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South African office.
Lloyd's insurers Kiln has opened a subsidiary office in South Africa. Kiln South Africa will look...
Court gets to the root of tree row.
A local authority which was aware of a nuisance caused by tree roots but refused to take remedial ac...
Fortis creates credit giant.
Fortis, the American insurance, banking and investment operation, has established a new company, Ass...
IFA roadshows.
M & G Securities is holding a series of IFA roadshows in September. Starting in Manchester, the tour...
P&I Group: oil's not well.
The International Group of protection and indemnity clubs has hit out at Aon's decision to launch an...
Willis issues D&O guide.
Willis has launched a new detailed guide to directors' and officers' liability to help companies avo...
Rebuilding after the 'quake.
Insurers and reinsurers are now scrutinising renewals and new risks in Turkey. Richard Radevsky looks at building standards and warns against being over critical.
GAB says shake-up is coming.
GAB Robins has dismissed rumours it will use the announcement of its new American parent to cut staf...
Cornhill mission to be benchmark.
Cornhill has embarked on a mission to become "the benchmark by which other insurers are judged". ...
Clause amended.
The London-based Joint Cargo Committee has amended its Institute Classification Clause JC 971058 to ...
EMU is no dodo.
Insurers' complacent attitude to Economic Monetary Union could mean they miss new business opportunities, whether the UK joins or not, argues Alan Clark.
Churchill eyes brokers to boost business.
Direct writer Churchill is about to burst on to the broker market. The insurer believes it could ...
Cash reward for trainee IFAs.
The Financial Services Training College has devised a scheme to help reward the independent financia...
MetLife's $1bn cash buy.
New-York-based MetLife is to pay $1.2bn cash for General American Life while agreeing to pay £1bn to...
Appointment at Groupama-Gan.
The Gan and Lombard insurance groups - UK subsidiaries of French giant Groupama-Gan - has formed a c...
A world of restructuring.
Software supplier Policy Management Systems Corporation has restructured its worldwide operations. ...
Appointment at SOVAG UK.
Pierre Bou Mansour has been appointed the representative and underwriter of SOVAG UK. He joins from ...
Captives move into island 'cells'.
Cayman Islands-based United Insurance is to set up in the Channel Isles to take advantage of the "pr...
It's still all-Wyatt on the night.
I would like to point out a small error in the excellent article 'The Bright Stuff' (PM 12 August, p...
Hot stuff for racy models.
Insurance product marketing company Holman is set to launch a non-standard motor scheme for brokers ...
Argyll's Sharpe buy.
Sussex broker Argyll Insurance Group has acquired Brighton-based insurance consultants Sharpe and Pa...
Bug's legal effects.
Don Cruickshank, chairman of Action 2000, has warned businesses that they could face "potentially di...
Dumping duplication.
Managing different IT projects at the same time is a problem that Lloyd's has tried to address. Sarah Berry reports.
Arson guidebook.
The Fire Protection Association has compiled The Prevention and Control of Arson. It promotes a mult...