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What's it worth?
John Ball, president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has been reported in PM as saying ...
Changes up north.
Insurer Northwestern Mutual is to rebrand itself as part of a $25m (£16m) marketing campaign as a ma...
Let's get together.
A new improved relationship is being built between independent financial advisers and insurers. In the future, IFAs could at last see improved products, as well as improved support from their providers. David Fanning gets the lowdown.
Aegon UK acquires HS Administration Services.
Aegon UK has acquired HS Administration Services, for an undisclosed sum. Chester-based HS Administr...
Industry too slow to adapt.
Delivering the keynote speech the chairman of Aon, Dennis Mahoney, bemoaned the dire state of the ma...
NU set to monitor IFAs' satisfaction.
Norwich Union hopes to raise the profile of its fledgling retail investment arm by becoming one of t...
An injection of life for UBS AG.
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its hom...
Adjusting to a loss.
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft was unavailable to comment on the departure of Specialist Investigation...
Ace to pull plug on 1171.
Bermuda-based insurer Ace has pulled the plug on life syndicate 1171. It follows an unsuccessful att...
A merger in Hemel.
Hemel Hempstead-based commercial brokers Godbold Hadden and subsidiary GH Bray have formally merged ...
Appointment at Vogon International.
Kay Mushens has been recruited as international marketing manager. A graduate of the European Busine...
Long terms for Pru.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America has signed up to the InsWeb online insurance service to ...
Appointment at Argyll.
Argyll has made three appointments for its insurance broking division. Steve Cowtan will join its ex...
Talking of human rights ...
Compared with the frenzy of activity prior to the introduction of Lord Woolf's reforms to civil liti...
Ace investments.
Bermuda-based Ace last week sold 11 million shares for a total of $359.5m (£220m) with the proceeds ...
Closure completed.
Broker Heath Lambert has completed the closure of its Southend back-office operation, and is looking...
isms galore.
New legislation may help in the battle against discrimination but there is a long way to go before the insurance industry is truly a meritocracy, says Edward Murray.
RAC aid expansion.
Auto Indemnity has continued its expansion in the non-fault accident management services sector with...
Zurich in Bolivia.
Zurich Financial Services group is to acquire a 51% stake in both La Boliviana Ciacruz de Seguros an...
More for money.
Personal finance portal Moneyextra.com, which was launched in June and offers travel insurance, is t...
New Deal for poor industry.
It may seem ironic to some observers that the new head of one of the government's poverty busting ta...
Tenant failure cover market booms
Landlords are increasingly taking insurance cover against tenant failure instead of traditional rent ...
A new Innovation.
The Innovation Group has conditionally agreed to acquire Crosspath Consulting for a consideration of...
QBE targets Italy.
Australian insurer QBE has opened an office in Milan, Italy and will offer insurance cover ranging f...