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Winners and Losers: Post Magazine's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
WINNERS Helphire Group has opened its 15th regional branch, in Newcastle. With another five branche...
Employers must keep eye on wages
Employers must keep a tight rein on wage costs, while spending more on training staff, to offset the...
Bupa insurance managers reach out with community ventures
Bupa has combined management training with benefiting local communities by requiring 18 of the compa...
Halifax in television advertising push
Halifax General Insurance is to embark upon its own series of direct response television adverts to push its household products.
RSA CEO Haste declares disposal will benefit GI plan
Royal & SunAlliance has announced the sale of the life and pension operations of Codan, its 71.7% subsidiary, to SEB Trygg Liv.
Kwik Fit in Motor Cycle Direct tie up
Kwik-Fit Insurance Services has launched a new motorcycle insurance division, teaming up with Motor Cycle Direct for the launch.
ECO looks to set up reinsurance company
Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, the leading members of the Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) are set to agree to create a reinsurance company for the region.
ABI's Mary Francis joins Centrica
Mary Francis, the director-general of the Association of British Insurers, has been appointed non-executive director of Centrica, Britain's biggest household gas and electricity supplier, according to today’s Financial Times.
CII to honour young achiever with new award
The Chartered Insurance Institute today announced details of an annual award designed to recognise the skills, achievements and commitment of young professionals who work in the general insurance market.
2003 saw increase in road deaths
The Department of Transport today published national statistics on road casualties in Great Britain in 2003, which relate to casualties in accidents reported to the police.
Eklund resigns from RenaissanceRe
RenaissanceRe has announced that David A. Eklund, RenaissanceRe executive vice president, and president and chief underwriting officer of RenaissanceRe, is resigning from the company to pursue personal interests.
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Industry to tackle commercial fraud
The insurance industry has turned its attention to tackling commercial claims fraud by setting up a ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Euro 2004 fever has gripped the insurance market this week. Everywhere except Guildford, that is, wh...
International Market Trends
Motor Insurance News
Xchanging to consolidate its London operations
Xchanging is to consolidate all of its London operations into a single site at 34 Leadenhall Street....
Euclidian IPO plan may be hit by Names High Court action
Insurer Euclidian's plans to launch a £125m initial public offering in the autumn have suffered a bl...
Appointment at Speed Medical Examination Services
Speed Medical Examination Services has made Doug McKinnon insurance services director. He will head ...
Appointment at JDC Consultants
Marie Warwick has joined JDC Consultants as PA to the managing director and business development. Sh...
Appointment at Argent Liability Adjusters
Argent Liability Adjusters has appointed Graham Paton to its Scotland team. He has worked claims inv...
RAC: one in four motor claimants not "impressed"
Motor policyholders' expectations of service and compensation in the event of total loss are damagin...
Allianz Cornhill's IT departments cuts audit time
Allianz Cornhill's IT department claims to have cut weeks off the time it takes to audit its softwar...
Kiln in intellectual property push
The government has urged small and medium-sized enterprises to use insurance to protect their intell...
Many firms failing IT test
Almost three in five financial organisations do not quantify the risk of failure before going live w...