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Appointment at TIA Systems (UK).
Tony Withers has joined TIA Systems (UK) as a sales executive. He was previously a major accounts ma...
Scottish Life bids are lining up.
Royal London and Liverpool Victoria have emerged as favourites to take over Scottish Life, after the...
Check your references.
Referencing should not be treated as a recruitment chore. Tim Latham says, if done well, it can save a lot of problems for employers later.
Appointment at Impact Underwriting.
Impact Underwriting has expanded its personal accident underwriting team with the appointment of Rac...
Cybersettle launch delay.
Online claims settlement system, Cybersettle, which was due to be launched in the UK this summer, ha...
Vizard increases clinical strength.
London firm Vizard Oldham has strengthened its clinical negligence practice with the appointment of ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny, who jetted into Sydney last week for the opening ceremony for the Olympics, narrowly missed b...
dotRisk signs up financial partners.
Internet company dotRisk has signed up broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and insurer Ace Global Ma...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made three new appointments at its head office in York and taken on four new sm...
Amlin profits fall.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has posted an £11.4m loss for the first six months of 2000, compared to a £5m ...
R v Secretary of State for The Home Department.
Ex parte Gavin Mellor Divisional Court 31 July 2000 During his sentence, a murderer formed a relat...
The appliance of science.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Equitas stresses its high solvency margin.
The headline, "Asbestos claims hike to bring Equitas to the brink" (PM, 14 September, p64) may have ...
Caudle puts syndicate 271 into run-off.
Lloyd's managing agency BF Caudle has put aviation syndicate 271 into run-off. Syndicate 271 (Dav...
Free sites for IFAs.
My Money Adviser, the web-based personal finance specialist, is to offer 10,500 free internet sites ...
Appointment at Primary.
Vicki Hider joins the marketing team at Primary Insurance. She previously worked at Stark Software I...
Agencies merge in QBE reshuffle.
Australian insurer QBE is to merge its two managing agencies following a comprehensive review of its...
Broker panel set up to advise armed forces.
A new nationwide panel of approved intermediaries was unveiled this week to provide insurance advice...
Argent doubles broking chain.
Insurer Cox has doubled its Midlands-based broking chain Argent Insurance Group and made a greater p...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's of London has appointed Andrew Moss as director, finance and operations. He joins from HSBC,...
Commentary - Awards for post-care suffering not child's play.
In Heil v Rankin, the House of Lords reviewed levels of award for pain, suffering and loss of amenit...
Further delays for ABI code.
The Association of British Insurers' Claims Code, which will set out benchmarking standards for the ...
EDS gets Amlin deal.
Lloyd's insurance group Amlin has signed a contract with technology services provider EDS to consoli...
Legal & General broadens share of pension market.
Legal & General has broadened its potential share of the stakeholder pension market through its late...