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While the theft of masterpieces is falling, the value of those items that make it into a thief's swagbag are rising. David Fanning talks to the major players in fine art insurance.
Y2K panel defended.
Eastgate Assistance has defended its establishing of a high-powered consortium to deal with Y2K prob...
Co-op on the up.
Co-operative Insurance has posted a 24% increase in non-life premiums to £73m during 1999, boosted b...
Backing for PHI band aid.
Industry hopes that the government was set to turn towards private health insurance to ease the stra...
Crackdown on claims 'crooks'.
Unqualified claims assessors face regulation for the first time under proposals currently being cons...
Rejected builder forms own trade body.
A builder blocked from carrying out specialist foundation work for insurers has set up his own guara...
Clerical's admin system for stakeholder.
Clerical Medical has signed a contract for a new pensions administrations system with software provi...
E-commerce choice.
Fusion, the company formed by Lloyd's managing agency SVB to sell and service insurance through brok...
Special offer.
Clerical Medical has announced a special offer of a 1% allocation on all new single contribution per...
Appointment at Vizards Staples & Bannisters.
Gordon Walker has joined the City office of Vizards Staples & Bannisters as a professional indemnity...
Swiss tighten grip on sector.
Swiss Re paid $260m (£160m) for PennCorp companies Southwestern Life and Security Life & Trust (PM 1...
Endowment quitter.
Scottish Widows has joined the list of firms withdrawing from the endowment mortgage market. The Llo...
Insurer forced to sell stakes.
Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali will have to sell businesses and offer corporate governance c...
HSBC in management shake up.
HSBC Insurance Brokers has divided its management functions in a New Year shake up. Graham Putter...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
David Moon has been promoted from personal injury to partner by James Chapman & Co. He joined the Ma...
Appointment at St Paul Insurance.
St Paul has made its first ever appointment in Northern Ireland. Gary Ennis has left Marsh to become...
Jump to it if you're up for the cup.
The 2000 Post Magazine Charity Football Competition for the Impact Plus Cup is up and running with f...
CII changes will definitely be for the better.
The long and very drawn out process of streamlining the democratic structures of the Chartered Insur...
A travel site worth visiting.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Equity Red Star revised travel range.
Cox subsidiary Equity Red Star has revised its travel range, Traveller. Recognising many people d...
Chubb offers cover against workplace violence - Employee security.
Chubb Insurance is to offer crime, kidnap, ransom, extortion and workplace violence insurance to med...
Bradstock talks sale.
The long running saga over the future of insurance broker Bradstock continued this week as the compa...
Turning Japanese.
Winterthur, the life assurance arm of the Credit Suisse group, is to enter the lucrative, and previo...
Stakeholder could trigger OPRA's swansong.
There are fears the introduction of stakeholder pensions could see the demise of the Occupational Pe...