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And another ING.
Dutch insurer ING, which acquired US life insurer ReliaStar in May for $6.1bn (£3.8bn), is looking t...
Date for standards.
Lloyd's has set an October date for the announcement of the new standards that UK and overseas broke...
Banks plan to get a life.
Four Indian banks have joined forces to create and float a life insurance company with a foreign par...
Exporters targeted.
Groupama Insurance has teamed up with US insurer Atlantic Mutual to offer its North American Product...
GISC to revisit solvency concerns of brokers.
The recently launched General Insurance Standards Council will address the issue of solvency require...
Beat the fraudsters before they beat you.
12 October 2000, London Can you win the fight against fraud? With losses from fraud running into ...
Quids-in firm to boost staff.
Software systems and support firm Marlborough Stirling is looking to increase its workforce from 600...
Lloyds's sympathetic but stands ground
The Lloyd's versus Jaffray case witnessed the counsel for Lloyd's firmly deny the claims of fraud mad...
European Football Championships costly for insurers.
Not everybody can be a winner and France's recent victory in the European Football Championships has...
Inheritance: as safe as houses?
Cotterell v Leeds Day Court of Appeal 13 June 2000 The defendants were solicitors. In 1990, ...
NU hails global cab.
A Norwich Union-insured Metrocab has set off on a journey around the world to raise money for sight-...
ALARM sounds off over environmental white paper.
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers is worried about plans for compulsory insurance in ...
Adjuster makes workers sit test.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle made its 250 field adjusters sit a written test last week as...
Lloyd's to end subscription.
Fee-based work and the end of the subscription market are likely as a result of changes currently pr...
Cap fits.
Britannic Life assurance giant Britannic has selected Cap Gemini as its IT partner for its recently ...
Drake offers lessons.
There are many unanswered questions about the demise of Drake Insurance and the decision last week t...
Fears over Claims Direct's retail proposals.
The insurance industry has reacted with alarm to personal injury specialist Claims Direct's plans to...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A couple whose business collapsed and who face losing their home launched a £...
What's the Scor?
France's largest reinsurer, Scor, has opened an office in Beijing, China, with an eye on picking up ...
London player makes a bid for the regions.
Ambitious London market insurer The Underwriter is set to treble its agency base with the opening of...
IPA plans unveiled.
The government has unveiled plans for the new investment vehicle for retirement, individual pension ...
EU's plan for sector.
The European Union plans to review how to manage a single market in financial services by establishi...
Buoyant markets ahead.
Despite the catastrophic economic problems faced by South-east Asia over recent years, it has made a surprisingly swift recovery. With major incentives now attracting insurers back into the region, the Asian tigers are beginning to roar again.
Appointment at Claims Plus.
Claims Plus has taken on insurance claims specialist Rob Gulliver as account manager for Liverpool V...