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Fortis may not pay out for Selby rail disaster.
Insurer Fortis, which insured the driver of the Land Rover that caused the Selby rail disaster, may ...
Agents score low.
Allied Dunbar has reported that 1.4% of its 4700 agents failed the company's wholesale retesting pro...
Manpower survey predicts higher rate of insurance recruitment.
Insurance companies are planning to recruit more staff and at a higher rate than last year, accordin...
ABI: no rush on genetics.
Your Comment (Jumping the gun on genetic tests, Post Magazine, 5 April, p17), following the recent r...
Regulator must decide quickly where to draw membership line.
How low can it go? That is one of the main questions facing the General Insurance Standards Council ...
Exchange deal.
Exchange FS, the parent company of intermediary portal The Exchange, has signed a deal with the Tene...
McLarens site a model of marketing accessibility.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Pension ruling.
Pension fund surpluses can be used by directors to pay for redundancies, the House of Lords ruled la...
Better equipped?
A new chartered insurance broker qualification may be on the cards, but the industry is divided on whether it will change anything as far as improving professionalism or public opinion is concerned, says David Fanning.
Prudential launches legal action against AIG.
UK insurer Prudential has launched legal action against US giant AIG over its intended merger with A...
AIUA cuts rates.
Agricultural Insurance Underwriting Agencies has cut its premium finance rates to 2.9% Annual Premiu...
What the Papers Say.
THE SUN The National Sea Life centre in Birmingham is paying £2300 a year protection against crab...
Employers Re axes jobs
Up to a quarter of the staff at GE Frankona Re's Munich headquarters are to lose their jobs in a majo...
Ockham denial as Lovis goes
Quoted Lloyd's insurer Ockham has rebuffed suggestions it is looking to sell the business in the same...
Wellington joins internet exchange Inreon
Wellington Underwriting has become the first Lloyd's group to join the on-line trading system Inreon,...
Tesco finance operation moves into profit
Retailer Tesco, which today reported a pre tax profit before exceptionals for the year to 24 February...
Lloyd's appoints dot com chief
Lloyd's has appointed Ashok Gupta, previously chief executive of CGNU's home buyers' website, as chie...
RSA and Aegon rumours resurface
Dutch insurer Aegon is said to be in talks with Royal & Sun Alliance over the sale of its life insura...
Bupa reverses its fortunes
Health insurer Bupa's UK insurance operation has moved from an underwriting loss in 1999 of £39.6m to...
Swiss Re to cut 400
Swiss Re is dissolving its Zurich-based team for general insurance business in the Latin American mar...
Claims Direct Faces Board Turmoil
Personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct today announced that marketing director Roger Plantie...
Hercules acquires three brokers
Hercules Property Services today announced it has acquired three insurance brokers for a total consid...
Hercules acquires three brokers
Hercules Property Services today announced it has acquired three insurance brokers for a total consid...
Claims Direct Faces Board Turmoil
Personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct today announced that marketing director Roger Plantie...