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Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has promoted Geoff Merriman to manager of its City office. He joined Ecclesiastical i...
Chubb working for net gain.
Despite the failure of its recent bid for Hiscox, Joel Aronchick, president and chief executive officer of Chubb Insurance Company of Europe, remains upbeat. Not one to dwell on the negatives, he tells Marcus Alcock of his plans for the company's growth…
Fortis profits up.
Belgian-Dutch group Fortis recorded a rise in net profit of 19% in 2000 to EUR2.77m (£1.73m). The in...
Sail through online.
Navigators & General, the pleasureboat insurance subsidiary of Zurich, can now provide brokers with ...
PIA halts suspension.
The Personal Investment Authority has revoked the suspension of Harvey Simon Medical Insurance Servi...
Compulsive growth in East.
The biggest potential for general insurance growth in the Central and Eastern European insurance mar...
Groupama snaps up web-based claims service.
Groupama Insurances has signed a deal with U-plex, UK subsidiary of e-commerce specialist Plexus Int...
Policy Master name to go.
Insurance software specialist Policy Master is set to change its name and seek an official stock exc...
Appointment at DAS.
Victoria Scott has moved to DAS' Bristol offices as the new head of its assistance centre. Her goal ...
Move to clear up cheque fraud
The financial industry is launching an awareness and education campaign aimed at reducing the rise in...
Post Magazine shortlisted for Editorial Campaign of the Year.
Post Magazine has been nominated in the 2001 Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) Awards for Edit...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is off to Cardiff next week to join her friends in the loss adjusting fraternity, armed with h...
IN on the Network.
The mortgage network of the Zurich IFA Group has signed a deal with IT-based network the IN Partners...
Helphire funds ensure survival.
Credit hire specialist Helphire believes it has seen off the worst of its troubles having raised the...
Chubb moves from Golden Triangle
Chubb Europe is to move its European administration and support operations to new expanded premises i...
Appointment at ICL.
ICL, the e-business services company, has taken on insurance specialist Manjit Rana to strengthen it...
Design a Christmas card: win a TV.
The Insurance Charities will be launching its own Christmas cards this year - but it needs your help...
Insurers banking on Stakeholder.
Next week's introduction of stakeholder pensions has so far resulted in a flurry of activity by UK-b...
Livery Dinner.
The annual Livery Dinner of the Worshipful Company of Insurers will be held this year at the Mansion...
Web database competes in the art of recovery.
A new web-based database for stolen art and antiques has been established, which aims to compete hea...
London Market reforms shunned.
The number of companies signing up to the London Market Principles 2001, which are needed to moderni...
FM tunes in to Italy.
Property insurer FM Global is to open full-service offices in Milan and Turin, Italy to help its cus...
NU to reveal panel.
Norwich Union's new loss adjuster panel will be announced in a month's time, a spokesman for the com...
Zurich to offer training for broker support.
Zurich's commercial business unit is to run a range of training programmes for all levels of its bro...