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Mixed reception for CAT-marking.
Reaction to the CAT-mark ranged from the enthusiastic to the condemnatory. Family Assurance Frien...
Let's make CGU the BMW of insurance': Schrauwers.
The managing director of CGU Insurance, Cees Schrauwers, called on delegates at its Club Elite confe...
Redesign gives 25% free cover.
Berkeley Alexander has redesigned its premier mortgage protection contract, Safetyfirst, to provide ...
Why risk management is coming of age.
Your Risk Management Supplement (17 Sept) highlighted the relationship between insurers and risk man...
Treasury says IBRC will continue after October.
The Treasury moved into action this week to clarify the position of the Insurance Brokers Registrati...
Racy stuff from Adam on eve of contest's final round.
While Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen were fighting for Formula One glory in Germany, managemen...
Clerical Medical launches website.
Clerical Medical has launched its website, which contains information which the company claims will ...
Appointment at First City.
First City brokers has made four appointments to its board of directors. They are Kelvin Curran, ...
Laing leaves Lombard.
Andy Laing, Lombard General managing director, has retired after serving the industry for nearly 40 ...
Georges breezes into the record books.
Hurricane Georges has become the fifth most expensive natural disaster of all time. Estimates from t...
Appointment at RB Hawkins & Associates.
Peter Reupke has joined the Cambridge fire investigation office of RB Hawkins & Associates. Previous...
CAT marking will leave ISAs with much less than nine lives.
The ISA CAT is out of the bag - and a pretty mangy beast it looks too. Just how this complex set of ...
Appointment at Amhurst Brown Colombotti.
Eric Gummers has been made a partner with ABC. He joins from Rowe & Maw where he trained and became ...
Appointment at Davies.
Mike Dawson has been made branch manager at the Leeds office of Davies Loss Adjusters. He started hi...
Zurich replaces chief.
Zurich Financial Services has moved quickly to replace chief financial officer Markus Rohrbasser fol...
Aon hosts conference.
This week senior risk managers and underwriters will attend the Latin American Energy Insurance Semi...
What the papers say.
THE SUN Impressionist Joe Longthorne has been kicked out of his temporary home after theatre boss...
Appointment at Manches & Co.
Martin Benson has joined Manches as a partner to help develop its insurance group. Previously he was...
Appointment at Cornhill Insurance.
Bruce Fertnig has been made branch manager at the London branch of Cornhill Insurance. He joins the ...
Culture shock.
Who are the Chartered Insurance Institute's stakeholders, asks incoming president Andrew Lund. On the eve of the CII's conference he explains to David Worsfold the cultural shift that the institute must go through.
Cornhill denies work reforms.
Cornhill has denied the axing of an estimated 20 surveyors as part of its plans to reduce the number...
Resourcing needs to surge in wake of Y2K and EMU.
Insurance companies expect their resourcing needs to increase after Y2K and EMU problems are out of ...
Teeside opening.
Churchill has expanded its operation to Teeside by opening a customer service unit paving the way fo...
Appointment at Lyons Davidson.
Richard Charles and Mark Rivers have been made partners at Lyons Davidson Solicitors. Former police ...