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IIB in deal with software house.
Members of the Institute of Insurance Brokers will soon be able to access technical reports on insur...
Britannic aims to double sales on financial side.
Britannic Assurance is launching new interactive, point-of-sale technology that is planned to double...
Lion gets the SLIP.
Michaelhouse, specialist in IT systems for the insurance sector, has sold Internet-based application...
Group's new logo.
Alfred Blackmore Group has unveiled its new logo and corporate colours. The logo features interlo...
Orbis Protection devises scheme.
Discreet security is being used to cut crime and speed up re-let times in South Edinburgh. The schem...
PIA's fourth man.
The Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Bureau has appointed a fourth Ombudsman, Christopher Til...
Danger of inappropriate terminology.
I write with regard to your story 'Legal Bodies to Slash Costs' (PM 3 February, p11). My company ...
Results set to fuel RSA rumours.
Speculation over the future of giant general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance is set to increase with to...
The Baltic Exchange's objectives.
The Baltic Exchange's objectives in trying to block the construction of a 41-floor office block for ...
Pru's new trust.
Friends Provident has launched a new high yield bond trust, which is also available as a mini or max...
Motor must hit the brakes.
The insurance industry is bracing itself for a significant hike in damage payouts just as a chink of...
Advisor found shot in head.
A former top producing financial advisor, currently under investigation by the FSA, suffered a gunsh...
Crisis help for D&Os.
AIG has added a free crisis support package to its directors and officers' insurance. The package is...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses.
DAS has made two appointments to its team of consultants based at its offices in London. Darren Week...
... a commercial lines underwriter.
Alex Broad spent the day with Jeff Heaver, commercial underwriter team leader at Axa Insurance's London Property Owners Branch.
Appointment at Clerical Medical Investment Group.
Louis Sherwood has been made chairman of Clerical Medical Investment Group. He will take over from r...
Cyberliability.
Pat Dunne explains why any company that fails to appreciate the legal threats presented by misuse of the Internet could find itself learning an extremely expensive lesson.
What a gay day.
The fate of sterling may be uncertain, but the 'Pink Pound' is on the march. If analysts are to b...
Colonial acquisition.
Colonial has acquired Edinburgh-based independent investment management company Stewart Alexander. T...
CGNU reactions.
The prospect of a merger between Norwich Union and CGU has had ramifications on the international st...
Carpetbaggers' vow.
The Standard Life carpetbaggers have vowed not to go away following the insurer's decision that its ...
Hello & good buy.
In light of the CGU/NU merger, many UK insurers will be looking around for partners. Lis Gibson offers prospective buyers some tips on how to buy an insurer.
Heavyweights in advice review.
Leading industry figures have been asked to carry out a review of the provision of financial informa...
Moroccan search.
UK insurers are being targeted as potential partners for Morocco's largest insurer as it embarks on ...