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Appointment at Chem-Dry UK.
Chem-Dry UK has recruited Richard Cable to its board of directors as business development director. ...
Appointment at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance.
Alison Drake has been promoted to customer relations manager at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finan...
Appointment at DWF.
North-west law firm DWF has taken on nine new solicitors. DWF HRhorizons, the company's HR service, ...
BIBA conference.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (West Midlands) is to hold its 7th annual conference at t...
Rules of engagement.
As the industry becomes subject to more and more regulation, HR departments need to keep abreast of the rules governing key staff and also work to manage the related risks effectively, warn Sara Russoff and Mike Vincent.
Toro to takeover?
Toro Insurance, a subsidiary of Italian giant Fiat, has approached rival La Fondiaria about the poss...
Just what the doctor ordered.
As horror stories about NHS treatment abound, private medical insurance is becoming a more vital part of employees' work packages, and employee assistance programmes in particular have experienced a surge in interest. Rachel Gordon deciphers the insurers…
Music to her ears?
An 18-year-old student is to sue the Scottish qualification authority for wrongly informing her she ...
Axa ups Tecis stake.
French insurer Axa has more than doubled its stake in Tecis in an effort to increase its distributio...
THB targets brokers in acquisition growth scheme.
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath and Bond has stated its intention to achieve a £40m brokerage within t...
Enron in court.
Investment bank JP Morgan and several insurers are in court this week in a £650m dispute relating to...
Fall in syndicates.
The number of Lloyd's syndicates has fallen to 86 for the 2002 year of account, down from 108 operat...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
James Heffron has become director of pensions administration at Aon Consulting....
InsurE adds to panel.
Insurance industry portal insurE-com has added Royal & Sun Alliance and Allianz Cornhill to its pane...
CC: tribunal claim.
Anglo-American law firm Clifford Chance will now face the first tribunal claim for racial discrimina...
Names hang tough.
According to research carried out by the Association of Lloyd's Members, for the third year in a row...
Airlines representatives to attend DVT court case.
Representatives of a proportion of the world's airlines are expected to attend the first in a series...
Capital ideas are no help to Lloyd's in struggle for profitability.
Robert Hiscox recently expressed the typical management view that the capital provided to a business...
UK cautious as WTC losses lower than expected.
New York Insurance Superintendent Greg Serio's prediction that total losses for insurers from the Wo...
Sharing Innovation.
The Innovation Group has completed the acquisition of the remaining 29.23% of the issued share capit...
Appointment at Donns.
Donns Solicitors has recruited Bob Dawson to the newly-created position of head of the employers' li...
Be a good sport for charity.
Be part of the largest sporting event in the insurance industry - and help raise £50,000 for charity...
Oz insurers to repay car cash.
Two of Australia's largest motor insurers have been told to repay A$1.5m (£540,000) to policyholders...
Appointment at CNA.
Paul Hennessy, who became chief underwriting officer for CNA's global operations in 1997, has reloca...