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The final frontier.
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NIG Skandia rewards staff.
NIG Skandia has rewarded its staff for 'going the extra mile'. The GEM programme was introduced to e...
Ready and willing, but able?
I am not surprised there is much talk about how much the Woolf reforms will cost insurers and how ma...
L of a cover for driving instructors.
Driving instructor cover specialist Arnott Insurance is set to launch two new products at the annual...
Cox buys broker.
Cox Insurance Holdings has acquired the marketing and guaranteeing department of broker John Holman ...
FSA appoint new members of Ombudsman board.
The Financial Services Authority has announced appointments to the 12-man board to run the new 'one-...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Tony Chapman has been made director of finance at Devitt Insurance Services. He joins the east Lo...
Cash incentive for pensions.
Scottish Life is offering a £250 spring bonus for those investing in its relaunched personal pension...
Stop the mergers, I want to get off.
The revolving doors at many insurers, loss adjusters and brokers have been spinning faster than usua...
Butt of legal action.
A French primary health care insurer has served notice of its intention to take legal action against...
Appointment at Permanent Insurance.
Rod Macdonald has joined Permanent Insurance as sales and marketing manager. Previously he was with ...
Insurer puts the brief in the case.
Independent Insurance's marketing department came up with a novel way of attracting attention for th...
Call centre boom.
Analysts Datamonitor has predicted the number of call centres in Europe will be 17,900 by 2003, with...
Appointment at Bupa International.
Bill Ward has joined Bupa International as director, general manager, while Peter Saunders has been ...
Appointment at St Paul International.
Nick Hill and Nick Martens have joined St Paul International. Mr Hill has left Royal & Sun Alliance ...
AA drives Leo back into charts.
Seventies pop superstar Leo Sayer is enjoying a revival thanks to AA Insurance. The company used ...
Union forces canteen u-turn.
Eagle Star's union represenatives have forced a partial climbdown by bosses who wanted to scrap free...
Clerical Medical pulls in £897m in new business.
The UK's largest financial services group serving the IFA channel has announced its 1998 results. ...
Insurers rapped over customer complaints.
UK insurers have been slammed for their failure to make the best use of information systems to recor...
UBS sheds 25% stake in Swiss Life.
Months of speculation about UBS's 25% stake in Swiss Life came to an abrupt end last week when the b...
Compensation rush could mean no costs.
A rush to speed up compensation to victims of the pensions mis-selling scandal could result in profe...
Time for a u-turn on the need for cars.
The role of the motor car came under close scrutiny 50 years ago, as PM's Firax looked at the pros a...
Bike insurer slams advertising watchdog.
Motor cycle insurer Devitt Insurance has hit out at the Advertising Standards Authority for failing ...
New D&O cover.
Directors and officers are set to benefit from the latest Independent Insurance product launch. The ...