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PIA crack down.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended the investment business of three firms. Allied Finan...
RSA allays job fears.
Royal & Sun Alliance has allayed fears it will reallocate more UK jobs to India, after it opened a g...
New office for Brownsword.
Brownsword Nationwide Motor Claims Services has moved to a new head office in Denton, Manchester. Af...
Docklands office for Allen & Overy.
Allen & Overy looks set to become the first UK law firm to establish an office in London's Docklands...
Trade bodies merger is "possible".
The Association of British Insurers has reiterated a future merger with the British Bankers' Associa...
Assessing the damage.
The jury is still out on loss assessors - an efficient one can make a claim run smoothly and benefit all involved, but a bad one can do more harm than good, says David Fanning.
Cancelled race meetings affect AIG.
Underwriters are paying out millions for the cancellation of horse racing in the wake of the foot & ...
ABI reveals storm damage.
The insurance industry was hit by just under £700m of claims in the wake of the storms last autumn, ...
AA in talks.
AA Insurance Services has confirmed it is in talks with Kinetic Underwriting Concepts, a new venture...
MS buying spree.
Soon-to-float software and services provider Marlborough Stirling will use the capital raised from t...
Lastminute cover.
Lastminute.com, the heavily-marketed online leisure and travel retailer, is looking to increase its ...
Working out staff cover.
Merrett v Babb; Court of Appeal; 15 February 2001.
Bells ring over insurance loan.
The case of Cannon Lionel Webber, who failed to repay borrowed money after building a Millennium bel...
A waste of time and manpower?
The disaster of Equitable Life must make the ordinary person question the value of the Department of...
Seminar for Crutes.
Law firm Crutes is holding a seminar on the Human Rights Act on Thursday 22 March 2001. It is aimed ...
Ex-PCS adjuster forms new loss assessor.
A new loss assessor aims to build a national and international presence on the back of instructions ...
Engineering an organised site.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Weathering the market.
The reinsurance cycle is changing. Rates increased during 2001 renewals, despite overcapacity. However, it is unclear for the moment how hard the market is likely to get. Jeremy Mather believes rates will not follow tradition.
What the Papers Say.
Daily Mail A convicted robber, who has already received £30,000 compensation for injuring his bac...
Chaucer to raise capital for losses.
Lloyd's underwriter Chaucer Holdings, which recorded a £3.2m loss in 2000 compared to £1.1m in 1999,...
Source of IT deal.
Churchill Insurance's claims settlement division has signed a deal with The Source for the provision...
A Mutual review.
Hertfordshire-based National Mutual is to review its mutual status and has appointed investment bank...
Allied Dunbar puts agents to the test.
Allied Dunbar this week denied it planned to slim down its direct salesforce, despite the wholesale ...
Death of the salesman?
Pressures of cost and competition have forced the man from the Pru to hang up his hat and lay down h...