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Advisers pay the price for bad advice.
Independent financial advisers will be hit hard financially following the collapse of a mortgage pro...
Making a date for problems.
Thank you Mr Williams for your interest in the subject Y2K exclusion (PM 30 September, p30). You ...
Miller has all hands on Dex.
Thomas Miller this week launched Dex, a new hull underwriting syndicate. A joint venture with Cha...
Terra Nova shines.
Terra Nova has been nominated for the BT and FT e-commerce awards. The company, which is involved in...
Lincoln denies UK arm is to go.
American life and pensions giant Lincoln National has rubbished claims that it is thinking of pullin...
Appointment at AE Wyeth & Co.
Solicitors AE Wyeth & Co has appointed three new partners - Sally Spriggs, Karyn Brannigan and Niall...
Arbitrator can make contribution award.
A woman was widowed when her husband died in an accident in 1995 involving a scaffold suspended from...
Fusion attracts much attention.
Online insurer Fusion, recently launched by SVB Holdings, attracted much attention at the Lloyd's tr...
Bishops joins up with Willis.
South-east broker Bishops has strengthened its position by allying itself with the Willis Commercial...
New officers.
Three new officers were elected at the annual general meeting. Andy Homer, chief executive of Axa In...
Green Flag sold.
Direct Line has snapped up breakdown recovery service Green Flag in a £250m swoop. The deal, expecte...
We failed: RSA chief.
PauI Spencer, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, said his compnay had failed its customers ...
House vendors information pack.
Insurers this week welcomed proposals requiring house vendors to prepare and pay for an information ...
$1bn record award.
A record $1bn (£600m) verdict has been awarded against insurer State Farm in a class action lawsuit ...
Bleak perspective.
Martin Albers, chief executive officer of Swiss Re UK, said the industry was in poor shape in terms ...
Bland attacks risk trend.
The current trend among major corporate clients towards retaining a greater proportion of risk or us...
Skills shortage is an industry crisis.
The insurance industry does not have the right skills for the challenges presented by the convergenc...
Appointment at Putsmans Solicitors.
Personal injury solicitor Lisa Rhodes has joined Putsmans solicitors as an associate. She will be ba...
RSA's £42m bill.
Royal & Sun Alliance has revealed that natural disasters may have cost it £42m in the third quarter ...
New healthcare firm targets expatriates.
Morgan Price International Healthcare, set up this year to offer consultancy services to UK health i...
PMI launch.
Health insurer Western Provident Association hopes to encourage loyalty and boost productivity with ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill International.
David Hall has been promoted to national broker manager for Allianz Cornhill International. Previous...
Help with Y2K.
Action 2000 has teamed up with the British Insurance Brokers Association to issue a guide to brokers...
Bid to compile legal list fails.
Attempts to draw up joint lists of experts between insurers and claimants' lawyers have floundered. ...