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FSA panel reports.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has welcomed the first report from the Financial S...
New India enjoys boom.
Broker-only insurer New India Assurance is recruiting additional staff for its main UK underwriting ...
Patently obvious.
The key for companies that want to protect their ideas, brand or trademark is insurance - but do the insurers have the right products for the job? David Fanning finds out.
The Quest Gates Partnership handles claim.
Six months after a double decker bus made an unrequested stop in their living room, Linda and Steven...
Policy database goes live.
A general insurance database for brokers was launched last week. It has been set up by The Researc...
Teams' challenge.
Climbing, walking, canoeing and cycling their way to a grand total of over £100,000, 25 teams helped...
PI firms await rules for NHS staff.
Indemnity insurers have yet to hear the precise arrangements for forthcoming compulsory professional...
Repeal date for Act.
Melanie Johnson, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, last week announced that the government plans t...
We want you as a new recruit.
The number of graduates leaving universities is rising each year and insurers are using a host of tactics to try and entice them to come and work for them. Edward Murray reports.
Appointment at Merricks Solicitors.
Senior property lawyer Brian Yates has joined the commercial property department of Merricks Solicit...
Catex processes 500th transaction
The Catex catastrophe risk has processed its 500th transaction. After a slow start, premiums transf...
Brit down but looking up
Lloyd's insurer and reinsurer Brit Insurance Holdings, created from the merger of Brit Insurance and ...
Lloyd's to open market to non-Lloyd's brokers
Lloyd's has announced it is to open the market to non-Lloyd's brokers both in the UK and abroad from ...
Employment disputes on the rise
Employment disputes are becoming more frequent and more costly, providing one of the fastest growing ...
Lloyd's to open door to brokers from January
Lloyd's has confirmed that it is to allow brokers from within the UK and overseas to access the marke...
Rhine Re to buy Imperial Re
Rhine Re of Switzerland is to acquire UK-based Imperial Fire & Marine Re and has received a $150m equ...
London market reform published
The consultation document outlining the long-awaited reform of the London market has been published b...
Beware contrived claims warns FOIL
Ambulance chasing by the legal profession is potentially very dangerous and the industry must beware ...
Endowment mis-selling broadcast
Two-thirds of companies selling endowment mortgages may have given customers misleading advice, the F...
Moody's to rate Lloyd's syndicates
Individual Lloyd's syndicates are to be given financial strength ratings by rating agency Moody's. ...
New FSA blocked again
The government's Financial Services and Markets Bill, which will transfer powers from the nine differ...
CGU invests £200m in bancassurance move in Spain
Insurer CGU is to set up a bancassurance operation in Spain following a £200m investment in Spanish s...
Mynd seals deal with Lloyd's IT Direct
Policy Management Systems Corporation, which is changing its name to Mynd, has entered a partnership ...
Deal opens China wall to European insurers
China is to award seven licences to European insurers in the life and non-life sectors following a gr...