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What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Germaine Greer, the feminist author, has been burgled, just three months afte...
Zurich and Bupa make alliance
Zurich Life International and Bupa International have signed an alliance to enable the two to offer a...
Pinset poaches Crabtree in bid to top league.
National law firm Pinsent Curtis has poached leading lawyer James Crabtree as part of its plans to b...
CMG launches ConsoltorO system.
Technology provider CMG is to launch its ConsoltorO 3.0 system for independent financial advisers, w...
Mergers take their toll on new groups.
Image problems have also dogged insurance company mergers over the last few years, with Royal & Sun ...
Winning words.
Bury St Edmunds-based broker the Beckett Group has launched its new website, www.beckettgroup.com, w...
Law firm launches.
Law firm Llewelyn Zietman has helped launch a new legal services company Judicium. The launch will c...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is concerned for the sanity of her colleagues at legal firm Kennedy's following a recent visit...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Mario Aristides has been made manager of Axa Insurance's Maidstone branch. Mr Aristides began his ca...
Reliance NI to face axe from US parent over £315m debts.
UK insurer Reliance National Insurance is the latest subsidiary of US firm Reliance Group Holdings t...
Out of date medicine a danger says Norwich Union Healthcare.
Out-of-date medicine may be endangering millions of Britons, according to a new survey from Norwich ...
Mergers mean London lawyer salaries soar.
London lawyers' earnings have continued to soar this year, thanks, in no small part, to continued ac...
Commentary - Mutual status: the best option?
In Equitable Life v Hyman, the court held that directors' wide-ranging discretion under the company'...
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, ...