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Appointment at RAC Auto Windscreens
David Currier has joined RAC Auto Windscreens as sales and marketing director. He joins from Towry L...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Tim Slater has joined Heath Lambert Group as marketing executive for the North-west. He was formerly...
Appointment at Towergate
Mark Armitage has been recruited by Towergate as western regional managing director. He joins from N...
Sainsbury's Bank enters health insurance market
Sainsbury's Bank has become the first supermarket bank to enter the health insurance market. The sup...
Appointment at The Rubicon Corporation
Insurance solutions provider The Rubicon Corporation has appointed Lee Berry as group legal counsel....
Insurers still use too much jargon says Parvin
Insurers still use too much jargon when communicating with policyholders, especially over complex su...
FSA's lack of claims action is criticised
Julian Stainton, chief executive of health insurer WPA, has hit out at the Financial Services Author...
Credit card giant in motor launch
Broker Budget's affinity arm Junction is launching two major insurance offerings during the next wee...
TT Club reduces board members from 20 to 5
International transport and logistics insurer the TT Club plans to streamline its board to improve d...
Threat of PI meltdown
The Association of Consulting Engineers is calling for government action to prevent a "meltdown" in ...
FSCS declares itself happy with levy despite defeat
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has said that it will not be raising the levy it has alre...
Warranty Holdings faces police probe
Hertfordshire-based broker Warranty Holdings went into administration last week, days before its pri...
Appointment at Turner & Debenhams
Turner & Debenhams has promoted Andrew Pieri as partner. He has been with the firm for just over a y...
What the papers said this week
THE GUARDIAN City Councillors of Aliso Viejo in California, have proposed a motion to ban the pot...
Appointment at CNA
CNA has made Jonathan Hughes deputy managing director of its liability mitigation unit for Global Re...
Home insurers see profit rise fivefold
The UK home insurance market has made a fivefold turnaround into profit following six consecutive ye...
Hannover Re posts profit for 2003
Hannover Re has posted a EUR732.1m (£488.6m) profit for 2003, a rise of 55% on the EUR470.9m it made...
Clarke calls for risk index
Adrian Clarke of Subsidence Solutions criticised the insurance industry for having no agreed approac...
Computer Sciences Corporation launches new service
Computer Sciences Corporation has launched VisualOffice Online, a new service to London market broke...
Double-event year indicated
Subsidence looks set to cause the industry further concern in 2004, say Jonathan Swift and David Worsfold
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann says only choice is to sue market
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, lead plaintiff in the recently filed law suit for African slave descendant...
Bradstock employees braced for company pension assessment
Former employees of broker Bradstock Group should hear in the next two to three months how much they...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
Although there is not much to it, this site has a certain charm. It has been set up by a group of in...
Former CGU GI boss to head start-up
CEES Schrauwers, former head of CGU insurance and managing director of international life business a...