News
Lobby group set up.
An insurance lobby group has been set up to promote the advantages of group protection. Group Insura...
Paddick says GISC hostility is growing.
City of London brokers are rallying against the General Insurance Standards Council, according to th...
Reducing costs is biggest challange.
The greatest challenge to the industry posed by stakeholder is to get operating costs down. This ...
The drugs do work.
South African financial services Fedsure is set to acquire the healthcare business of SA Druggists f...
Share Watch.
It is a bitter irony of the unit trust industry that it is more profitable to buy the stock of a fun...
Government attacked from all sides over pensions.
The government has failed miserably in its attempts to improve the pensions products of the low paid...
Aye say, ISA ...
Scottish Amicable is hoping for a healthy future with its latest launch, Optimisa. The 'Maxi' Indivi...
Review cost of PC cover'.
Insurers have been told to rethink premiums for personal computers. IT replacement consultants SB...
Regulator's dirty dozen list is irresponsible.
The announcement by the Financial Services Authority that it has 12 top financial firms on a hit-lis...
Knowing where the heart is.
Underwriting is the premier concern in any successful insurance organisation, which highlights the importance of training and education in this area. Diane Bromley explains.
Seminar at CGU headquarters.
Over 100 insurers, charities, local authorities and academics attended a seminar at CGU headquarters...
Launch of Home Repairs Log Book.
Anna Ryder-Richardson, presenter of the BBC's Changing Rooms, knows a good idea when she sees one, w...
Avon Insurance develops guide.
Avon Insurance has developed a bluffers' guide to marketing to help brokers generate extra income. M...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black wonders if the deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, Tony Bake...
Avon Combination competition winner.
Leicester City fan Steve Roche has scored with the last kick of this season's Post Magazine /Avon In...
Appointment at Tyser & Co.
John Ramsey, former head of strategic consulting at Ernst & Young, has joined Tyser & Co as deputy c...
Appointment at Cartwrights.
Cartwrights solicitors have made five appointments to its defendant claims litigation team. Peter Bu...
Don't let the golden egg turn rotten.
Two major private medical insurance providers have been referred to the Office of Fair Trading for refusing customers access to particular hospitals. Sharon Lyons outlines the arguments against allowing insurers the right to make that choice.
Air rescue for a Brit too far.
Insurers could have their repatriation costs slashed if a new medical airline service takes off. ...
Hewitt tries to calm FSA fears.
Economic Secretary Patricia Hewitt has moved to allay fears surrounding the accountability of the Fi...
Reasons to be cheerful ...
The annual Post Magazine conference saw industry experts outline the huge opportunities, rather than problems, facing insurers as they enter the millennium. David Worsfold, Anthony Gould and Francis Higney report.
Claws sunk into CAT scheme.
Fears were raised about how the industry would cope during the volatile transition period before sta...
Insurers urged to help poor save.
The insurance industry has been called upon to help society's underclass to take the first step onto...
Providers stare into the abyss.
Concern is mounting over the looming void in pensions provision while we wait for the present regime...