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Appointment at Knowles Loss Adjusters.
Knowles Loss Adjusters has taken on Andrew Dorling as branch manager of its recently-opened office i...
Appointment at Davies Lavery.
Kay Pysden, formerly a Partner in Hill Dickinson's City goods in transit department, has joined Davi...
LIA set to be relaunched.
The Life Insurance Association will be relaunched at the beginning of September as LIA: the professi...
Finding little information.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Taking the Highway.
Emergency response company Highway Glass & Locks has been appointed as the preferred supplier by cla...
PIA suspension.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended the investment business of Gareth Jones & Company of...
Resolving HFC Bank confusion.
I would like to draw your attention to an article in Post Magazine on 27 July entitled "IAL deal ben...
Misys pulls plug on high-street.
Software giant Misys has sold its high-street broking interest. The company has sold the personal ...
Bupa and Zurich in co-brand deal.
Bupa International has signed an alliance with Zurich Life International to enable the two to offer...
Firestone tyre fears.
US tyre manufacturer Bridgestone Firestone, which last week said it was recalling over 14 million ty...
Appointment at Bupa.
Bupa has selected Les Schroeter as its new business manager for long-term care. Mr Schroeter will be...
IT - win by a nose.
The key to maximising investment in new IT systems is "right under the nose" of most companies, acco...
Primary Direct launches new buildings and contents products.
Primary Direct is looking to grab 10% of the direct home insurance market within three years, after ...
Figures from NFU Mutual show increase in theft.
Theft and property damage in rural areas have risen by a third in the first quarter of 2000, accordi...
Zurich sales up.
Zurich Financial Services has reported that its UK arm, Zurich Financial Services, saw a 16% increas...
Roman invasion.
Roman Associates is to take over the client book of credit hire company Optionclaim, which went into...
Zurich: new D&O.
Zurich's commercial business unit has launched a new directors and officers policy aimed at small an...
Hart takes up the baton against Standard Life.
Fred Woollard, who led the recent campaign against Standard Life for demutualisation, believes that ...
No publicity is bad publicity?
"Insurance publicity, they say, compared with that of other interests - financial and otherwise - do...
Companies not tuned in to WAP.
The latest survey by communications technology group CMG revealed that 81% of companies in the banki...
CGNU rebranding: OHRA next in line.
The rebranding of CGNU subsidiaries continued this week, with UK private medical insurance policies ...
Canada Life profits.
Canada Life Financial recorded a net profit of C$91m (£40.6m) for the second-quarter on the back of ...
Axa: life boost.
French insurer Axa reported a rise in turnover to EUR41bn (£27bn) in its interim results, boosted by...
Crowe retires.
Michael Crowe, founder and chairman of Lloyd's managing agent Crowe Insurance Group, is to retire at...