer ...
Audatex strikes up deal with Thatcham.
Audatex has struck up a deal with Thatcham to provide its customers with better training facilities....
NU's multi-trip, low cost policy.
A new annual multi-trip travel plan with prices starting from as low as £39 has been launched by Nor...
At last, a 10 out of 10 site.
Over the life of this column not one web site has received 10/10 for its efforts - until now. The si...