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Appointment at Pycraft & Arnold.
Tom Battell is to be a director of Pycraft & Arnold based at their specialist adjusting services div...
An inferno at poultry processing plant.
An inferno at The Banham Poultry processing plant near Attleborough in Norfolk killed 250 chickens a...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Hiscox has appointed Bill Katesmark to the position of senior hull underwriter. Mr Katesmark join...
Safetynet urges talks.
Insurers have been urged to talk with the business continuity industries to develop more effective r...
Debits In Credit.
With the premium finance market becoming more competitive, providers are giving the brokers what they want - a fuss-free computerised service with a personal touch, explains Jonathan Swift.
Germany takes control.
In the second part of our German focus, Dr Helmut Muller looks at the issue of prudential supervision.
We are ready and more than willing to end this shambles'.
With the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council in meltdown, Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, explains how his organisation is primed to step into the regulatory breach.
PIA to target pensions drawdown market.
The Personal Investment Authority (PIA) is set to clampdown on the controversial £4bn pensions drawd...
CNA Financial jobs go.
Chicago-based CNA Financial, one of the largest commercial insurers in the United States, announced ...
Pension warning.
The National Association of Pension Funds has said the government's proposals for pension sharing on...
£20m for brothers.
A California jury has awarded £20m to two brothers molested by their parish priest. John and James H...
Coffee drinking: not for the faint-hearted.
The evils of caffeine were highlighted in Post as far back as a hundred years ago. Readers were warn...
Household extension.
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a three year extension to their existing household insurance part...
FSM slots into specialist area.
Feasey Slot Management (FSM) is to launch an underwriting accident and health specialist business. ...
PIA red faced after accusing innocent firm of mis-selling.
An administrative foul-up led to one small financial firm being wrongly branded a mis-selling miscre...
Issues and withdrawals.
The Treasury has released details of the issue and withdrawal of authorisations under the Insurance ...
IFAs set for phase 2 fight.
Independent financial advisers have come out fighting saying that many innocent IFAs will be put out...
Zurich merger is go.
The planned merger of Zurich Group with BAT Industries is set to go ahead following a successful sha...
Adam Richardson finished second.
Post Magazine-sponsored Porsche Carrera driver Adam Richardson stormed to a second position finish i...
IIB cannot be all things to all brokers.
As a member of the Institute of Insurance Brokers for a few years, I find the attempts of the IIB to...
ILU's bid to get cash from members hits new problems.
The Institute of London Underwriters' hopes of raising cash from members to pay for outstanding liab...
Record profits for ECI.
The Equitable Companies Incorporated achieved record operating profits, revenues and assets for the ...
Tax advantages of sleeping partners.
The courts make a clear distinction between tax avoidance and fraudulent behaviour, and are realistic when calculating damages for loss of earnings, says Ken Cannar.
Appointment at Swiss Life.
David Holloway has joined the Swiss Life Investment Services team as investment services marketing m...