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Appointment at Opus.
Fred Hucker has been promoted to the position of operations director at Opus BusinessCare. For the p...
Rate rises must be justified.
Events of the last few weeks have demonstrated, beyond any doubt, that the stability of world financ...
Appointment at Tryg-Baltica International.
Paul Atkinson has been appointed assistant vice president, accident and health at Tryg-Baltica Inter...
Irish motor losses may see exits.
Double-figure losses in the Irish motor market could force several insurers to pull out of the secto...
Willis war risks.
Broker Willis has put out a series of products designed to help organisations secure war risks and m...
Legal departure.
Law firm Manches has lost its last remaining insurance partner in London. Martin Benson, a partner a...
NU fined over window smash.
The UK's largest insurer, Norwich Union, was fined £30,000 and forced to pay £10,988 and 32p costs a...
Staying on track with rail defects.
With the second anniversary of the tragic Ladbrook Grove rail crash tomorrow, Post Magazine looks ba...
Goshawk slump.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk has revealed an interim pre-tax loss of £300,000, compared with a profit of ...
Appointment at Marsh.
Marsh has appointed Beverley Pitcher to the position of head of office - she will be working out of ...
Cigna and L&G in joint absence risk deal.
Cigna Healthcare has teamed up with Legal & General to provide a package combining absence risk mana...
Capita merges motor units.
Business process outsourcing group Capita is set to launch a new motor insurance services division in...
Pension unprovision.
A third of the working age population is making no pension provision at all, with only 5% even consi...
Postcode guide to flood risks.
Risk Management Solutions last week launched its River Flood Model underwriting tool, which lists ov...
Negligence over pension advice pays dividends.
Needler Financial Services v Taber; (Chancery Division - 31 July 2001).
Independent meet.
Ex-Independent staff met in Manchester this week to hear the replies given to a series of questions ...
ISC bankruptcies.
The Investors Compensation Scheme, which provides protection for consumers who have claims against r...
Axa/BNP pact.
French insurer Axa and bank BNP Paribas have signed a new pact, replacing all previous agreements. T...
Appointment at Lane Clark & Peacock.
Lane Clark & Peacock partner Fiona Morrison has been elected to the Council of the Institute of Actu...
Appointment at Item Plus.
Malcolm Smith has joined Item Plus Consulting from Booz Allen Hamilton, bringing with him e-commerce...
Critical step for NU.
Norwich Union has cut its critical illness rates by up to 30% as it attempts to court female custome...
Qualified to comment on industry agenda.
Today, the issue of insurance training is very much back on the agenda, as insurers gear up to adopt...
War-risks rate fears.
Airline and marine representatives are considering appealing to the European Commission over the sur...
DAS subsumes MLP.
MLP Legal Protection is to become a division of DAS, as it looks to extend its product offering. The...