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Myners calls for shake up in pension industry
The Myners review of the pensions industry has called for widespread changes in the way the UK's £800...
Zurich restructures US p&c
Zurich Financial Services Group has restructured its North American property and casualty business, f...
AA to pay out £20m
The Automobile Association has agreed to pay £20m in an out-of-court settlement to map producer Ordna...
Marlborough Sterling to float
Cheltenham-based Marlborough Stirling, a software provider to the insurance industry, intends to seek...
Jail sentence deterrent in motor fraud case
A man who made a fraudulent insurance claim along with three bogus passengers after an accident nearl...
Hannover Re buys program business
Hannover Re has expanded its US program business with the acquisition of business and an underwriting...
Fortis braced for Selby crash claims
Insurer Fortis holds the motor insurance policy for the car involved in this week's tragic rail accid...
CEA in capital markets reinsurance deal
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and two financial service companies have used a combination...
Court: creditor class clarity.
A decision by the Court of Appeal, this week, has clarified how creditors should be classed when con...
OFT to rule on GISC.
The Office of Fair Trading has received appeals from both the Institute of Insurance Brokers and the...
Claims Direct split.
Claims Direct is to re-engineer its business into five regionally-focused groups, but said it would ...
FOIL in ATE climb down.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers appears to have backed down in its battle against the after-the-event...
A moving animal problem is cultivating risk.
Many sectors of the insurance industry are nervously watching the development of the foot and mouth ...
ABI fees squeeze out the smaller firms.
Is the Association of British Insurers trying to drive smaller companies out of business, or just ou...
Escalating e-business means new opportunities in cybercover.
Escalating internet crime will create a vast and valuable market for risk consultants and insurance ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has made Nicola Ingram vocational rehabilitation case manager. She will...
With-profits call for transparency to give confidence.
The actuarial profession has called for greater transparency to restore consumer confidence in with-...
Disease crisis cows insurers.
As the foot and mouth outbreak officially became a crisis - with the setting up of a Prime Ministeri...
MAFF considers livestock cover.
Insurers have scoffed at the idea of a compulsory insurance scheme for farmers in the wake of the fo...
Banking on Allianz.
German insurer Allianz has set up dedicated sales outlets in 10 branch offices of the Dresdner Bank ...
Salvage the Safe way.
UK retailer Safeway Stores has chosen UK salvage service provider Universal Salvage to handle its na...
Action needed to drive out the uninsured.
Mr Rodgers is correct and I was referring to RTA certificates (PM, 15 February, p16). Like him, I kn...
Appointment at Fortis.
Georges Valckenaere has been made adviser to Anton van Rossum, chief executive officer of Fortis in ...
Workplace partners.
IT Direct at Lloyd's, the IT procurement channel for purchasing in the Lloyd's market has announced ...