News
Commentary - Councils in the courts.
Where local authorities do not appear to meet expectations, people are increasingly willing to bring...
What the Papers Say.
Yorkshire Post A former miner, who suffers from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, has won ?60,000...
Time for kick off.
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Goshawk has posted poor results for the 1999 year of account. Operating p...
BIBA's debt launch.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has teamed up with a leading credit insurance underwriter...
Appointment at Policy Master.
Jonathan Cooper has been appointed to the management committee of Policy Master as commercial direct...
Stakeholder launch.
Legal & General is to launch a new tiered single-charge pre-stakeholder pension later this year. It ...
Court rules both ways in child abuse cases.
Scott v Gloucestershire County Council Lawson v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 15 March 2...
Appointment at Chordiant Software.
James Lascelles has been promoted from Chordiant Software's UK sales director to European sales dire...
Appointment at Pemberton Administration.
Annette Greenhill has been appointed executive director of independent insurance adviser Pemberton A...
Standard Life launches PMI prescriptions.
Standard Life Healthcare claims its new private medical insurance product will cut premiums by up to...
Simon Regan v Thomas David Barton Taylor.
9 March 2000 Court of Appeal Simon Regan edited a magazine called Scallywag. Thomas Taylor was ...
Prudential allow access to its financial services.
Life assurer Prudential made a move to the new generation of mobile phones this week by allowing acc...
I got two babe.
Zurich Personal Insurances has doubled its cover for Millennium mums who give birth to twins. The am...
New room for manoeuvre.
The Broker Network has launched a new underwriting room to help intermediaries build up partnerships...
Travel: moving on?
The average Brit's thoughts are consumed with fantasies of Margaritas in Mauritius or Rum Punch in R...
Appointment at Royal Liver Assurance.
Tom Pyne has been made a non-executive director of friendly society Royal Liver Assurance. Mr Pyne r...
Pensions system.
London market specialist Rebus Insurance Systems has branched into the world of pensions with a new ...
Appointment at Bollington Financial Services.
Mike Cross has been made managing director of Bollington Financial Services and also joins the main ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny hopes the provocative poses she was paid to pull in her youth never find their way onto some t...
Hiscox claims Internet first.
Specialist insurer Hiscox is to launch what it believes is the first specialist high value household...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Anthony Lewis has joined NIG Skandia as personal lines underwriting manager for its motor department...
Mortgages - Mortgage providers step up discount offers.
Two mortgage providers have launched stepped discounted mortgages this week. Wesleyan Home Loans ...
How to get your Act together.
Sean Stanton-Dunne explains why employers need to be aware of the new Data Protection Act and what can happen if they are found to have breached it.
MLG goes into receivership.
Vehicle repairer Motor & Legal Group has been forced into receivership following a decision by inter...