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Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Peter Hadden, director of Independent Insurance, has taken on responsibility for managing the group'...
Hart backs down on mutuality.
Gordon Hart, the leader of the Members' Rights Campaign, set up following last year's failed demutua...
Raising awareness of risk management.
This week, broker Marsh became one of the first companies to receive its licence to run the new Mana...
MMT: site for LMP.
MMT Computing has launched the LMP2001 website at www.lmp2001.com to enable industry members to acce...
Hybrid warning.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has expressed concern about the boundaries between...
Ex-PC loses stress liability claim.
Liability insurers were able to breath a sigh of relief last week, following the rejection by the co...
Industry faces Hepatitis claims.
Health insurers could face substantial pay-outs after it emerged this week that 20 people have contr...
Fusion recruits.
Fusion, part of Lloyd's vehicle SVB, has recruited another three senior development managers from In...
Ford claims fear.
The London market could be facing a multi-million-pound asbestos bill from car manufacturer Ford, af...
Kyoei to join Millea.
Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance is to join the Millea Insurance Group being set up by three oth...
US and Europe must end trade rows.
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb, and policy adviser to President Bush, last week ...
Bupa and Old Mutual alliance spawns CareNet.
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to distribute a new international he...
Silverbeck teams up with Highway.
Liverpool-based law firm Silverbeck Rymer has teamed up with motor insurer Highway Insurance to crea...
Wrong interpretation put on Fairchild.
As the solicitor representing one of the defendants in the case of Fairchild v Waddington and Leeds ...
Union hosts talks over asbestos.
The Trades Union Congress was due to host a meeting today between the Policyholders Protection Board...
Hitting out on safety.
Companies flouting Health & Safety law will face tougher penalties, the government said last week, f...
Barrister warning.
The Bar is bracing itself to pay thousands of pounds in compensation, as a result of a rise in compl...
ATE row: end in sight.
The Law Society, as predicted by Post Magazine last week (p2), has finally agreed to join the Associ...
Staking out the alternatives.
The government is doggedly spreading the stakeholder word, with the emphasis on giving the public control and choice over which of the pension routes to take. You only have to look to the US for a glimpse of the future, says Keith Sankey.
Industry rejects "complacency" tag.
I was surprised to read the response from Owen Tudor of the Trades Union Congress to my letter (Post...
Brit sees profit rise.
Brit Insurance Holdings subsidiary Brit Insurance has recorded a 65% rise in overall gross written p...
What the Papers Say.
Daily Mail They were stock market experts and she was a girl of four. But last week, the seasoned...
B&B go to Market.
Bradford & Bingley has launched a new intermediary division The Marketplace offering a range of insu...
Landmark case for professional indemnity cover.
The decision in Merrett v Babb last month is a landmark case about the liability of a professional, ...