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Appointment at Crutes.
Crutes has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Angela Coburn who will carry out re...
Anniversary for Rehabilitation First.
Post Magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign will be in the spotlight again in the autumn in the bu...
QBE unveils Lloyd's upheavals
Australian insurer QBE has announced the results of its strategic review of its Lloyd's business foll...
Chaucer sets up new venture
Chaucer has launched a new company to manage consortium arrangements, both for Lloyd's syndicates and...
Claims managers miss out on internet revolution says Post survey
Over 80% of claims managers questioned by Post Magazine do not have an internet-based claims handling...
Swiss Re sees rates increase
Swiss Re is benefiting from rate increases in its non-life business and expects rates to rise at leve...
Deacon boost for Hercules
Hercules Property Services, which acquired intermediary Deacon Insurance in November, has recorded i...
Cigna sees Wright role in Europe
Cigna International has promoted John Wright to the post of senior vice-president of its European ope...
Auto Indemnity signs RAC deal
Credit hire company Auto Indemnity Group has signed a three year contract with RAC Motoring Services ...
DP Mann to write aviation business
Lloyd's managing agent DP Mann is to start writing aviation (re)insurance for the 2001 year of accoun...
Sandy Leitch to head New Deal Task Force
Sandy Leitch, the chief executive of Zurich Financial Services has been appointed to head the Governm...
Swiss bank opens life arm
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its home...
Bell: new website.
Church and charity specialist broker AT Bell has launched a new website to help clients obtain the m...
Jobs threat as Abbey moves on Provident
Abbey National has confirmed that it will take over mutual insurer Scottish Provident for £1.8bn as p...
Oxford on hold.
Broker-only syndicate Oxford, which was due to start trading on 1 August and had to delay its openin...
Motorbike hike.
Motorcycle premiums rose by 16% during the first seven months of the year, according to motorcycle s...
Irish giant in UK broker drive.
Northern Ireland conglomerate the Viridian Group, which claims to be the province's largest company ...
Abbey National to announce takeover of Scottish Provident.
Abbey National is expected to announce the £2bn takeover of Scottish Provident this week. Analysts p...
DD: top way to pay.
Direct debit is now the most popular payment method for general insurance products, according to the...
E-com not as e@sy as it looks.
The media attention on e-commerce - both consumer and business - would suggest that every organisati...
Lloyd's losses loom.
The publication of Lloyd's 1998 figures failed to raise much cheer at One Lime Street last week. Wit...
Open form revamped.
Internationally-recognised salvage agreement the Lloyd's Open Form, carried on the bridge of virtual...
... a Lloyd's broker.
Marcus Alcock spent a day with Scott Mills, a motor fleet specialist at Holman Insurance Brokers. At just 25, the high-flying Mr Mills is a rarity in the pressured world of the trading floors, which has remained virtually the same for 300 years.
New venture for Shipley.
Former lead underwriter on Amlin's syndicate 362, David Shipley, expects to be trading with a new £1...