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CGU gives 100%.
CGU Life aims to give 100% with its new portfolio. The 100% With Profit Fund has been developed for ...
Free care planning.
Swiss life has teamed up with independent care planning service Red Arc Assured to offer free care p...
FSA may not be in place until 2001.
The new City regulator the Financial Services Authority may not be up and running before the end of ...
Bland's swipe on standards.
Outgoing director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute David Bland has slammed the industry ...
Appointment at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.
Kathleen Ford has joined the reinsurance and international risk team of law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbe...
Appointment at Indigo Selection.
Andrew Hurran has joined insurance and financial recruitment consultants Indigo Selection as communi...
Appointment at Associated Aviation Underwriters.
Jan Jonker has been made executive vice president and director of international accountants at the L...
Insurance monitor.
California state senator and former husband of Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, wants to create a new associa...
Iron Trades quits broker market.
Hundreds of jobs are to be shed at insurer Iron Trades following its acquisition by Australian insur...
Bid to break mindset on intellectual insurance.
After two years in gestation, a new company hopes to "restore faith in intellectual property insuran...
Amlin staff relocate.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin is bringing together its underwriting team in one building next month. The cur...
ABI buildings guide.
The Association of British Insurers has published its latest guide to help homeowners calculate the ...
That'll do nicely for brokers.
An IT solution provider is to become a flexible friend to brokers by reducing transaction charges on...
Post Magazine Charity Football Competition.
With the second round of matches in the Post Magazine Charity Football Competition now over, several...
Fee-cutting has gone too far': Ball.
Last week's annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters saw several big-hitters send out wake-up calls on issues including cheap and cheerful claims services and the need for adjusters to broaden their business horizons.
Partnership hopes for TV success.
The largest provider of cable television in the UK, NTL, has teamed up with eXchange Holdings to bro...
RSA targets legal market for growth.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to make a serious play for the commercial legal expenses market with a dedic...
Lawyers pose real threat to adjusters.
Mike Eaves (above), chief executive of Aon Risk Services, said loss adjusters and brokers could all ...
Appointment at The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau.
The IOB has appointed five new ombudsmen. Peter Hart is an associate ombudsman while Dorothy Rickman...
£1.4bn for 15%.
Citigroup is to pay £1.4bn to acquire the remaining 15% of Travelers Property Casualty which it does...
Merger collapse hits Allianz.
Giant insurer Allianz is one of the biggest losers following the collapse of the Deutsche/Dresdner b...
Dot.com dangers.
As more companies are conducting e-business, Shanthini Satyendra explains the legal implications insurers need to be aware of.
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Mark Stephenson has been promoted to City sales manager by Independent Insurance. He joined the comp...
Go west.
Alex Broad discovers there are many insurance industry job opportunities in the south west, but filling them often means breaking the mental block some staff have about leaving London and other major cities.