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IFAs: Equitable risk.
Independent financial advisers should act now to protect themselves against the risk of compensation...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Nick Wright, who has been with Independent Insurance for 10 years, has been made area sales manager ...
DM: new PI team.
Dickson Manchester has launched a new team concentrating on professional indemnity insurance for ins...
Skandia sales up.
Swedish insurance group Skandia saw its sales rise to 197.7bn crowns (£14bn) in 2000 from 133.9bn cr...
Aon set to launch e-com platform.
Aon is to launch a personal lines e-commerce trading platform in conjunction with the Electronic Tra...
Higney in court.
Ex-Norwich Union employee John Higney was ordered to do 180 hours community service at Preston Crown...
Appointment at The St Paul.
The St Paul has named Jack Moore as vice president - global claims services. He will have responsibi...
RSA reinstates three
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has reinstated three of the 13 employees sacked for sending lewd emails ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
The extremes people go to, to get out of things never surprises Penny although chairman of Amlin and...
Top the league in our football competition.
The Post Magazine and Avon Insurance football ticket competition is here again with three simple que...
Claims drag motor down
The UK motor market's recovery has been hampered by a 10% hike in claims frequency, according to Stan...
New team for JLTBS.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed a new senior management team for its new employee benefi...
Late clamp down.
The Lloyd's Market Association has issued a statement on late payment of premiums. It has called on ...
United states.
There has been a flurry of activity in insurance mergers and acquisitions in the US, in response to the Financial Services Act, which allowed banks and insurers to merge. Jeremy Golden reports on the state of play for those that have united.
Under the weather.
The recent bad weather has cost Britain dearly. But to be forewarned is to be forearmed and those companies that have utilised risk management and weather prediction services as part of their insurance see bluer skies ahead, says David Fanning.
Sun shines on IFAs.
Sun Life Financial of Canada is to expand its IFA offering, combining an IFA network with a new cons...
Chinese insurance market 2000.
China's insurance sector had premium income of 159.59bn yuan (£12.7bn) last year, up 14.5% from 1999...
Appointment at Primary Insurance.
Primary Insurance has recruited Phillip Smith to its underwriting team. He joins after seven years a...
NIG revs up motor.
NIG has added two new products to its Sovereign motor insurance product portfolio. Sovereign Prime w...
CGNU set to shelve plans for alliance.
UK insurer CGNU looks set to shelve its plans for an alliance with France's Societe Generale and is ...
Saga rules out insurer route.
Over-50s insurance specialist Saga has ruled out becoming an insurance company, and is looking to si...
Open to health.
Expatriate healthcare provider, ExpaCare Insurance Services, has selected Open Health plus from Inte...
Insurers get genetics call.
Three of the UK's largest insurers have been summoned to give oral evidence to MPs, following a comm...
Appointment at Property & Casualty.
Services Property & Casualty Services has appointed Mark Johnston as branch manager, material damage...