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Swiss bank opens life arm
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its home...
Bell: new website.
Church and charity specialist broker AT Bell has launched a new website to help clients obtain the m...
Jobs threat as Abbey moves on Provident
Abbey National has confirmed that it will take over mutual insurer Scottish Provident for £1.8bn as p...
Oxford on hold.
Broker-only syndicate Oxford, which was due to start trading on 1 August and had to delay its openin...
Motorbike hike.
Motorcycle premiums rose by 16% during the first seven months of the year, according to motorcycle s...
Irish giant in UK broker drive.
Northern Ireland conglomerate the Viridian Group, which claims to be the province's largest company ...
Abbey National to announce takeover of Scottish Provident.
Abbey National is expected to announce the £2bn takeover of Scottish Provident this week. Analysts p...
DD: top way to pay.
Direct debit is now the most popular payment method for general insurance products, according to the...
E-com not as e@sy as it looks.
The media attention on e-commerce - both consumer and business - would suggest that every organisati...
Lloyd's losses loom.
The publication of Lloyd's 1998 figures failed to raise much cheer at One Lime Street last week. Wit...
Open form revamped.
Internationally-recognised salvage agreement the Lloyd's Open Form, carried on the bridge of virtual...
... a Lloyd's broker.
Marcus Alcock spent a day with Scott Mills, a motor fleet specialist at Holman Insurance Brokers. At just 25, the high-flying Mr Mills is a rarity in the pressured world of the trading floors, which has remained virtually the same for 300 years.
New venture for Shipley.
Former lead underwriter on Amlin's syndicate 362, David Shipley, expects to be trading with a new £1...
Euclidian aims to attract brokers with Eucredit.
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian has launched a new credit insurance product and signed up 50 new brokers i...
Protection board pays out £25.2m
The Policyholders Protection Board make payments of £25.2m for the year to the end of March, compared...
AMC renamed.
Aon Managed Care Risk & Insurance Services has become Combined Insurance's new Special Risks Unit. A...
ActionPoints to e-boost for RSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance has chosen ActionPoint, a provider of e-commerce interaction management softwar...
Britannic gets First Active.
Britannic Assurance has acquired 60% of online mortgage specialist First Active Financial for £57.2m...
Appointment at Bennetts.
Bennetts, the motorcycle insurance provider, has promoted Simon Jackson from group affinity manager ...
IFS unveils general insurance qualification.
The Institute of Financial Services, part of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, has launched a basi...
Lloyd's attracts Moss
Lloyd's has appointed Andrew Moss as director, finance and operations. He will join later this year a...
Life is looking up.
New individual life insurance, pensions and collective investment business rose 1.4% in the second q...
Insurers' shopping spree continues.
Two acquisitive insurance groups have made further inroads into the intermediary sector in the last ...
Appointment at RE Brown & Ohters Syndicate 702.
RE Brown Andreas Loucaides is the new active underwriter of RE Brown & Others Syndicate 702. Mr Louc...