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Merger talks.
Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank are looking at a merger plan which includes the option of insurer Alli...
Pride Valley Foods Limited v Hall & Partners (Contract Management)
Court 7 June 2000 The claimant's bakery was destroyed in a fire. They had already unsuccessfully ...
Aviation reshuffle at Aon.
Broker Aon is reorganising is aviation division with the launch of Aviation Consultancy and Reinsura...
August fax pact.
In the first stage of a restructuring of all of its desktop information, Lloyd's broker Denis M Clay...
Unum hits the road.
Income protection insurer Unum is to go on the road to promote the importance of its products to ind...
Inspop unveils action plan.
Internet intermediary Inspop.com, which opened on Monday backed by a £7m television, radio and press...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is not a great fan of dressing down and was not surprised to hear that men are facing new peri...
Adjusted profit.
Loss adjuster Garwyn recorded a profit up 12% last year, not 50% as stated last week....
Weightmans moves.
Insurance litigation specialists Weightmans has moved the entire workforce at its Dudley office to i...
And another ING.
Dutch insurer ING, which acquired US life insurer ReliaStar in May for $6.1bn (£3.8bn), is looking t...
Date for standards.
Lloyd's has set an October date for the announcement of the new standards that UK and overseas broke...
Banks plan to get a life.
Four Indian banks have joined forces to create and float a life insurance company with a foreign par...
Exporters targeted.
Groupama Insurance has teamed up with US insurer Atlantic Mutual to offer its North American Product...
GISC to revisit solvency concerns of brokers.
The recently launched General Insurance Standards Council will address the issue of solvency require...
Beat the fraudsters before they beat you.
12 October 2000, London Can you win the fight against fraud? With losses from fraud running into ...
Quids-in firm to boost staff.
Software systems and support firm Marlborough Stirling is looking to increase its workforce from 600...
Lloyds's sympathetic but stands ground
The Lloyd's versus Jaffray case witnessed the counsel for Lloyd's firmly deny the claims of fraud mad...
European Football Championships costly for insurers.
Not everybody can be a winner and France's recent victory in the European Football Championships has...
Inheritance: as safe as houses?
Cotterell v Leeds Day Court of Appeal 13 June 2000 The defendants were solicitors. In 1990, ...
NU hails global cab.
A Norwich Union-insured Metrocab has set off on a journey around the world to raise money for sight-...
ALARM sounds off over environmental white paper.
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers is worried about plans for compulsory insurance in ...
Adjuster makes workers sit test.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle made its 250 field adjusters sit a written test last week as...
Lloyd's to end subscription.
Fee-based work and the end of the subscription market are likely as a result of changes currently pr...
Cap fits.
Britannic Life assurance giant Britannic has selected Cap Gemini as its IT partner for its recently ...