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Zurich prepares for big bang.
Rocketing claims resulting from bonfire night festivities have sparked one insurance company to issu...
IFST hit list.
This year's UK & European Insurance & Financial Services Technology Conference & Exhibition is set to tackle a host of hot topics. Amid the plethora of mergers taking place around the world, the role of IT in making or breaking a merger.
Brokers warned: Beware of the merger backlash.
Bigger may not always mean better, with risk managers warning that consolidation in the broker marke...
A call for Service.
The advent of call centre technology has dramatically changed the way insurers carry out their business. Jonathan Swift looks at the changes ringing through the industry.
New SOFA executive.
The Society of Financial Advisers, the financial services arm of the Chartered Insurance Institute, ...
No IT, no comment.
The finance sector is, and will continue to be, redefined by the Internet according to a recent repo...
Test case challenges Euro law.
Around 60 multi-national companies are to challenge European pension law by bringing a test case in ...
We have ways of making you talk.
It's good to talk, and that is certainly true when it comes to resolving litigation claims, in particular those for professional negligence. Mike Grant and Nicky Smith outline the benefits of mediation.
Mahoney tells merging networks to get on with it.
The three electronic global insurance trading systems which are set to merge have been told they hav...
What the papers say.
THE TIMES Three International conmen who set up a bogus high street bank to commit a £7m fraud we...
A winner of a CII Conference in every way.
The Chartered Insurance Institute bigwigs were feeling pretty pleased with themselves over breakfast...
Far east collapse has reached CII.
The director general of the CII has warned that the economic crash in the far east has impacted on t...
FSA tackles year 2000 awareness.
The Financial Services Authority has issued a belated policy statement on the risks associated with ...
Scottish merger settled.
Lambert Fenchurch Group has completed its highland hook-up with Executive Insurance Brokers. The Abe...
Referee kicks off at Ellis & Buckle's new service centre.
World Cup referee Clive Thomas kicked off proceedings at Ellis & Buckle's new 24 hour national servi...
Study gives insurers wind break.
Following the cost insurers suffered at the hands of Hurricane Georges, the Meteorological Office ha...
Pycraft signs to IOB.
Pycraft & Arnold has become the first loss adjuster to sign up with the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau. ...
Sponsorship could be key to youth.
The CII is to look at the possibility of a sponsorship scheme in a bid to cut the cost for young mem...
Fees system inquiry.
During an exchange in the Lords last Thursday, the government admitted it was to examine the practic...
Gail wins medal.
The winner of the Rutter Medal, awarded annually to the best new Fellow, was Gail Eaton of Scottish ...
Davies sets date.
Financial Services Authority chief Howard Davies revealed the consultation document on the regulatio...
DD payers display loyalty at renewal.
The insurance industry has been urged to ensure that it has the facilities in place to allow custome...
To the manor storm.
As the competition in the market hots up, Jonathan Swift explains why insurers are getting in a state over high net homes.
Genetics is a PR disaster just waiting to happen.
Insurers were warned they face a public relations disaster on the scale of the industry's approach t...