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Standard & Poor's plans to launch new assessments.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's plans to launch new assessments of Lloyd's syndicates in September,...
Lloyds TSB selects Sterling in HNW push.
Lloyds TSB Insurance formally launched into the high net worth market this week, in partnership with...
ABI turns up pressure on government over EL
The Association of British Insurers is to raise the pressure on the government to reform the existing...
Munters helping to restore Jacobean house.
Property damage restoration firm Munters is helping to restore one of England's finest Jacobean hous...
ABI/BBA merger off.
The proposed merger between the Association of British Insurers and the British Bankers Association ...
GISC in dark on training.
Guidance on requisite levels of training for insurance intermediaries is unlikely to be forthcoming ...
The Folgate Partnership ties up with Norwich Union.
The Folgate Partnership has tied up with Norwich Union, which will underwrite the group's seasons an...
Reinsurers back Fusion start-up.
Service company Fusion Insurance has secured over £20m of capacity from Lloyd's syndicates, for its ...
ALM says Lloyd's set to release Names profits early.
In an unusual step for the market, Lloyd's could soon announce an early release of profits to beleag...
Liberata scoops £50m Axa deal.
Third-party administrator Liberata has won a deal worth £50m over 10 years to administer non-core po...
Industry hits back at Abbey National rip-off jibe.
Insurers and brokers have rounded on Abbey National Insurance, after it claimed they were ripping of...
Woolf Reforms have increased litigation.
I wish i lived in the same world as David Clark (Biased viewpoint on Woolf Reforms ignores equality ...
Insurers reject Nurse's genetic claim.
The private medical insurance sector has rubbished suggestions by one of the UK's leading scientific...
Going to battle with hard EL facts.
Pressure on the government to reform the existing system of employers' liability is starting to mount...
The BII backs new range of training and revision courses.
The Birmingham Insurance Institute is backing the new range of training and revision courses from Inc...
Hardy Underwriting receives approval.
Lloyd's managing agency Hardy Underwriting has received approval from the Council of Lloyd's to incr...
Sky-high cost of class actions.
The government has introduced measures to facilitate the bringing of group actions to court - for example, the recent case concerning deep vein thrombosis. This has met with great resistance from insurers, who stand to lose a great deal, says Nicola…
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Julian Carter has joined GAB Robins' London team, having transfered from the company's Coventry Const...
NU chooses Aquila system.
Norwich Union is to use Aquila's Administrator pension system for its defined benefit portfolio from...
Waveney Insurance buys Sirius software.
East Anglia-based broker Waveney Insurance has bought a 52-user licence for Sirius for Broking from ...
Fortis Insurance to join the panel for insureE-com.
Fortis Insurance is to join the panel for personal lines system provider insurE-com. Dan Francis, vic...
When BS does not always mean fit for consumption.
Britvic Soft Drinks v Messer; (Court of Appeal - 30 April 2002).
Sherwood International records pre-tax loss.
Sherwood International has recorded a pre-tax loss for the first six months of 2002 of £2.1m, up fro...
MID success depends on co-operation.
Adding fleet vehicles to the Motor Insurance Database will be a welcome addition to the insurers' arsenal in the fight against fraud. But its success depends on clearly explaining what is required of all those involved, says Donald Martin.