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Better to be safe.
Manufacturers and their insurers must make sure they are up to speed with fresh EC directives on product liability to avoid a legal minefield. David Fanning reports.
Web monitoring.
The Mortgage Code Compliance Board is to look at compliance and monitoring standards with regard to ...
Mergers costing brokers £100m.
Insurance mergers look set to cost brokers an estimated £100m claimed Mr Bolam, who said brokers wer...
PXRe appoints executives
US reinsurer PXRe has appointed six new executives to its property/casualty reinsurance unit. James...
Munich Re buys major stake in AL Europa
Munich Re has increased its presence in eastern Europe through the acquisition of a majority holding ...
Annuity & Life Re's income up
Bermuda-based Annuity & Life Re has reported a net income of $8.4m for the quarter to 31 March 2000, ...
Higginson & Windich come to end of the road
The broker only syndicate set up by two Lloyd's big hitters expects to exceed expectations after a se...
Railtrack and Thames head-on
Insurer AIG, railway infrastructure company Railtrack's insurer, is reported to be claiming against T...
Eastgate shake-up
Max Carruthers, chief executive of Eastgate Assistance, is leaving the company. It is understood th...
Norwich Union premiums up
Norwich Union, which will shortly merge with CGU, recorded a 58% increase in worldwide annual premium...
Copenhagen's bespoke risk
Copenhagen Re and Euclidian are to join forces to offer finite risk reinsurance. The cover will be w...
Pru up 54% as IFA business booms
Prudential has recorded a 54% increase in sales of insurance and investment premiums in the first thr...
Blanch profit plummets
As predicted in its March profit warning, EW Blanch's net income in the first quarter of this year tu...
Cornhill commercial fast track
Allianz Cornhill is setting up a national network of local commercial underwriting teams for broke...
Allied and Zurich to be as one
Zurich Financial Services plans to unify Zurich Allied and Allied Zurich into a single Swiss holding ...
Limit and Wellington profits down
Lloyd's vehicles Limit and Wellington have both announced falls in profits ahead of their planned mer...
M&S enter general insurance
Marks & Spencer Financial Services has announced it is to enter the general insurance market in the a...
Government forced to ammend FSA bill
The Government has been forced to make a number of concessions to the Lords over its plans for the re...
Insurers are being brokerphobic claims BIBA chairman
By Anthony Gould
APIL backs claims prevention
Insurance companies will be told tomorrow to stop scrabbling for market share and start acting constr...
Fury at CATs decision.
Mortgage professionals are astonished that brokers will be unable to charge commission on consumer-f...
Scottish Life brushes off sale rumours.
Group pension specialist Scottish Life has rebuffed reports that it has appointed Edinburgh-based in...
Appointment at Permanent Insurance.
Phil Calvert has taken up the newly-created role of head of national accounts with Permanent Insuran...
Best quote system.
A new online trawling system has been set up to help brokers and independent financial advisers find...