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Carole Nash Insurance opens Dublin office.
Pop heartthrob Ronan Keating was guest of honour at the opening of the Dublin office of specialist m...
CGU enhances single premium life payments.
Pension punters who chose CGU Life are to be given a 1% enhancement on all single premium contributi...
Gone radical.
It will be quicker, simpler and supposedly more cost effective if everything goes to plan. Yet some ...
Gambling on the horses.
While some insurers have said neigh to horse insurance, others have galloped in and found winning form. Simon Threadgold reports.
Electronic barriers.
Brokers are not entering into the spirit of the electronic age, according to a report by NIG Skandia...
Implant vote.
Insurers are waiting for the result of a vote by women on a proposed £2bn settlement for injuries ca...
New dawn for justice.
On the face of it, the Civil Procedure Rules should be embraced by all, but professional indemnity insurers have been left asking 'What's in it for us?' Kenneth McKenzie explains why.
Easter travel cover reminder.
World Cover Direct has warned travellers against skimping on travel insurance over the Easter Bank H...
For value for money, nobody does it better.
Post Magazine's cover price increases this week for the first time in five years: five years of sust...
Hard work pays off.
Motor insurers maintain that they are geared-up for the Woolf reforms. David Fanning finds out they need to be as good as their word - or else.
A better way?
Personal injury claims will be the most affected by the legal changes. Ian Walker takes a personal look at the new regime and throws down the gauntlet to insurers.
Rapid learning.
From seminars to videos, solicitors have come up trumps with Woolf teaching. As preparation time runs out, Anthony Gould finds out what's on offer.
Appointment at James Chapman & Co Solicitors.
James Chapman & Co has made two appointments to its senior management team. Maurice Watkins has been...
A perfect Match.
The Match suite of motor claims handling software is now fully Windows compliant. The software - whi...
Get a GRIP on gains.
Insurance can help turn emotional pain into financial gain, according to a report in the May issue o...
Fears over SNP win.
The Scottish pensions industry would face a massive bill if the Nationalists romp to victory in the ...
Prompt opening.
Commercial premium finance provider Prompt has launched a personal lines and small commercial busine...
Y2K system designed to spot dodgy dates.
PKS Systems Integration has unveiled a Y2K service for insurers which can detect date fields in stra...
Generali predicts hardship in space.
Generali Global chief executive Benito Pagnanelli last week blasted "kamikaze" cut-price operators i...
Vesta deal closed.
Hartford Financial services has finalised a deal to buy the reinsurance business of Vesta Fire Insur...
Engineering guide.
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has updated its handy Engineering Insurance Plant Guide to include upda...
AIRMIC's Ketley urges unity.
Risk managers and insurers need to work together, not against each other, said chairman of the Assoc...
Driving from Lloyd's to Lisbon.
David Edwards is driving from Lloyd's to Lisbon in a 993 Porsche Carrera to raise money for spinal r...
Cheque fraud.
A security solutions company hopes to curtail fraudsters who make a mint out of fraudulent cheques. ...