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IFA takes AIM.
Independent financial adviser Lighthouse Group is aiming to boost its numbers to 250 IFAs across 50 ...
Venture tries a slice of life.
A new company is set to capitalise on its experience of the intermediary market, with the launch of ...
Overexposed?
Changes in employment legislation and payment of legal fees, as well as the introduction of the Human Rights Act mean UK businesses are facing greater exposure to liability risks. Demand for commercial legal expenses insurance is growing as companies run…
Gurr to set sail.
The Liberian International Ship & Corporate registry has appointed a new general manager for its UK ...
Attitude to women high-triers under the spotlight.
Fifty years ago, the lack of women in the upper echelons of the insurance industry was under the spo...
German e-warning.
German insurance companies risked being left behind unless they embraced electronic commerce, Stepha...
Prudential goes interactive in Telewest deal.
Prudential began displaying its products on interactive digital television this week, following a de...
All change.
A recent survey highlights the massive changes in attitude to risk management that have occurred over the last two years, placing it more in the domain of corporate governance, explains Simon Marshall.
Banking on a negative image?
In your comment Banking on Small Business (Post Magazine, 12 October, p21) you refer to the banks an...
Six given Indian go-ahead.
Six new licenses have been issued by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, allowing co...
Appointment at Groupama.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has appointed Imelda Cooney as assistant underwriter, credit and bond...
Allstate profits up.
US property and casualty insurer Allstate recorded a 34% increase in third-quarter operating profits...
L&G: no more going round the houses.
Legal & General has added online functionality to its mortgage sourcing software system Mortgage Dec...
Reinsurers recruit to reach recovery.
Reinsurers have had a tough time, but strategic acquisitions and recruitment policies are all helpin...
BT enters online insurance market with Aon.
British Telecom has entered the online insurance market with broker Aon. Affinity insurance services...
Industry to seek support over too taxing issues.
The insurance industry will this week enter its pre-budget pleading to the Chancellor of the Exchequ...
CMG makes tracks.
IT company CMG has published its fourth eCom index, which tracks the number of companies recording m...
Appointment at QBE.
Paul Moss has been recruited by QBE International Insurance to head up the claims function and drive...
Scottish entrants.
Scottish Provident has welcomed the decision by Scottish Equitable to enter into the personal protec...
First-class Deliver-e.
Software and consultancy supplier, Eurobase, has launched its automated information dispatch product...
Infidelity damages danger.
Last week's High Court ruling that the widow of a road accident victim should receive reduced damage...
Appointment at Charringtons.
Two new appointments have been made at Charringtons. Richard Oliver becomes director of construction...
Early warning system.
Loss adjusters are increasingly being cast as the eyes and ears of risk managers as insurers look to minimise their risk exposure. Jonathan Swift looks at how adjusters perceive their role in the changing climate and whether the risk manager is still…
Mergers down to pure boardroom greed.
According to the head of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union, mergers and consolidation are...