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Joint life venture.
South African insurer Old Mutual is to set up a joint life assurance venture with India's Kotak Mahi...
Cunningham Lindsey sets the stage for expansion.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey International has expanded its media division with the acquisition ...
Appointment at Thompson & Bryan.
Loss assessors Thompson & Bryan has made two new appointments. David Kelly from the company's Manche...
Facing double trouble.
Mary Francis, director general of the Association of British Insurers, answered her insurance industry peers at last month's Eversheds and Post Magazine Hot Seat. Anthony Gould was there following proceedings.
New rules threat to SA brokers.
South Africa could face significant consolidation and reduction in broker numbers as a result of soo...
IFA expands net venture.
Leading independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance Group plans to expand its internet ventures and...
Working in real time.
The rise of e-commerce has spawned a widely-held expectation of the demise of the call-centre, but automated responses will never satisfy the customers' need to speak to a 'real' person, says Andrew Newman.
NIG in Misys deal.
Broker-only insurer NIG has signed an agreement to develop six new full-cycle electronic data interc...
A bit of a riot: claims payout - Mann & Holt v Lexington Insurance
Commercial Court 20 June 2000 Judge Timothy Walker considered, as a preliminary issue, the true...
Fortis goes up-State.
American company State Farm Insurance is to offer insurance underwritten by another company for the ...
Appointment at CMG.
Information and communications technology specialist CMG has made David Wilson associate director, ...
Fee's key says OFT.
Independent financial adviser Gee & Company has backed the Office of Fair Trading's belief that the ...
Brokers team up to improve claims.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has teamed up with the Loss Recovery Group in a bid to improve its cla...
A site at the OPRA.
The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority has launched a stakeholder pension information site l...
Californian hospitals pull the plug on Blue Cross.
A tenth of Californian hospitals have said they will stop accepting Blue Cross policyholders within ...
Aegon UK results
Aegon UK, the holding company for Scottish Equitable, has posted good results for the first half of 2...
McDonald's case sparks claims fear.
The floodgates could be opened for liability insurers following the latest legal battle against McDo...
Appointment at CSL Group.
Sally Buttery has joined CSL Group, the outsourcing arm of Deloitte & Touche, having completed a con...
Insurers' rate-rise hopes dashed by reality.
Competition from direct writers, niche and international players will restrict rate rises on some li...
It's a question of sport.
Post Magazine and Norwich Union are offering readers a chance to win a very special prize - a person...
More help from DAS.
DAS Legal Expenses has teamed up with HSA Healthcare, a provider of healthcare cash plans, to provid...
The heat's on in the City.
David Cooper and Carol Connolly examine the burning issues currently affecting executive recruitment in the City.
UK's top insurers surprise analysts.
The UK's two largest general insurers produced surprising interim results for different reasons last...
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Deb Southwick has been appointed centre manager for Royal & Sun Alliance's latest small business cen...