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Staking out the alternatives.
The government is doggedly spreading the stakeholder word, with the emphasis on giving the public control and choice over which of the pension routes to take. You only have to look to the US for a glimpse of the future, says Keith Sankey.
Industry rejects "complacency" tag.
I was surprised to read the response from Owen Tudor of the Trades Union Congress to my letter (Post...
Brit sees profit rise.
Brit Insurance Holdings subsidiary Brit Insurance has recorded a 65% rise in overall gross written p...
What the Papers Say.
Daily Mail They were stock market experts and she was a girl of four. But last week, the seasoned...
B&B go to Market.
Bradford & Bingley has launched a new intermediary division The Marketplace offering a range of insu...
Landmark case for professional indemnity cover.
The decision in Merrett v Babb last month is a landmark case about the liability of a professional, ...
CAT threat to long-term care.
A leading actuary has called on the government not to impose the Cover, Access and Terms standards t...
Continuous employment claim.
After almost 46 years of continuous employment in the insurance industry and, like so many others, h...
Unattended is uncovered.
Hayward v Norwich Union Insurance; Court of Appeal, 22 February 2001.
Keeping the wheels in motion.
Maintaining production is vital in today's manufacturing plants, where every second counts. Ian Calder stresses the value of business interruption cover for smaller businesses, which really feel the pinch when the wheels stop turning.
Equitable will sue.
Equitable Life has informed policyholders it is prepared to sue directors, advisers and regulators o...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Law firm Keoghs has appointed Kathryn Montford as associate. She specialises in employers' liability...
QBE cancels link up.
QBE Insurance Group has cancelled its joint venture with insolvent HIH Insurance and is to absorb HI...
AMA up and running.
The fledgling Accident Management Association, backed by a group of industry players, opened for bus...
PIA: pension payouts.
An estimated 25,000 people who were mis-sold a personal pension are to receive additional compensati...
SMG to buy as staff quit.
Leeds-based broker Smithson Mason Group this week played down the defection of six employees to riva...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Camberford Law, the specialist schemes broker, has appointed Paul Cooper as an account executive, wi...
London market reform talks
A series of briefings on the LMP2001 reforms are being held in the London insurance market to help pr...
Debt provisions doubled as reinsurer fears mount.
Lloyd's syndicates have doubled their provisions for bad debt, as a result of "concerns over the sec...
Enter your success story for BIA 2001.
There are just three weeks to go to the deadline for the submission of entries for the 2001 British ...
Underwriting: finding a way in.
Along with other aspects of insurance, the traditional route to becoming an underwriter is changing. Richard Adams looks at how recruitment methods vary across the industry.
Terra Nova loses Horton
David Horton is to quit Terra Nova Insurance, where he underwrites its US property treaty account, to...
Insurance Now or maybe later.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
OFT clears GISC again.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, this week said he was determ...