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Tesco to sell stakeholder pensions.
Supermarket Tesco is to sell stakeholder pensions off the shelf following a deal with CGU to develop...
Looking for high-fliers.
Every broker wants first-rate staff, but David Fanning finds that not all of them are prepared to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to training.
Polarisation ally.
The Association of Financial Advisers told the Financial Services Authority that polarisation is "th...
Insureright falls down on advertising.
Brokers have expressed disappointment that the Institute of Insurance Broker's much-trumpeted Intern...
The unacceptable side of settling claims.
In view of the current furore about the declining standards of insurer claims service, I wondered if...
Clerical goes online.
AssureSoft, supplier of software to independent financial advisers, has made Clerical Medical polici...
Appointment at Pincent Curtis.
Insurance and reinsurance lawyer James Crabtree has been made a partner with law firm Pinsent Curtis...
Appoinment at Property & Casualty Services.
Myra Fleming has been made medical case manager for PCS. She joins from Crawford healthcare division...
Appointment at Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
Elizabeth Bramwell has been appointed as executive director of FOIL. She replaces Sue Bucknall, w...
Personal problems.
Post Magazine has carried out a survey with the help of insurer Groupama to find out what the key concerns of the UK's personal lines brokers are. The results show apprehension and mixed feelings on new technology, as Alex Broad explains.
Merger to create insurance giant.
Insurers Mapfre and Caja Madrid are to merge to form the largest insurance group in Spain, with prem...
AMP chiefs quit.
Australian insurance and funds giant AMP has had a board clearout which has seen chairman Ian Burges...
GAB hires staff from closed rival.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has become the main beneficiary of the closure of liability adjuster Macali...
Staying in the picture.
Brokers are afraid of the future, of direct writers and of a shrinking market place. These fears ...
Draft merger deal.
The boards of Finnish insurers Sampo Life and Leonia Life have approved draft merger terms which wil...
Soldiering on.
Simon Threadgold talks to brokers and their trade organisations to gauge how brokers are facing up to the changes and challenges of the 21st century.
Policy Master ups profits and signs new deal
Policy Master, the specialist financial services software provider, has reported turnover up 47.6% to...
Trucker of the year.
Freight insurance broker Jensen Dickens wheeled out the award for Trucker of the Year at the Commerc...
Gartmore sold.
US mutual Nationwide won the race to buy UK fund manager Gartmore for £1.03bn from the Nat West Bank...
First CEO for Fortis.
Belgo-Dutch financial group Fortis is considering appointing its first chief executive officer and e...
GISC appoints monitor
The General Insurance Standards Council, which is due to start registering members on a voluntary bas...
ISAs caught in 'Net.
A new online service offers low cost individual savings accounts from a range of providers. Pensions...
Judge makes 'maverick' decision over damages.
Insurers and defendant solicitors were playing down the possibility of another increase in personal ...
Plain sailing on web.
Yacht and motor boat insurer Navigators & General has enhanced its website, www.navigatorsandgeneral...