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Boateng gets insurance post.
Paul Boateng MP and Ruth Kelly MP will be the new lobbying targets for the insurance industry, follo...
Appointment at Hospital Saturday Fund.
Paula McFarlane has joined the Hospital Saturday Fund, the health cash plan provider, as area sales ...
Council risks LRG loss deal.
In a move that claims consultancy the Loss Recovery Group expects to be a UK first, West Berkshire D...
Hiscox to host photography exhibition.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to host an exhibition of abstract photography that will give the audience ...
Whiter shade of ...
I really must protest. Why is it that Penny sees things in such black and white terms (Penny Black, 3...
Appointment at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Colin Porter, head of enforcement counsel at the Financial Services Authority, has joined Addleshaw ...
Davis on course.
Newmarket-based specialist commercial insurance brokers The Davis Group has said it is on target for...
Costing the benefits.
Though a cluster of cases relating to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefit) Act 1997 were recently resolved in favour of the insurer, Greg Woods warns the battle is not over.
Small adjusters must keep up.
Having read the letter, Defending a traditional approach (see below), I can sympathise with Mr Wilkin...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made Brian Metcalfe its financial director. Prior to his new role, he worked at...
Marsh reshuffle.
Broker Marsh has reshuffled its managerial structure in the UK, with the creation of three new senio...
ABI was wrong and is so again.
Stephen Sklaroff, deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, who suggested recen...
Major shake-up at Miller Fisher.
Troubled claims management specialist Miller Fisher, which last week lost out on Norwich Union's new...
CGNU expands general insurance business
CGNU is to acquire the Australian general insurance business of insurer Fortis for £111m in cash, in ...
CMGL flying high.
The British Airways Authority has appointed the Claims Management Group (CMGL) to manage its uninsure...
Decision on suicide risks.
Orange v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (Court of Appeal - 1 May 2001).
IFA workshops.
The Institute of Financial Planning will hold three workshops in July for independent financial advi...
Appointment at SBJ Group.
SBJ Group has taken on several new members of staff. These include Laurence Niel Mee as senior execu...
Independent closes to new business
Independent Insurance has "temporarily" closed to new and renewal business and former chief executive...
Equitas gives Names no guarantees.
Worries rose in the London market this week, after Lloyd's reinsurer Equitas admitted it can offer "...
Eureko takes Friends role.
European insurance group Eureko and some of its partners have confirmed they are to take a 10% stake...
Appointment at Kennedys.
Kennedys has created three new partners: Sumiya Basha, Anthony Greenwood and Paul Spibey, following ...
Norwich Union recovers clock.
A very early complete British clock with a pendulum, made in 1658 and worth a six-figure sum, has be...
Critical illness claims rise by 23%.
Critical illness claims increased by 23% last year compared with 1999, according to a report publish...