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Time to talk.
The private medical insurance market is not the most united of sectors but changes could be seen by the summer, reports David Fanning.
Next generation.
Insurance companies preparing for the future have to embrace technological advances and build target-specific business models - or fall behind, says Richard Griffiths.
IFAs should adapt to shake-up.
Independent financial advisers will have to adapt and change in response to the pensions shake-up, c...
Hunt for a buyer.
The Life Insurance Association of Japan is still in negotiations with prospective buyers for Aoba Li...
PIA investigates firms.
The Pension Investment Authority has announced that two companies appear to have failed to meet the ...
Third time out for thieves.
The insurance industry has welcomed the government's latest two-pronged offensive against domestic b...
System hailed as 'the future of claims handling'.
Insurers have been urged to adopt new practices or continue to suffer fraudulent personal injury cla...
Lloyd's impresses market with plan.
Lloyd's seems to have impressed the market and regulators with its regulatory plan. Particularly imp...
Branson's £5m campaign targets virgin savers.
Virgin Direct has launched a £5m advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness of government savin...
Finn end of the wedge.
Finland is to get a new insurance industry regulator in the spring. From April, the Insurance Superv...
Keeping Mum in court.
A six-year-old child is suing his mother in the Canadian courts for mental and physical injuries sus...
Insurers accused of ignoring low income people.
The Office of Fair Trading has slammed the insurance industry for ignoring the needy in favour of th...
New business up 60%.
The Bank of Ireland-owned Lifetime Assurance has recorded strong growth in 1998 with a 60% rise in n...
CGU divorces product duplication to go single.
CGU IS set to go solo next Monday when it unveils its single product range for new business. The ...
Lloyd's plan for '99.
Lloyd's unveiled its regulatory plan for 1999 last week. The plan highlights a number of changes und...
Saint fails to save sinners from jail.
Three directors of a Hampshire insurance broker which went bust in 1993 have been jailed at Winchest...
A thorough cheque-up.
Most insurers will replace a lost or stolen everyday household item, but as Steve Banner finds out, the rules change when a claim is received for something more out of the ordinary.
Home is where the work is.
Home-based insurance teleworking is becoming a reality. Barry Jones explains how it should work.
Guardian kicks off red card scheme for brokers.
Guardian Insurance has launched an initiative aimed at blitzing underperforming brokers in its priva...
No jobs to go.
In the 7 January issue of Post Magazine we stated that Cornhill had closed its processing centres in...
Maine men at IRM.
The American state of Maine has awarded its first ever licence to a firm seeking to operate as a cap...
Sizzling in Bermuda.
Danish Re, a new investor group advised by Marsh & McLennan Capital, was unveiled this week. Based i...
Axa axes UAP.
AXA has changed its holding company's corporate name from Axa UAP to Axa. The move, which was dec...
GE stuffs Turkey rivals.
GE Capital Travel Insurance Services has weaved new links with Turkey holiday specialist Tapestry. A...