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CII reforms get green light vote.
A special general meeting of the Chartered Insurance Institute in London overwhelmingly approved the...
GISC stalled by popular demand.
The General Insurance Standards Council will not recruit its first members until March at the earlie...
New IFA service.
Tunbridge Wells Equitable has launched a new IFA service, Pi. By joining the Pi club, advisers will ...
Chelmsford dies.
Viscount Chelmsford, a former director at Lloyd's broker Willis Faber and a past chairman of LIMNET,...
Call for rates hike.
An immediate 25% rates increase to motor body repairers is needed merely to keep the industry afloat...
Security seminars.
The British Security Industry Association is planning to hold a series of regional seminars aimed at...
Quincy's London venture
US insurer Quincy Mutual has opened a UK underwriting operation in London following approval from the...
Cash crisis looming.
Heavy losses at Lloyd's will force more syndicates out of business as corporate capital ditches the ...
Appointment at Lupton Fawcett Solicitors.
Leeds law firm Lupton Fawcett has appointed Suzanne Watkinson as a partner in its insurance litigati...
Law could call 'cut' on candid cameras.
The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights will be incorporated into English law for...
£12m levy for PIA/
The mounting number of pension review cases have driven the Investors Compensation Scheme to set an ...
Now you see it.
While the theft of masterpieces is falling, the value of those items that make it into a thief's swagbag are rising. David Fanning talks to the major players in fine art insurance.
Y2K panel defended.
Eastgate Assistance has defended its establishing of a high-powered consortium to deal with Y2K prob...
Co-op on the up.
Co-operative Insurance has posted a 24% increase in non-life premiums to £73m during 1999, boosted b...
Backing for PHI band aid.
Industry hopes that the government was set to turn towards private health insurance to ease the stra...
Crackdown on claims 'crooks'.
Unqualified claims assessors face regulation for the first time under proposals currently being cons...
Rejected builder forms own trade body.
A builder blocked from carrying out specialist foundation work for insurers has set up his own guara...
Clerical's admin system for stakeholder.
Clerical Medical has signed a contract for a new pensions administrations system with software provi...
E-commerce choice.
Fusion, the company formed by Lloyd's managing agency SVB to sell and service insurance through brok...
Special offer.
Clerical Medical has announced a special offer of a 1% allocation on all new single contribution per...
Appointment at Vizards Staples & Bannisters.
Gordon Walker has joined the City office of Vizards Staples & Bannisters as a professional indemnity...
Swiss tighten grip on sector.
Swiss Re paid $260m (£160m) for PennCorp companies Southwestern Life and Security Life & Trust (PM 1...
Endowment quitter.
Scottish Widows has joined the list of firms withdrawing from the endowment mortgage market. The Llo...
Insurer forced to sell stakes.
Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali will have to sell businesses and offer corporate governance c...