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Swiss Re gets share of CIIH.
Swiss Re has taken a 9.9% share in China Insurance International Holdings for $15m (£9.5m) following...
The opening at Prudential's listing ceremony.
The opening bell at Prudential's listing ceremony, on 28 June, on the New York Stock Exchange. Those...
Eureko seeks new UK partner.
A pan-European consortium of insurers could seek a new UK partner for its fledgling financial servic...
Insurers welcome stakeholder step down
Insurers have welcomed the government's decision not to exclude occupational pension scheme members f...
Lucrative trade for UK insurers.
In 1998 the UK insurance market generated £109bn in premium income - 8% of all premiums worldwide. I...
Masters of disasters.
It is fitting that in a year when the issue of rail safety reached a head with the Paddington train crash, the loss adjuster of the year award should be given to a specialist rail division, writes Jonathan Swift.
LPC sale is on the horizon.
The sale of the London Processing Centre could happen within months following the Annual General Mee...
Marketplace launched.
Post Magazine has launched a new service for readers to help them find and then get in touch with sp...
A rapid response.
St Paul's strategy of identifying the needs of specific market segments before developing products for them, has won the insurer praise from all quarters - no mean feat, writes Anthony Gould.
Appointment at Green Flag.
Michael Henderson has been made relationship manager in Green Flag's new retailer and affinity sales...
Zurich calls for change on risk.
Zurich Commercial has called on brokers and fleet managers to change the way they approach risk mana...
RMIF demands compensation.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has demanded compensation for the 140 body shops cut from the Z...
Berkeley buys Gee.
Berkeley Morgan, a subsidiary of insurance and financial services provider Berkeley Morgan Group, ha...
Direct player not a threat.
I would like to make some observations following your front page story last week, 'Consortium threat...
Ace takes risk out of schools.
Insurer Ace Europe has launched a new website to help teachers, governors and parents manage the ris...
Appointment at Audatex.
Sharon Wiggins has been made marketing manager at Audatex. Previously she worked for several hi-tech...
400 firms waiting to join The General Insurance Standards Council.
The General Insurance Standards Council opened on Monday to 400 firms waiting to join. The Financial...
Bad news for Standard Life.
Standard Life's victory in the campaign to stay mutual has been sullied by members' criticisms of th...
Rise to the challenge.
St Paul's results show that the research it undertakes before venturing into new areas has paid off: it has grown consistently and grown profitably in recent years, writes David Worsfold.
MSF is miffed.
White collar union MSF has not yet decided whether to appeal against last week's decision at an empl...
Call centre solutions.
Call centre specialist C3 launched a new virtual call centre solution based on its state-of-the-art ...
Glass e-valuations.
Abbey National has teamed up with Glass's Information Services to provide car valuation data as part...
... call centre manager.
Edward Murray spent a day with Stephen Kopaloff, a successful call centre manager who knows his product and claimants inside out.
Driven by success.
All round improvement in personal lines plus a new product has scooped this award yet again for Colonnade - a hat trick for this successful insurance broker, writes Diane Smyth.