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AA customers can drive on with NU.
Despite the NU takeover, AA Insurance insists its 36,000 customers which are ITT L&E policyholders a...
A Boleat achievement that must not be overlooked.
Amid the tributes and appraisals that will surely follow Mark Boleat's sudden decision to stand down...
Drowning in bad publicity.
The weekend's deluge, which left much of Wales and the Midlands flooded, was yet another public rela...
Trainers bought in £2m deal.
Software applications and business service specialist Highams Systems has bought IT training company...
CGU's goes 'green'.
CGU announced plans to reward the most environmentally friendly medium and small businesses at the f...
Cendant's buy is off.
Cendant Corp has scrapped its attempted acquisition of American Bankers Insurance, but at a cost. ...
Brandt broker system.
Brandt Computer Systems has announced its latest Windows-based brokers administration system, a Euro...
Training chief says quality won't suffer under fast-track plan.
A fast-track training initiative for financial advisers will be launched next month in a bid to plug...
BIIBA to focus on year 2000.
BIIBA has revealed it will be looking at back up and contingency plans for the continuation of busin...
Y2K warning.
Broker J&H Marsh & McLennan has released a newsletter to clients to advise them to get Y2K compliant...
Stand firm', Hewitt tells MPs.
Patricia Hewitt has urged MPs to stand firm in the face of a concerted campaign from independent fin...
IPC chooses Ireland ...
Ireland is to be the base for a new venture launched by IPC Holdings. IPCRe Europe intends to underw...
CIGNA Fayre.
The number for the CIGNA Fayre story in POST Magazine, 22 October, p14, should have read 0171-560 84...
Direct approach to clients is wrong.
I have read several stories about insurers who have approached their broker's clients direct. Whi...
The right merger - a winner.
The announcement that Norwich Union has acquired ITT London and Edinburgh may have surprised many, b...
Pension trustees fight tax assessments.
The trustees of three exempt approved pension schemes (the BT Pension Scheme, the Post office staff ...
Going into action.
In the first of a new monthly series, a leading chamber of barristers explain the logic and timing of starting an action.
Appointment at Euclidian.
Andrew Smith has joined the Euclidian Underwriting to work on its fine art and specie account. Previ...
Gerling Global guide helps insurers to meet critical illness
Gerling Global has released a guide to help insurers assess their critical illness cover. In Crit...
Seminar is a success.
A seminar held in Southampton achieved the unusual and brought the insurance industry and judiciary ...
Cutting out paperwork.
Maritime Insurance, one of the UK's leading cargo insurers, has launched a new software product to d...
Appointment at Equifax.
Equifax has made two key appointments. John Mitchell has been made group director and will have over...
Students learn their financial lessons.
Today, there has been a lot of talk about compulsory long-term care contributions to allow people to...
British Aerospace strikes deal.
British Aerospace has struck an insurance deal which should leave it flying high. Under the terms of...