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Veggies offered discounts.
Universal Provident has become the first UK insurer to offer vegetarians a premium discount as a res...
New formula for Misys.
Technology giant Misys plans to create a new breed of intermediary when it goes live with its virtua...
Joint life venture.
UK mutual Standard Life has launched a new life insurance joint venture in China with Australia's HI...
Driving down motor claims.
The motor insurance market faces enormous challenges as it struggles to keep a lid on claims costs. ...
THB takes on media spotlight.
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath & Bond has entered the media and entertainment market with the acquisi...
Intech solution.
Insurance technology provider Intech Solutions has gone live with Open Health plus, which aims to su...
Miller denies sale.
Troubled insurance services company Miller Fisher has dismissed speculation that it is planning to s...
Zurich Keane on systems integration.
Zurich Financial Services has appointed technology consultant Keane as its systems integration partn...
Wilkinson poached.
US law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae has poached former head of insurance & reinsurance at Ber...
Eureko fights Poles on PZU.
Pan-European insurance group Eureko has vowed to contest the action last week by the Polish governme...
All flash and no substance.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Aviation nosedives.
The Lloyd's aviation insurance sector is heading for four consecutive years of loss - 1997-2000 - sa...
Century sells off outsourcing arm
Century Financial Services, the third party administration arm of Century Group has been sold to outs...
Pet Plan hunts out equine business.
Cornhill Insurance subsidiary Pet Plan is looking to snap up further businesses in the equine market...
Appointment at HSBC.
Andrew Lee has been made a director of HSBC Select, the national telephone broking division of HSBC ...
Weather validation.
Halifax General Insurance Services has installed a new prototype Weather Validation system, which li...
Mishcon sued for negligence.
City firm Mishcon de Reya is facing a hefty negligence claim in a dispute with UCB Corporate Service...
HIH Insurance ties up with Gerling Credit Insurance.
Australia's HIH Insurance has tied up with Germany's Gerling Credit Insurance to provide backing for...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Chris Trickett has been promoted to group facilities manager at Independent Insurance, based at Inde...
Credit hire deal resolves hard line dispute.
There is good news on the long-running and bitter dispute between several composite insurers and cre...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Church of England will have to sell half its assets to meet the increasin...
Europe steps up Lloyd's investigation.
The European Commission Financial Services Commission has stepped up its investigation into the adeq...
Appointment at XL Brockbank.
Lloyd's managing agency XL Brockbank has made three recent appointments. Following the recruitmen...
UK lags behind.
A survey by MORI and Cranfield School of Management for Microsoft has revealed that while the majori...