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RSA up 85% in UK
Royal & Sun Alliance has recorded a 44% hike in worldwide premium income - excluding investment produ...
Standard Life set for 27 June D-Day
Mutual insurer Standard Life confirmed today that it will hold a special general meeting on 27 June t...
Cadwalader to expand London reinsurance practice
Seven partners from Rosenman & Colin LLP are to join New York law-firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft'...
Transatlanic reports drop in income
Transatlantic Holdings has reported a $17.8m drop in net income before tax to $71.6m for the first qu...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been appointed to the board of directors of Thompson Heath & Bond. He joined the com...
Support for exams.
Professionals who provide mortgage advice could be required to take compulsory qualifications when t...
Gold medal or silver bullet?
It's almost a year to the day since Lord Woolf's civil procedure reforms were introduced. Have they shaken up the legal profession for the better, or have they created a new set of problems? Marcus Alcock finds out.
Appointment at Beazley.
Lloyd's syndicate Beazley has recruited Andy Bettis as an underwriter to its speciality lines team. ...
Ex-FOIL president heads legal alliance.
A new alliance of claimant and defendant solicitors is offering fixed price mediation and e-settleme...
Qualifications are overdue.
Training and professionalism are the cornerstones of any industry and are often the first things to ...
Promise of cheaper way to buy cover.
US company dotRisk has developed an Internet platform for business insurers which it claims will gre...
Appointment at Smithson Mason Group.
Independent insurance broker Smithson Mason Group has promoted Neil Durant and Gary Grace to its mai...
Tax crackdown is boost to insurers.
A tax-evasion clampdown will be a boost to insurers of small business. The Inland Revenue intends...
Helphire pretence slammed by judge.
A County Court judge has labelled a credit hire arrangement by specialist Helphire a "pretence" in a...
St Paul set to cash in.
St Paul International is set to double its UK premium income following confirmation it is to take ov...
... an insurance lawyer.
Marcus Alcock. spent a day shadowing Geoff Lord, senior litigation partner at Kennedys, and found that being an insurance lawyer is not all glamour.
Legal fight ends in disaster for war risks insurers.
War risks insurers have lost a 10-year-battle against Kuwait Airways with the High Court awarding a ...
CILA will tackle good faith issue.
Malcolm Harvey's letter ('Adjusters in the breach position', PM 6 April, p16) has been brought to my...
Aon bites into Core.
Aon Consulting has acquired Bristol-based pension and benefits communication specialist Core Communi...
Signing of a deal.
Hiroyoshi Wada, chief executive of Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance, celebrates with Peter Presland, ...
Cash 'n' grab for ex-cons.
City broker Ian McCall International is to tackle financial exclusion with a range of products devel...
Appointment at Lane Clark & Peacock.
John Robins has taken up the new position of non-executive chairman at consulting actuaries Lane Cla...
Accidental tourists.
Increasing claims in the bus and coach sector are driving up premiums, but there are opportunities for the smaller broker to climb aboard, says David Fanning.
Road safety statistics.
New government road safety statistics which show north Yorkshire has the most dangerous roads in the...