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Exclusive - Hill House Hammond opens coastal centre.
Leading broker Hill House Hammond is set to make a splash on the south coast with a new service cent...
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
John Davies has been made a director of RL Davison & Co. Mr Davies has been with the company for sev...
Equitable Life has new pension TV advert.
Equitable Life has come out fighting for pension business with a new TV advert. The commercial, the ...
Timms plays down pensions market fears.
New pensions minister Stephen Timms last week attempted to reassure leading industry figures of the ...
Towergate gets £5m from RBS.
Towergate, an underwriting group established 18 months ago by three former executives of Economic In...
Stakeholder depends on compulsion.
The government's stakeholder pensions scheme was discussed at length at last week's Life Insurance Association's Industry Leaders' Meeting in London. Francis Higney was there to hear both sides of this controversial story.
Ward Evans expands to London.
Ward Evans has appointed an extra 22 staff to work in its recently created London office and has rev...
Exclusive - Cega blazes trail in travel sector claims outsourcing.
The Cega Group is to launch a new claims handling service which it believes is the way forward for i...
Insurers must win back public's faith.
As he prepares to retire, Denis Loretto, general manager, Cornhill Insurance, says one of the biggest challenges for brokers is to boost their public image.
Y2K railway threat.
The Office of the Rail Regulator has warned insurers that they cannot ignore the issue of Y2K compli...
Special cover for bikers and bards.
Pavilion Insurance Management has launched a range of specialist products aimed at pedal pushers and...
EU pledges to make roads safer.
EU transport commissioner Neil Kinnock this week outlined EU plans to make Europe's roads safer. The...
Au revoir to Tellit.
Royal & Sun Alliance has sold its French direct operation, Tellit Assurances, to CGU for £7m. CGU bo...
Axa offers cash help to its repairers.
Axa Insurance is offering its approved repairers a subsidy towards buying the Motex estimating syste...
Appointment at Dr JH Burgoyne & Partners.
Dr JH Burgoyne & Partners has recruited two recruits to its materials failure group. Graham Cooper w...
BEIB tests water.
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers Holding jumped into the marine market with the acquisition of S...
Share watch.
They say that two heads are better than one, but the merger of Royal Insurance and Sun Alliance clea...
Y2k Euro-threat.
British insurers trading with Central and Eastern European companies are likely to be threatened by ...
Wrestling for business.
As competition hots up, household insurers are including extra cover to make their products more appealing. Jonathan Swift looks at how the market is trying to weather the storm to protect its premiums.
Sandler to resign.
Lloyd's chief executive Ron Sandler has announced he is to resign in the summer following "a smooth ...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Aileen Croft has joined Winchester White as a senior consultant. Previously she was with Abbey Life ...
Safetynet invests £1.5m.
Disaster recovery specialist Safetynet has invested £1.5m over a six month period in its market lead...
Over to you.
The trend to outsource shows no signs of letting up. Alex Broad speaks to service providers and insurers to find out why.
Schools face hikes in premiums.
The insurance industry has warned schools that they may not be able to afford insurance cover if the...