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THE INDEPENDENT Tony Blair's plans to beat the Millennium Bug have hit their own problems. Plans ...
China's foreign trade on a roll.
In the 30 years since the Chinese government introduced an open-door policy and opened coastal citie...
IIB negotiates with Treasury.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is involved in detailed negotiations with the Treasury with a vie...
Excellent results for Zurich.
The insurance and financial services' arm of Zurich Financial Services, formerly the Zurich Group, h...
Astrology is not a load of Hong Kong phooey.
The excellent article on Hong Kong written by Jeremy Golden ('Risky Times In Hong Kong', PM, 27 Augu...
Appointment at Manches.
City and commercial law firm Manches has appointed Martin Benson as a partner. Mr Benson, who boasts...
M&G to launch high yield bond.
M&G Financial Services is set to launch a new high-yield corporate bond on the 28th September. Th...
Ceasefire between PIA and insurers at risk.
The fragile peace between the Personal Investment Authority and the PI insurers which cover IFAs is ...
Plane's system had shutdown.
The Swissair jet which crashed killing all 229 people on board suffered a crippling failure of its s...
Appliance call centre.
If your washing machine has got you in a lather, help is now at hand. Hotpoint, Creda, Cannon Ser...
Office shut down.
The Salvage Association has shut down its St Catherine's, Ontario office because of "changing patter...
French market shares world downturn.
Not deviating from the general negative downturn in global premiums, the latest figures from France ...
Appointment at Orion.
Orion Insurance has appointed Andre Dean as a non-standard underwriter in a bid to expand its underw...
Adjusting to a change in claims.
I find myself in the somewhat unusual position of being in agreement with at least part of Jeffrey S...
Law firm tackles credit hire crisis.
An insurance practice is to set up its own specialist credit hire division in an effort to join insu...
Uninsured drivers face heavier penalties.
The Government has announced plans to review the penalty structure for people caught driving uninsur...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Forte Software has announced the appointment of Tristram Spencer, a former pre-sales consultant to H...
Latest statistics cause gloom for marine underwriters.
Gloom was the theme when the American Institute of Marine underwriters unveiled its latest statistic...
PIA's £126k in fines.
The Personal Investment Authority has hit 34 small IFAs a total of £126,000 in the latest action res...
Hurricane thunders towards the Caribbean.
Loss adjusters were on standby this week as the most ferocious hurricane for almost a decade thunder...
Cash crisis hangs over Congress.
Delegates at the 19th conference of the East Asian Insurance Congress were in sombre mood this week ...
Exclusive - Crowe launches bid for RHA deal.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe is to launch a double business assault with the opening of a new Italian opera...
MBO at Lonham group.
Marine underwriting agent the Lonham Group has undergone a management buyout. The new team, of Micha...
Service critical as Crawford staff go.
Crawford-THG has sacked its London-based marketing department putting three employees out of work - ...