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New Lombard training.
Lombard has announced it is to provide an exclusive new training and development package for the mem...
Why two bodies are better than one.
Francis Higney went to Westminster to witness the unveiling of a 'breakthrough' alliance for IFAs.
Cure for medical writs.
Medical practitioners in Malta can now insure themselves against malpractice lawsuits with a new pol...
SEIB reins in business.
Specialist horse insurers South Essex Insurance Brokers has announced it has won a contract to provi...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Martin Bell has been promoted at Camberford Law and is now a member of the board. David Ottewill, wh...
The priceless value of people.
Companies may be spending more and more money on technology, but without people to use it, business would grind to a halt. Yet Ronnie Martin finds few firms take steps to insure their own staff.
Cracking under pressure.
An increasing number of stress-related cases are finding their way into UK courts. More and more people are suing employers - and winning. Ken Cannar reports on some of the most important of these cases from the point of view of insurers.
NU to issue traffic warning.
Norwich Union has revealed it is set to offer its 200,000 Club members a free traffic-warning device...
Zurich's life reshuffle.
Zurich Financial Services has announced it is to reorganise its UK life business. As a result of the...
No win, no fee for builders.
Construction industry sub-contractors can soon afford to build a case against defaulting contractors...
Pure farce, but no-one is laughing.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council has done its members and the market a lot of damage since...
Country given insurance deadline.
India has a year to liberalise its insurance sector or face the possible wrath of the World Trade Or...
Top job for Rossi.
James Rossi has taken over as chairman of the London Market's Joint Hull committee for the coming ye...
CGU goes green.
CGU will unveil a new eco-enterprise strategy at the first National Green Business convention on Oct...
Poor share prospects are unmasked for all to see.
The barrage of nervous stockmarket comment on the prospects for insurance company shares over the ne...
Gerling's good marks.
The Gerling Credit Insurance Group has been granted a AA-rating (excellent) by the Standard and Poor...
Mixed reaction to IBRC decision.
Reaction to the Insurance Broker Registration Council's decision had been mixed. Andrew Paddick, ...
Job security on the wane.
Workers feel less secure about their propects.
Insurers must dial N for 'no'.
The matter of the seemingly constant changes to telephone codes in our major urban areas might appea...
Cigna hacking cover.
In a joint venture between Cigna and two high-tech companies - Cisco and NetSolve - the insurer is o...
Shock at virus attitude.
Insurers are leaving companies financially vulnerable to loss through computer viruses. A survey car...
Protest by ex-agents over Axa.
There are set to be more fireworks the day after bonfire night as former agents of Union des Assuran...
A question of windpower.
We are intrigued by the news in last week's edition of Post Magazine under the headline 'Study gives...
Millennium Bug will be non-event' predicts Corroon chief.
A leading broker chief told a packed London conference that Y2K was set to be "the biggest non event...