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Adjusters forced to play waiting game.
Loss adjusters face a summer of uncertainty with insurer Axa set to review its panel between June an...
Appointment at Zurich IFA Group.
Mike Hazell has been appointed as manager of Zurich IFA Group's IFA Professional Development Foundat...
Fund store online.
Independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance launched an online fund store last week, providing cust...
Folkestone office.
Motor claims company Brownsword has opened a new office in Folkestone which will be staffed by a qui...
Appointment at Korn/Ferry International.
Barbara Schonhofer has been appointed as vice-president of the UK insurance practice of executive se...
Broker goes bust.
Lloyd's broker Miles Smith, part of the Greatminster Group, has gone into liquidation. Paul Evans...
No adjustments at Drake.
Brokers have been told that none of the 200,000 policyholders with collapsed motor insurer Drake Ins...
Appointment at Norton Rose.
Maria Ross has been promoted to a partner with international law firm Norton Rose. She joined the co...
Ltd consultation.
I gather that the Institute of Insurance Brokers has formally registered a company limited by guaran...
Solvency regime will get overhaul.
The government plans to overhaul the present solvency regime. Noel Treacy, Minister for Science, T...
Internet will be shop front of tomorrow for insurers.
I read with interest the article 'Insurers slammed for poor Internet attitude' (PM 11 May, p15) whic...
Dozen Munters' teams on standby.
Disaster recovery specialist Munters will launch a specialist commercial division next Thursday (1 J...
AIG brings large scale cover to smaller firms.
AIG Europe is targeting brokers with a new range of commercial products that offer cover which has p...
Ticket ads value.
Hill House Hammond is using car park tickets as an advertising device. The 'park and read' campaign ...
Sun factor 20 - insurance factor 0.
Travel insurers have denied that they are becoming victims of the dot.com phenomenon. With more p...
Burton joins Indy as IT boss.
Former Groupama Insurance information technology director Steve Burton joined Independent Insurance ...
Firms face exclusion from mortgage code.
Up to 2000 advisers and firms face exclusion or have pulled out of the mortgage market. The Mortg...
... an actuary.
Actuaries. Dull types, according to their well-worn reputation. But Alex Broad spent a day with Duncan Anderson of Watson Wyatt Worldwide and discovered his job is anything but boring.
On the right track.
In a new deal with WebDetect, Aon Risk Services will have exclusive distribution rights across the U...
Bid to win MPs more insurance.
The government wants to set up a single standard insurance package for MPs and their staff in a move...
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
Gavin Beale has joined Aon Risk Services as area sales manager for its accident management division ...
Brokers urged to sieze pension opportunities.
The Insurance Institute of Ireland's annual conference gave delegates much food for thought. Marcus Alcock reports from Galway.
Startup has £4m target.
The former managing director and operations director at loss adjuster Miller Pycraft, Barry Whyte an...
Customer-focus comes last with SecurityFirst.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.