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What the papers say.
THE SUN High flier Sacha has traded her city job for a future on the bare market as a full-time m...
A poser for Paddick on dual roles.
Andrew Paddick has fired a broadside at Lloyd's because he believes that it is discouraging insuranc...
Swiss Re buys Life Re.
Swiss Re has completed the acquisition of Life Re for approximately £1bn. The move will enable th...
Opening the global gateway.
LIMNET and IBM have unveiled their enhanced London insurance market network which it is hoped will m...
Hounded by Virgin gimmickry.
Virgin Direct seems to have got a little carried away with the success of its tracker funds. A la...
Winterthur waiver.
Winterthur Life has announced it is to waive the 1% contribution charge on its Trustee Investment Po...
Protection alert.
A survey by law firm Taylor, Joynson, Garrett found that over 50% IT, telecommunications and life sc...
PCS ready to splash out on acquisitions.
Loss adjuster PCS has instructed the IPS Mergers & Acquisitions to find companies for acquisition or...
Exclusive - Chubb plans to break into motor.
Chubb Insurance is poised to power into the high net worth motor market in the second quarter of 199...
Brokers' EDI solution.
Independent has launched a solution for brokers to streamline their EDI buildings and contents busin...
Appointment at Shoosmiths & Harrison.
Judith Dorkins has been appointed by Shoosmiths to head up its specialist injury department in North...
Smart Lady pays off.
The launch of a life insurance product targeted at women has boosted overall sales for National Mutu...
High five from NPI.
Pensions provider NPI has introduced five new funds this week for both its existing customers and ne...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance Engineering.
R&SA Engineering has made two appointments. Sara Wear has been made marketing manager while Ros Lewi...
Woodgate & Clarke to investigate suspected arson attack.
Loss Adjuster Woodgate & Clarke was called in to investigate the wreckage of a burnt out hotel last ...
Appointment at AE Grant.
Nick Leighton has joined AE Grant at Lloyd's to underwrite North American professional indemnity and...
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Met Life out of ACLI.
Metropolitan Life is to withdraw its long-standing membership of the American Council of Life Insura...
Aetna grows by 50%+.
East Asia Aetna Insurance Group reported 60% growth in its life insurance business for the first hal...
FSA keeps its distance over Names.
The Financial Services Authority has boxed very clever over the question of regulating the Lloyd's i...
Digital crash reconstructions to revolutionise claims process.
Computer generated reconstructions of motor accidents could help the insurance industry resolve comp...
NPI announces launch of new services.
NPI has announced the launch of a host of new services available exclusively to UK IFAs live on the ...
CGU buys R&SA's Greek operation.
CGU has bought Royal & SunAlliance's Greek general insurance operation to make it the sixth biggest ...
CMG's system for IFAs.
IT services group CMG is strengthening its presence in the IFA marketplace by launching a complete b...