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BRIT's share buy.
BRIT Insurance Holdings has bought from broker Benfield Greig the remaining 70.01% share of BRIT Ins...
Oh dear.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
007% for bond.
Nationwide has launched a two-year members' fixed rate bond, exclusively available to holders of mat...
Learn today, win tomorrow.
The UK general insurance market has never been in such turmoil. Against a background of continuing...
Five-a-side football.
Partner Clare Edwards almost achieved an historic victory in her role as Manchester law firm Elliott...
Oil limit to spread.
The limit of oil pollution cover offered by the International Group of P&I Clubs will increase next ...
Movers and shakers.
Andrew Mitchell analyses the 1998 Treasury returns for UK general insurance companies and uses figures from 1992 and 1997 to pick out the trends that have developed during the past decade.
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting.
Peter Saunders has joined Towergate Underwriting from Lloyd's broker EJ Weltons to become developmen...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Mike Logue has been made marine surveyor/adjuster by PCS. Mr Logue, who joins from Cigna where he wa...
Penny Black's insurance week.
An IFA was embroiled in another cash scandal, Penny can reveal. Stand up Signor Ciollina - the ref...
Virgins in office.
The British Virgin Islands is the new chair of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. Its term i...
Free quote service.
Martin Sheppard, director of Brokers Only, the Caerphilly-based insurance underwriter, has launched ...
Cezanne's still life to be auctioned at Sotheby's.
A painting uncovered by a fine art underwriter is to be auctioned next month at Sotheby's. The paint...
Funnell made MD.
Former chief executive of the Institute of London Underwriters Tony Funnell (above) has been appoint...
SOFA so bad
Shadow chancellor Francis Maude has attacked the government's financial services record in his keynot...
GM foods low on ethical funds list.
Seeds of doubt over genetically modified foods have not been planted in the minds of ethical fund in...
Be a runaway winner.
Athletics has given Great Britain many of its legendary sporting heroes - Roger Bannister, Sebastian...
Appointment at MiniBus Plus.
Brian Lockyer has joined the board of MiniBus Plus Insurance as financial director. He has been with...
Lambert Fenchurch merger with Heath goes ahead.
Lambert Fenchurch is to merge with the Heath Group, as predicted by PM (11 November, p6) creating th...
Porto banco deal.
UK composite CGU has entered into a new bancassurance venture with the Portuguese bank Banco Naciona...
RSA's protection.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched 'Websafe', a new business insurance policy for the growing number ...
Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer Solicitors.
Kingsley Hayes has been promoted a partner in the defendant department at Silverbeck Rymer solicitor...
Adjusting the bigger picture.
I wonder if the question of future loss adjuster skills has been fully addressed. A couple of the...
Restoration of Rome.
The restoration of Rome for the millennium could end in tears for the London market. So said Stephen...