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£1.25bn payouts.
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run-off the massive pre-1992 liabilites of Lloyd's ...
Can't cope, won't cope.
Work-related stress has hit the headlines again, with an estimated one in three 16-24 year olds stressed at work. Unfortunately many employers seem unable or unwilling to recognise the importance of dealing with stress. Deborah Edwards reports.
Appointment at Old Mutual.
Jim Sutcliffe will be joining the board of Old Mutual as chief executive. He will be responsible ...
The Renaissance Insurance Group.
The Renaissance Insurance Group (RIG) has launched what is thought to be Russia's first on-line insu...
Now actuaries blast FSA plans.
Actuaries are the latest body to criticise the intrusive nature of the Financial Services Authorit...
Calling home for success.
Call centre managers expect the number of teleworkers to increase ten-fold, according to a recent survey. Alex Broad explains.
Crisis-busters.
The general insurance market is going to have to become a "crisis alleviator" to improve underwritin...
A long-term care guessing game.
The prospects of any significant decision on the financing of long-term care appear to have disappea...
Groupama sows seeds to grow broker panel.
Groupama Insurances is to grow its commercial insurance panel by up to 100 brokers. The company, ...
Aon buys Velo to kick-start pan-European fleet dream.
Global broker Aon has bought Velo Motor Accident Management in a bid to develop what it claims will ...
Closing the book on breast implants.
The long legal battle against Dow Corning over alleged damage to women from silicone breasts is draw...
Independents widen legal choice.
Charles Wright, general manager of DAS, claims his company is "the only really independent legal exp...
Amlin predicts loss.
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Amlin is predicting a £5.3m loss based on forecasts for the mid-point of the ...
Exclusive - Syndicate in £13m revival.
Former beleaguered Lloyd's syndicate 962 has undergone a dramatic revamp thanks to a £13m increase i...
Effective claims management after Woolf.
Claims management is being re-invented in the wake of the major overhaul of the legal system inspire...
Change is coming'.
A repair network believes motor insurers are poised to accept the need for fundamental shift in ever...
St Paul acquires marine business
St Paul has acquired Norwich Union's marine portfolio. The acquisition gives the insurer's Lloyd's ...
ABI publishes predictions for the industry.
Bancassurance and cross-border deals will dominate future merger and acquistional activity among UK ...
Aegon's list.
Dutch Insurer Aegon has reached an agreement with the California Department of Insurance over compli...
Burrows to quit.
Peter Burrows, director of UK Commercial at Royal & Sun Alliance, has announced he will be leaving t...
The key is in the detail.
Everyone agrees that insurers need to create innovative products, but what does this mean in practice? Rob Page believes there are many misapprehensions.
Direct sales forces survive.
Your article "Axe to fall on direct sales" (Post Magazine 25 November, p3) suggested that the days o...
Sponsorship fever.
Next year's British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference in Edinburgh is attracting much intere...
Quality for life badge gets the go-ahead.
Life insurers and pension providers will be able to apply for a quality mark under a new scheme laun...