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Policies break new grounds on the sporting front.
B&CE Insurance has certainly put the cat among the personal accident pigeons when it comes to coveri...
N-west's direct service.
NatWest Insurance Services has launched a specialist 'direct' business insurance service which is be...
Appointment at Insurance Institute of Swansea.
Jacquie Hancock, underwriter at Ecclesiastical Insurance's Cardiff office, has become the first woma...
Rainbow International to launch first NVQ.
Rainbow International, the carpet care and restoration specialists, which has agreements with 11 UK ...
Appointment at TIG Reinsurance.
Roland Jackson is to join TIG Reinsurance as executive vice president and chief financial officer. H...
Best celebrates first birthday with new takeover.
Ratings agency AM Best UK's first birthday cocktail party turned into a double celebration last week...
UK waits to see effects of GAN deal.
The UK subsidiaries of GAN and Groupama were this week trying to come to terms with the consequences...
Exclusive - Cunningham's Ireland deal ends months of speculation.
Following months of market speculation, Cunningham UK has acquired Toplis & Harding (Ireland) as par...
UAL releases election result.
The fledgling International Underwriting Association of London has decided to release the results of...
Row over Japan's 'closed' market.
Relations between US and Japanese traders have been damaged following American officials accusing th...
Appointment at Abbey Legal Protection.
Nadia Hoosen has become the 60th staff member of Abbey Legal Protection and its sister company Abbey...
How 'high-handed' rating agency lost us business.
I am not surprised that the Comite Europeen des Assurances has criticised ratings agencies for their...
Shock setback for IUA launch.
The merger of the London market's two trade bodies received a set back as eleventh-hour legal proble...
NIG's Glasgow move.
NIG Skandia has relocated its Scottish office to Glasgow as part of its commitment to regional comme...
Practitioners get voice on FSA.
The Financial Services Authority is in the process of setting up a Practitioner Forum in response to...
Eagle Star to axe over 500 jobs.
Further JOB losses in the industry were announced this week when Eagle Star confirmed 540 jobs are t...
Appointment at Rand Information Systems.
Roy Stew is the new managing director of Rand Information Systems in the UK. He joins from Computer ...
And the nominees this year are.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Sponsored by Legal & General - To be announced on the night GENERAL INSURE...
J&H Marsh fined £200k.
A £200,000 fine has been levied on J&H Marsh & McLennan by the PIA for failure to complete Phase 1 o...
Sun Life it hot.
Mark Wood, group chief executive of Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, is the second insurance chief to take on the challenge of the Eversheds/Post Magazine hot seat. Among items on the agenda were Europe and pensions mis-selling. Alex Broad reports.
Appointment at Insurance Institute of Guildford.
Ellis & Buckle's Tony Coxon has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of Guildford. It i...
Survey reveals many British businesses back minimum wage.
Over half of British businesses would have willingly paid a higher minimum wage according to the res...
Appointment at ENtec UK.
Dr Cliff Warman has been appointed as a principal consultant to ENtec UK's contaminated land team ba...
Roll of honour.
1995 AWARDS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Sponsored by Legal & General Peter Wood - chief executive, Dir...