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LMP a broker hit.
The London Market Principles 2001 steering group reports that 77% of brokers by premium income have ...
HHH buys Dragoon.
National broking chain Hill House Hammond has acquired the motor insurance portfolio of Nottingham-b...
Consolidation predicted for P&I clubs.
Further consolidation amongst Protection & Indemnity Clubs can be expected this year with many suffe...
Site is no Asset to the internet.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Forced to Act?
European insurers have failed in their attempt to rule that California's Holocaust Victim Insurance ...
Former Stock Exchange head becomes chairman of pensions reform body
Sir Nicholas Goodison, a former chairman of the Stock Exchange is to become chairman of the Retiremen...
Betty Weldon v GRE Life Assurance (1) and Paragon Finance (2).
Queen's Bench Division 22 January 2001 The claimant's deceased husband had attempted to take out l...
Scottish Mutual launches first CD-Rom ad campaign.
Scottish Mutual has launched what it believes is the insurance industry's first CD-Rom advertising c...
Volvo sells off car insurance business to If.
Sweden's Volvia, the insurance business of Volvo, has sold its car-related insurance business to the...
Top sites toppled.
Direct Line has toppled Royal and Sun Alliance from the top of the internet scorecard run by Gomez, ...
IUA melting pot.
The International Underwriting Association's 15th international seminar Into the Melting Pot will be...
Phoenix General dismisses rumours.
Greece's second largest general insurer Phoenix General this week dismissed rumours it was looking t...
An Equitable inquiry.
The Treasury Select Committee's inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life starts today. The commit...
Groupama in Nam.
French insurer Groupama could soon start selling general insurance in Vietnam having been given the ...
Linaker branches into timber sector.
Insurance broker Linaker has set up a new division to cater for the insurance needs of the timber in...
CIFAS saves £203m from fraud.
CIFAS, the fraud avoidance scheme for the financial services sector, which Direct Line, Royal & Sun ...
Prudential to axe 2000 jobs.
The Prudential, this week, said the introduction of stakeholder pensions and technological developme...
Ozzy acquisition.
Australian general insurer NRMA Insurance is to acquire insurer CGNU's New Zealand operation, New Ze...
Drop in fourth quarter earnings fails to dent Ace's year
Bermudian insurer Ace posted a drop in net income for the quarter ended 31 December 2000, at £78m ($1...
Setting the legal record straight.
It is asserted that the case of Hitchens v Berkshire CC is the most significant finding on contribut...
Definitive ruling sought.
UK insurer Norwich Union has applied for leave to appeal in a recent ruling on recoverability of aft...
L&G recruits IFAs.
Legal & General has recruited 100 independent financial adviser service consultants to join its regi...
Fishing further.
Miller International, part of the Miller Fisher Group, has opened two new offices in Jeddah and Damm...
All hands on deck.
The marine sector is beginning to pick up. With increasing co-operation between insurers and shipowners and risk management issues high on the agenda, this market is more attractive than ever before. Eric Alexander discovers why.