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Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Whatever happened to common sense?
I write regarding the recent letters and articles on windscreen information discs. I regularly si...
Farmyard frights.
With agricultural risks spiralling, insurers could soon face a windfall of claims. Rural raiders, the Millennium Bug and staff cut backs are among the latest crop of problems to soil the industry. Jonathan Swift investigates.
WIN-ning team.
Brockbank Syndicate Management and Aon have joined forces to initiate the first reinsurance recovery...
Appointment at Copenhagen Re.
Three new underwriters have joined CNA Re. Paul Brown, a property treaty underwriter, joins from Swi...
Tobacco firms' joy at jury's decision.
US tobacco company insurers were celebrating last week after a jury dismissed all charges relating t...
Card cover wrangle.
A taxpayer offered credit card holders, on payment of a sum, a plan to protect them against financia...
Cook to fry fraud.
Fraudsters watch out. Thomas Cook has launched an investigative unit using the scientific claims scr...
Getting the low-down on the farm.
Farm insurance provider Agricultural Insurers Underwriting Agency has designed a broker support pack...
Appointment at Arnott Insurance.
After joining Arnott Insurance in 1988 as a branch clerk, Karen Sharp has progressed through virtual...
Appointment at Veitch Penny.
Mike Hammerton has been made a partner in Veitch Penny solicitors. Mr Hammerton works in the firm's ...
Police defend Lloyd's.
City of London police have moved swiftly to defend the reputation of the Lloyd's insurance market fo...
China crisis remedy.
A Chinese insurance watchdog has launched a campaign to end irregularities in its insurance industry...
Best by name, baffling by nature.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Synergy win for brokers.
Hiscox is bidding to save brokers' time and money by offering international cover through its new di...
Taking the wing and a prayer out of air rage.
Lloyd's managing agency Brockbank Syndicate Management has teamed up with Aon Group to offer airline...
Winning by a nose on Red Nose Day.
Ashworth Mairs Group relations managers Rose Foot & Clifford Tucker won by a nose when it came to ha...
Can't PAY won't PAY.
A company can face disaster if a client refuses or is unable to settle a major bill. Simon Threadgold says that this is where credit insurance can make the difference between going under and surviving.
Woolf howlers.
A survey by law firm Edge Ellison has revealed almost 60% of the insurance industry predicts two yea...
Fired up on Cannon Street.
North West corporate broker Alec Finch & Company has opened an office in London. The premises in ...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Chris Turner has been made manager of the life and pensions division at Joslin Rowe. He joins the co...
Swift move by PM.
Swift Financial Systems is set to link with software provider Policy Master's broking system. The mo...
DAS the way to do it.
Legal Expenses Insurer DAS posted pre-tax profits of £11.7m for 1998, an increase of 17% over 1997. ...
Eurobase eases maintainence load.
Eurobase has unveiled business application software designed to allow companies to outsource the sup...