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Uncomfortable, yes, radical, no.
Chris Wilkes, partner at Beachcroft Wansb-roughs, said no matter how uncomfortable insurers might fe...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Julie Taylor and Debbie Vosper have joined the Bolton-based marketing team of law firm Keoghs. Ms Ta...
The ball's in law court.
The world of sports insurance is rapidly evolving says Edward Murray and may even herald changes that lead to an independent tribunal for the sporting world.
Mexican cover wave.
Blue Shield of California is to expand its health plan to Mexico, offering cover to resident employe...
Woollard backs off.
The Standard Life Members' Action Group vowed to cease its demutualisation fight against the Edinbur...
Products combined.
R K Harrison Insurance Brokers is combining its three commercial combined products under the RK Harr...
Directline ads value.
Internet operation Directline.com is spending £5m on a three-month marketing campaign focusing on mo...
Iron Trades' staff 'premiere'.
The workshop on rehabilitation saw the 'premiere' of a short play performed by Iron Trades' staff ab...
Trio team up to form Calibre.
Three companies have jointly launched Calibre, a single source operation for the insurance industry....
Concessions on reserves tax?
The government has suggested it might make some concessions over its plans announced in the Budget t...
Team of 20 join Silverbeck.
Specialist defendant personal injury firm Silverbeck Rymer has acquired the defence department of Ma...
Marsh puts buys on hold.
Broker Marsh this week ruled out any further major acquisitions in the UK but said it intended to ma...
Save yourself with Silver Bullet.
To help companies cope with the low operating margins stakeholder pensions will impose, IT consultan...
Appointment at Rainbow International.
Nottinghamshire-based franchise company Rainbow International has appointed Ron Hutton to its board....
Indy targets Germany.
Independent Insurance could make a foray into the German market and is already looking at green fiel...
Aon targets law firms with new PI service.
Aon has launched a new claims and risk management service to handle professional indemnity claims. ...
Euro 2000 insurance tournament.
The German football team may have suffered an ignominous early exit from this month's European Champ...
Future conferences.
Post Magazine has planned an ambitious and exciting package of conferences for the autumn: 4 Octo...
Euler ups stake.
Credit insurer Euler is to increase its stake in Moroccan domestic credit insurer Acmar, from 10% to...
Isles don't fear ban.
The Channel Islands insurance community is confident that plans to force "tax havens" to reform will ...
Family planning errors in ^'90s cost MDU £6m.
The Medical Defence Union has revealed that family planing errors have cost it £6m over the last dec...
Oliver quits BLM for niche practice.
The head of law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer's general and product liability practice is to defect to n...
Trade body opposes plan to re-open pensions cases.
A leading trade body has vowed to fight any decision by the Financial Services Authority to re-open ...
Names in the money.
Lloyd's Names have outperformed their corporate cousins at Lloyd's, according to figures released ye...