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The calculator.
Commercial law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has launched an online tool for calculating the proj...
Opportunities for insurers.
Insurers must learn the lessons of Turkish earthquakes, claims consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers. It...
All change.
Richard Willsher examines the fresh challenges facing Singapore's insurance sector following the setting in motion of liberalisation by the country's government.
Improving your chances.
Robert Charles advises job seekers how to realise their worth in the workplace.
Friends Provident to demutualise
The board of Friends Provident has recommended demutualisation and a stock exchange float by the end ...
Solicitor had no right to see client in police station.
Julian Rixon and Rosslyne Rixon suing as Rixons Solicitors ('A Firm') Nicholas Wilson v The Chief...
ZFS: £25m secures medical interest.
Zurich Financial Services has invested an estimated £25m in a joint venture with the Medical Defence...
Exclusive - Danish intervention.
A new insurance system provider aims to make general insurers become more competitive by helping the...
Credit hire judgement.
Accident assistance specialist Helphire has won the latest in a series of legal battles concerning t...
Truckers can lens a hand to keep down claims.
Fleet drivers should carry cameras in their cabs to protect themselves against inflated insurance cl...
Appointment at HSA Healthcare.
Des Benjamin has been appointed chief executive of HSA Healthcare. Previously, he was a general mana...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Last week's anti-capitalist protests resulted in Penny standing in the rain outside the London Under...
Appointment at Eversheds.
David Harris and Nick Bonser have both been made directors of law firm Eversheds. Both will be based...
Forbes in cybertalk.
Alexander Forbes has signed a deal with British Telecom to promote its cyber liability insurance onl...
Appointment at Aon Group Limited Claims Consultancy.
John Halls has been made director of Aon Group Limited Claims Consultancy. He will be responsible...
Appointment at Haywra Selection.
Heather Swainston has been made a consultant with insurance industry recruitment firm Haywra Selecti...
Exclusive car insurance from Lloyd's of London.
Lloyd's of London hopes to race to success this season after offering exclusive car insurance to own...
Youell v Kara Mara Shipping Co, World Tanker Carriers Corp. & Others
A bulk carrier and a motor tanker collided off the Portuguese coast in December 1994. The bulk ca...
Appointment at Watson Wyatt.
Mike Shelley has joined the insurance team of Watson Wyatt as a senior consultant. He will be based ...
QBE boots out Limit merger.
Lloyd's insurer Limit's £1.3bn merger with Wellington is in ruins this week following an unsolicited...
Quids in for those left out.
The government wants stakeholder pensions to appeal to the great unpensioned masses. Keith Sankey outlines the theory and asks if it will work in practice.
Right on CUE.
Veronica Cowan found some sensitivity about the 'F' word when trying to discover what brokers and loss adjusters are doing about fraud.
Appointment at Misys Interactive Trading.
Misys has made several appointments. Nick Caplan joins from California-based Walker Financial Soluti...
Canada Life bond.
Canada Life has unveiled a new income bond, The Platinum Income Bond, to IFAs. The bond is being iss...