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NU's new web site.
Norwich Union Direct has launched a new Internet site (www.norwich-union.co.uk/direct) which it said...
Zurich drops 'disability' definition.
Zurich Life has dropped the definition 'disability' in favour of 'unfit for work' as part of a new r...
Exclusive - IFA boss hits out at consumer watchdog.
The director of a company of independent financial advisors has slammed a report which accused his f...
ABI issues draft EL code.
Insurers have been urged to adapt to new business practices after the Association of British Insurer...
We must give Mrs Francis benefit of the doubt.
The Association of British Insurers' appointment of a Buckingham Palace aide, Mary Francis, as its d...
The Big Gdanski.
European financial services and insurance group Eureko has launched a pension fund in Poland in part...
Equitable Life's rating at risk.
Credit agencies are reassessing the ratings of some life insurers amid growing concern about the imp...
Internet link deal.
E*TRADE, the on-line investing service to be launched in the UK in the summer, has announced a partn...
Appointment at Methodist Insurance.
Ron Barnet has been promoted from product development officer to underwriting manager at Methodist I...
CGU Life's sponsorship of National Cricket League.
Negotiations for CGU Life's sponsorship of the new National Cricket League took almost as long as a ...
Skandia profits up.
NIG Skandia has reported a pre-tax profit for 1998 of £18m, an increase of almost £6m on 1997. The i...
European union for Warren Hill.
Small business insurance specialist Warren Hill has decided to branch out into Europe. The niche ...
Exclusive - TIFCO hunts for brokers.
Premium finance provider TIFCO said this week it was looking to hire an extra 250 brokers despite ha...
NU's clean bill for health.
Norwich Union Healthcare has launched Fair and Square, which aims to broaden the private medical ins...
Francis gets ABI job.
Industry outsider Mary Francis has been appointed the next director general of the Association of Br...
Davies refuses to put FSA name to mortgages.
Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial Services Authority has ignored demands for the regulator to...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Former Scottish and British Lions rugby captain Gavin Hastings OBE has been appointed as a non-execu...
Britannic stands by door-to-door sales.
Britannic Assurance has reported a near 9% rise in pre-tax profits and reaffirmed its commitment to ...
Everyone wins with taped calls.
The most important section of the Insurance Ombudsman's annual report is the passage about the use o...
UK takeover.
The retail insurance division of CSC Financial Services is to take over responsibility for the UK op...
Centrica picks Aon.
Aon Consulting has been appointed by the energy and service group, Centrica, to administer its pensi...
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The not-to-be missed Post Magazine strategic business conference, Insurance 99, is next Thursday, 18...
Appointment at CS Rand.
Bernie Hopkins has been made managing director of CS Rand. Previously he was the company's finance u...