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Misys shuts direct insurance business
Computer software giant Misys is to shut down its Screentrade and the theformula.com internet consume...
Indie collapse hits Irish construction companies
The collapse of Independent Insurance could impact Irish companies that are now facing potentially s...
Floating acquisition.
Yacht and leisure craft underwriting agent Mardon Insurance Brokers has acquired Michael Stimpson & ...
Tragedy borne of ambition?
In the unfolding tragedy of Independent Insurance, the towering certainty is that Michael Bright sou...
Insurers must prepare to bridge the profitability gap.
Taking customer relationship management into the e-age presents business with some enormous challeng...
Appointment at La Playa.
Cambridge-based La Playa has taken on Alan Gale as its new chairman. Mr Gale's background as an inve...
Appointment at Sterling Hamilton Wright.
Stephen Duffy has been promoted to divisional head, agency management and marketing at Sterling Hami...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Bolton-based law firm Keoghs has created four new partners and a new associate. Two of the partners ...
Misys: cash offer.
Software giant Misys and independent financial adviser network DBS Management have agreed on terms o...
Lloyds TSB joins AA home panel.
Lloyds TSB has joined the panel of AA's home insurance underwriters, as part of a strategy to make g...
Nunn honoured.
Tony Nunn, for many years a prominent figure in the London marine market and in the International Un...
DAS: profit increase.
Legal expenses insurer DAS Group has posted a modest increase in profits for 2000. Profit before tax...
Brokersure extra.
Brokersure.co.uk has launched Brokersure.go, a version of the system aimed at smaller personal lines...
Fairweather closes.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended JS Fairweather Associates of Essex as it has become ...
Anderson: developing countries targeted by Europe.
Europe's insurers are targeting developing countries for future expansion, as they look to use their...
Ward Evans site: pop-ups only problem.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
IUA appointments.
The International Underwriting Association has appointed Stephen Cane, chief executive officer of Al...
CAP unveils new set of protocols for negligence.
A new set of pre-action protocols for professional negligence claims was unveiled last week. It h...
Appointment at Woodgate & Clark.
Woodgate & Clark has appointed Graham Garside as northern regional director. Mr Garside was previous...
Appointment at XL Brockbank.
XL Brockbank has recruited Ken Slack as deputy underwriter, property treaty account for syndicate 58...
Equitas fights US asbestos lawsuits in legal offensive.
Equitas has gone on the offensive in the US, with a substantial bolstering of its legal representati...
Reading the audience.
In an industry where often the only way to come out ahead of rivals is to compete on service, customer relationship management is an extremely valuable tool. If it is used properly, giving customers what you know they want can reap rewards, says Veronica…
Two men sentenced.
Two men will be sentenced in Manchester Crown Court on 9 July, for conspiracy to defraud insurers af...
FSCP raises status.
The Financial Services Consumer Panel was given statutory status this week when the relevant section...