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The Terrance Chapman Group has recorded a pre-tax loss.
Business and IT consultancy The Terrance Chapman Group has recorded a pre-tax loss of £1.8m before e...
Appointment at MW Appointments.
Specialist insurance and reinsurance agency MW Appointments has taken on three new members of staff....
FSA launches hotline to stop another Indie.
The Financial Services Authority this week officially launched its whistleblowing campaign for financ...
Enter PM's fantasy World Cup competition.
As the nation gears up for the forthcoming World Cup, Post Magazine is getting into the spirit of the contest with its special fantasy World Cup Football Competition.
ABI concerns over directive.
The Association of British Insurers said this week it was concerned at the timescales set to be impo...
Insurer set to fight credit-hire ruling.
Insurer Allianz Cornhill was expected to seek leave to appeal the Clark v Ardington decision in the ...
Call centre problems hit brokers.
The article Hanging on the telephone (PM Annual Insurance Survey, 29 November 2001, p16) only touche...
MEPs introduce blanket motor directive.
Last week, the government published its cross-border motor claims proposals on implementing the Fourth Motor Insurance Directive. Lord Hunt considers what the proposals mean.
SunGard bid guarantees it Guardian IT.
Sungard, the US software and disaster recovery services provider, has succeeded in its bid for strug...
Wellington unveils plans for £150m syndicate.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington has stepped up its operations this week, after unveiling plans to form a ...
AITT and TTFS merge as membership falls.
Insurance teachers and trainers will not lose their representative voice, despite their own associat...
Capita enters strategic alliance with Room.
Business service provider Capita London Market Services has signed a strategic alliance with Room So...
London-based broker Willis records net profit.
London-based broker Willis has recorded a net profit of $68m (£47m), up from $39m for the same quart...
Ireland must tackle motor issue.
It is now just over two years since the UK introduced the Woolf reforms to the civil justice system ...
Aon sets aside a provision of $90m.
US broking giant Aon has set aside a provision of a $90m (£62m) pre-tax allowance for a potentially ...
80 years ago.
Making money out of motor insurance has long proved to be a hard nut for many insurers to crack. In ...
Insurers failing to assess own risks warns EU report.
Download KPMG Report Insurers are failing to adequately assess the risks they face, as the World T...
Appointment at Merricks.
Merricks has recruited three new solicitors to its Chelmsford office. Wendy Beach, previously a part...
Lloyd's vehicles in pile-up.
Listed Lloyd's vehicles took a hammering this week as six of the market's largest players posted com...
Peter Wood takes stake in Lloyd's.
Insurance entrepreneur Peter Wood, founder of Direct Line, has taken a stake in Lloyd's by investing...
Norwich Union launches Office & Surgery package.
Norwich Union this week claimed its new commercial package for offices and surgeries is the only one...
Hill House Hammond acquires ML Bender Insurance Brokers.
Hill House Hammond has acquired Truro-based ML Bender Insurance Brokers, which was established in 19...
Out on your own.
Starting up your own business can be a risky undertaking if a well thought-out business plan is not in place. A few of the industry's successful entrepreneurs offer some helpful pointers on how to make those initial steps that bit easier. Lynn Rouse…
A model approach.
New solvency regulations and corporate governance will require insurers to use advanced modelling techniques to pass the Financial Services Authority's scrutiny. Peter England explains.