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Post's Christmas and New Year copy deadlines.
Next week's issue of Post Magazine will be published one day early, on Wednesday 23 December, and wi...
Woman accused of mass murder to collect on life policies.
Japanese insurers are reeling from the news that an insurance saleswoman embarked on a mass murder s...
Leeds link for Norwich.
Norwich Union is set to underwrite creditor insurance for the Leeds and Holbeck building Society fro...
Facing up to fraud ... at last.
Fraud, fraud, fraud. Sometimes it seems that is all we write about. That may be because it is one...
Industry urged to fight genetic discrimination.
Families with known genetic disorders are being discriminated against by insurers, according to a ne...
Appointment at Hayes.
Marine insurance and shipping solicitor Barry Hayes has formed a new law firm, Hayes, which is based...
Appointment at St Paul International.
Sean Marson has joined St Paul International as a regional underwriter to concentrate on serving bro...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Phil Jepson has been made a partner in the Manchester office of Davies Arnold Cooper. He will be hea...
Petrol shortage is good news for insurers.
In the wake of the Arab-Israeli conflicts of the early 1970s, the oil price shot up and supplies to ...
GAN - new policies motor into the future.
GAN is to launch a new and improved range of motor policies, next month after consulting its interme...
Met Life plans to go public and raise £8.5bn from IPO.
Giant American insurer Metropolitan Life, the second largest US life insurer, will distribute stock ...
Internal fraud costing millions.
The head of the City of London Fraud squad has warned insurers that fraudulent behaviour among its o...
Choosing a bond.
More construction companies are heading to insurance companies for their bonds. Keith Baxter explains the decisions behind choosing a bondsman.
£2bn fees for anti-tobacco lawyers.
Five Texas lawyers have earned a record £2bn in fees for a $17.3bn lawsuit against the tobacco indus...
Direct Line stands firm with Equifax.
Direct Line has signed a three-year contract with information solutions provider Equifax to use the ...
A matter of principles.
A set of principles and procedures for preventing and resolving Y2K disputes was launched last week....
French SCOR in Russia.
French reinsurance giant SCOR last week announced it had opened a new office in Moscow in line with ...
A welcome Forum for lunch-time views.
The city has always been home to plenty of dining clubs of various descriptions and purposes, howeve...
Heath home system.
Lloyd's broker Heath Insurance Services has launched the Homeline System, which rewards those broker...
Report of car theft has sinister twist.
The routine reporting of a car theft by West Yorkshire-based broker John Glendinning to insurer Iron...
Injury claims: a meeting of minds.
Philip Grundy and Richard Tyrrell explain how new legislation could be of benefit, to insurance companies, and personal injury plaintiffs.
Santa stunt ends in disaster.
Parachuting Santa Nigel Rogoff's Aston Villa charity dive nearly ended in tragedy when he fell 100 f...
ABI challenge to ineffective IFAA.
The Association of British Insurers is moving to create a new organisation for independent financial...
Just the job, or just a job?
Surprising survey results on career fulfilment.