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Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe Insurance Group has appointed Kim Fox as compliance officer and Michael Falcon...
Scot Am offers discount on ISAs.
Scottish Amicable has introduced a discount on the cost of its Optisima individual savings account i...
Norwich Union ties up with St Paul
Norwich Union is to pass the renewal rights on its book of professional indemnity business to St Paul...
A burning issue of law.
A conundrum for insurers dealing with a building damaged by fire as a result of a building defect is...
Kiln hit by £6.2m loss.
Lloyd's big hitter Kiln has suffered a £6.2m loss for the first six months of the year. The result w...
L&G sends out self-regulation rallying call.
Composite insurer Legal & General has called for life and pensions firms to work together in prepara...
Bonus expectations did not create contractual rights.
The principal activity of the Equitable Life Assurance Society was the transaction of life assurance...
Learning the ropes.
As protocols for personal injury and clinical negligence are put into action, others are taking shape, as David Fanning finds out.
Last auctions.
Subscription offers (offers to buy) totalled £561.4m and tenders (offers to sell) totalled £364.9m i...
GISC admits date is unrealistic.
The General Insurance Standards Council has admitted that its plan to accept its first members in Fe...
No surprises.
With the Millennium Bug looming large, disaster recovery and business continuity companies are preparing for all eventualities. Jonathan Swift looks at what contingency lessons can be learnt and how e-commerce will offer the next major challenge.
Axa-sponsored FA Cup.
The Football Association has given Manchester United until this weekend to reach a final decision on...
Not always a beautiful option.
Insurance firms are getting increasingly sophisticated in their choice of legal firms. Audrey Snee examines the stiffening competition in the beauty parades and what this means for the future relationship between insurers and law firms.
Howden restructure.
Specialist broker Howden Spear Gulland has restructured to form Hyperion Insurance Group. The new co...
Court victory for brain-damaged boxer.
Boxer Michael Watson was injured during a high-profile bout. He suffered a sub-dural haemorrhage whi...
Seminars on tour.
Zurich IFA Group is holding a series of Professional Development Foundation seminars to explain to a...
Iron Trades teams up with Marsh.
Iron Trades has teamed up with broker Marsh to help the New Millennium Experience Company get off th...
New friends.
A two-way street has opened up between Lloyd's and the London companies market, as both realise they need each other for the greater good of the London Market. Marcus Alcock reports on the innovations of this union.
Going global.
The Worldwide Broker Network has signed up five new brokers: ADD in Belgium, Rasini Vigano in Italy,...
Appointment at Vale Insurance Brokers.
Kevin Roberts is to run the new Llandudno office of Vale Insurance Brokers. Mr Roberts was previousl...
CGU out to woo IFAs with pensions overhaul.
CGU Life hopes to woo independent financial advisers by making its pensions more stakeholder friendl...
St Paul Syndicate goes global.
St Paul Syndicate Management syndicate 1211 has acquired a global property team from troubled Lloyd'...
Offline brokers.
Over 60% of brokers have no website and only 10% are working towards developing one according to a n...
Crowe at Solihull supports local hospital.
Motor insurer Crowe at Solihull rallied to support a local hospital where underwriter Jimmy O'Reilly...