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Guide to helpdesks.
A 76-page guide to building and developing a successful helpdesk is available from Sunrise Software,...
Thomas Cook launches direct travel cover.
Travel Giant Thomas Cook is set to expand its travel insurance lines by offering direct stand-alone ...
CIS bids for slice of with-profits market.
Co-Operative Insurance Society has launched a new with-profits bond which it said will be the basis ...
Bad weather means a winter of discontent for insurers.
Household Insurers are bracing themselves for a bad year following a new report which shows that the...
Pressing engagements.
The Institute of Actuaries has recently been celebrating its 150th anniversary. Of course, this mean...
Policies break new grounds on the sporting front.
B&CE Insurance has certainly put the cat among the personal accident pigeons when it comes to coveri...
N-west's direct service.
NatWest Insurance Services has launched a specialist 'direct' business insurance service which is be...
Appointment at Insurance Institute of Swansea.
Jacquie Hancock, underwriter at Ecclesiastical Insurance's Cardiff office, has become the first woma...
Rainbow International to launch first NVQ.
Rainbow International, the carpet care and restoration specialists, which has agreements with 11 UK ...
Appointment at TIG Reinsurance.
Roland Jackson is to join TIG Reinsurance as executive vice president and chief financial officer. H...
Best celebrates first birthday with new takeover.
Ratings agency AM Best UK's first birthday cocktail party turned into a double celebration last week...
UK waits to see effects of GAN deal.
The UK subsidiaries of GAN and Groupama were this week trying to come to terms with the consequences...
Exclusive - Cunningham's Ireland deal ends months of speculation.
Following months of market speculation, Cunningham UK has acquired Toplis & Harding (Ireland) as par...
UAL releases election result.
The fledgling International Underwriting Association of London has decided to release the results of...
Row over Japan's 'closed' market.
Relations between US and Japanese traders have been damaged following American officials accusing th...
Appointment at Abbey Legal Protection.
Nadia Hoosen has become the 60th staff member of Abbey Legal Protection and its sister company Abbey...
How 'high-handed' rating agency lost us business.
I am not surprised that the Comite Europeen des Assurances has criticised ratings agencies for their...
Shock setback for IUA launch.
The merger of the London market's two trade bodies received a set back as eleventh-hour legal proble...
NIG's Glasgow move.
NIG Skandia has relocated its Scottish office to Glasgow as part of its commitment to regional comme...
Practitioners get voice on FSA.
The Financial Services Authority is in the process of setting up a Practitioner Forum in response to...
Eagle Star to axe over 500 jobs.
Further JOB losses in the industry were announced this week when Eagle Star confirmed 540 jobs are t...
Appointment at Rand Information Systems.
Roy Stew is the new managing director of Rand Information Systems in the UK. He joins from Computer ...
And the nominees this year are.
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J&H Marsh fined £200k.
A £200,000 fine has been levied on J&H Marsh & McLennan by the PIA for failure to complete Phase 1 o...