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Pru to axe 1400 jobs.
Prudential this week confirmed that 1400 jobs are to go in the brutal second stage of its cost cutti...
Standard Life deal.
Standard Life has signed an agreement with its Indian partner, Housing Development Finance Corporate...
Exclusive - Downside to cheaper cars.
Fraudulent motor claims could escalate and free insurance for new purchases disappear if UK car pric...
Tennessee wind-up.
Rogue financier Martin Frankel is having his Franklin American Life company wound up by the Tennesse...
Armed against crime.
You would think that most medium-sized to large companies would insist on having fidelity insurance - or crime cover - against theft by their employees. Not so says David Fanning, who finds out why.
Bollington on move.
Motor trade insurance specialist Bollington Group has relocated its corporate risks division to a bi...
Coming out fighting.
Allianz Cornhill plans a major assault on the UK market next year in an attempt to boost both revenu...
Appointment at CGU.
Patrick Thiele has been appointed group development director of CGU. He will be based in London....
Honourable backing for rehabilitation campaign.
We are delighted with your Rehabilitation First campaign. It means a great deal to those who have ...
Cross at church talk.
Norwich Union has denied it is to make a serious push into the church insurance market. The company,...
Package updated.
Solcorp, software provider for the life assurance industry, has launched a new version of Ingenium, ...
Experian launch.
Information solutions provider Experian has launched Central Site, a new distribution system to prov...
Agreement over new law goes insurers' way.
Insurance companies in the US have won valuable victories in the protracted battle to allow banks, i...
Health cover - Lloyds TSB offers free childrens' cover.
Anyone taking out a Lloyds TSB Insurance Essential Healthcover policy this month will be entitled to...
Endowments: flexibility must rule.
There is no shortage of people scrambling to stoke the fires of scandal over endowment mortgages and...
Appointment at Reliance National Insurance Co (Europe).
Richard Green has joined the London office of Reliance National Insurance Company (Europe) as senior...
A dinner date we cannot break.
I read Penny Black's article (PM 14 October, p64) with particular interest. While it is nice to h...
Appointment at Chartwell Underwriting.
Fine art specialist Graham Young has joined Chartwell's Syndicate 839. Previously he was with the...
AMP's bank plans.
Australian insurer AMP is planning to launch a UK bank next spring offering cut-price mortgages and ...
Firm feels wrath of advertising watchdog.
Millbrae Financial Services has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for a misleading ...
Stakeholder plans will 'marginalise' benefit schemes.
The Pensions Management Institute fears the government's latest stakeholder plans could 'marginalise...
Exclusive - Virtual training.
A virtual DIY training solution that aims to help insurers cut training and education costs by up to...
Appointment at Royal Bank Insurance Services.
Brian Stuart has left Marsh to join Royal Bank Insurance Services as divisional director responsible...
Bee creates a buzz with stakeholder roadshow.
Scottish Life is to extend a series of stakeholder seminars for independent financial advisers follo...