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Family planning errors in ^'90s cost MDU £6m.
The Medical Defence Union has revealed that family planing errors have cost it £6m over the last dec...
Oliver quits BLM for niche practice.
The head of law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer's general and product liability practice is to defect to n...
Trade body opposes plan to re-open pensions cases.
A leading trade body has vowed to fight any decision by the Financial Services Authority to re-open ...
Names in the money.
Lloyd's Names have outperformed their corporate cousins at Lloyd's, according to figures released ye...
Is it a crisis or not?
Crisis, what crisis? Paul Ashurst of claimant solicitors Russell, Jones & Walker challenged the assu...
Fears in Parliament.
The news that the map of the human genome has been completed again raised fears in Parliament over h...
Chubb Europe launches new service.
Chubb Europe last week launched a new service to enable brokers to view items of fine art. Unveiled ...
Victory's warning.
Victory Legal Expenses reports that legal expenses insurers should be doing more to target the small...
C Ellis & Bubbly.
Peter O'Donnell, an associate director with loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle in Kent, won a m...
Dixons' tie-up.
High street retailer Dixons Group Business Services has joined up with a leading insurer to offer a ...
£10m investment.
Information solutions company Experian has invested £10m in a pan-European consumer credit solution....
Fox at watchdog.
Richard Fox has been appointed as the first compliance director at consumer watchdog the Mortgage Co...
Jamaican comeback.
Jamaica's financial sector saw strong growth in the first three months of the year, making a strong ...
Bupa brings in out patient benefits.
Private medical insurer Bupa has expanded its range of schemes for small companies with two new prod...
Dome not taken out insurance.
The Millennium Dome has not taken out insurance against having to close its doors ahead of schedule....
Appointment at Legal & General.
Diane Buckley has been appointed as IFA e-commerce development director by Legal & General. She will...
A matter of rules.
The rules for recovery in the case of conditional fee arrangements have now been laid down and contain some worrying elements for the insurance industry, as Martin Staples reports.
US product goes trans-Atlantic.
AIG Europe has launched the first product in the UK developed by its US subsidiary Global eBusiness ...
Misys unveils IFA internet service.
Software giant Misys launched a new internet service for independent financial advisers this week. ...
Destined to languish in internet purgatory.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Brown's broker title warning.
Brokers should not expect an easy ride over the Chartered Insurance Broker title even if the regulat...
CGU takes Direct kick at club fans.
CGU has decided to tackle the sports affinity market with the acquisition of Direct Club, a leading ...
Limit suitors up their bids.
The bid for Lloyd's insurer Limit rumbled on this week as both Lloyd's bedfellow Wellington and Aust...
Merger forms powerful IFA.
Healthcare specialist The Jelf Group and IFM Financial Planning have merged to create one of Bristol...