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Escaping the millennium maze.
The potentially disasterous consequences of failing to get to grips with the Year 2000 problem were ...
Read all about it - broker to offer insurance to newsagents.
Aon risk services has teamed up with ITT London & Edinburgh to launch the new insurance package Shop...
BAT merger complete.
The merger between Zurich Group and BAT Industries went ahead as planned on Monday to create one of ...
Woodrow Milliman strengthens position in China.
International actuary network Woodrow Milliman believes "the time is right" to strengthen its positi...
Insurer to pay £125m.
State Farm, the largest property and motor insurer in the United States, has agreed to pay around £1...
Praise from faculty.
The Faculty & Institute of Actuaries has praised the attention paid by regulators to the manner in w...
Giant life assurers welcome plans for demutualisation.
The four biggest Canadian mutual life assurance firms have welcomed government publication of long-a...
Fortis enjoys strong results.
The international insurance banking and investment group Fortis has announced good first half year r...
Fire raged through Bath Street in London.
Adjusters are still counting the cost to insurers after fire raged through properties in Bath Street...
Warning on securitisation.
The securitisation of risk in the capital markets is here to stay and is likely to have a serious im...
Fire at tyre factory.
A fire at a tyre factory near Hull had an unusual side effect as a flock of racing pigeons became si...
Unemployment cover.
IFA Portfolio has launched a mortgage and income protection policy which provides six months unemplo...
ABI unveils plans to make insurers 'pull their socks up'.
The Association of British Insurers has revealed plans to benchmark standards for personal lines cla...
Mondial picks UNIFACE.
Mondial Assistance, one of the world's leading providers of motor, medical and legal customer assist...
Six of the best for Canvey but fans ask 'Who are Axa?'.
In the first in a series of articles. PM follows Axa as it seeks a return on its £41m FA Cup investment.
All change for name.
After a significant increase in capital, the Connecticut-based international insurance group, Chartw...
Richard Mendonza races around circuit for charity.
Lloyd's underwriter Richard Mendonza is earning pounds for points as he races around the Kent County...
Women losing out.
Colonial has called for greater awareness from women in cohabiting relationships after research show...
First Active team rise to rebranding challenge.
Leading flexible mortgage provider, Mortgage Trust, officially became First Active Financial last we...
Now there's no need to be home alone with problems.
Property Underwriting Services has devised a product to help prospective house buyers get cover for ...
Get 2000 right or end up in court'.
Insurers have been warned they have to ensure that their customers fully understand any year 2000 po...
Eureko says Eureka!
Eureko BV, the holding company of the European Insurance and Financial Services Alliance, has announ...
Ace London axes 60 staff.
Ace London, the Lloyd's operation of Bermudian giant Ace, has slashed the number of staff in its Lon...
Waters calmed over IG pool.
The European Commission is to approve the revised terms of the International Group of P&I (protectio...