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B&CE sparks annuity row.
A benefits provider has stoked up a pensions row by claiming that customers have been duped into buy...
Personal injury: doing the sums.
The House of Lords handed down its decision in Wells v Wells on 16 July 1998. From now on, the 3% di...
Industry loses in FSA battle.
The Policyholders Protection Board is to be scrapped as part of the wide-ranging shake-up of financi...
Murray merger: shareholders feel the benefit.
Angerstein Underwriting Trust has merged with Murray Lawrence after announcing its preliminary resul...
IMACS snapped up by Olympic.
Olympic Resources & Services has announced the acquisition of CMG's London market insurance product ...
Incentive scheme.
Every Legal & General Rainbow Policy sold through EDI earns Policy Master intermediaries Thomas Cook...
New owners say there is cash in kitty.
Willis Corroon has been told by its new owners there are additional funds available if the broker se...
Appointment at Pycraft & Arnold.
Mark Williamson has been named as Pycraft & Arnold's employee of the year. He was presented with his...
Medicine men.
All is not well in the insurance industry. As several new entrants consolidate their position, some of the traditional insurance and financial services have started shouting 'nurse'. Jonathan Swift discovers help is at hand.
Appointment at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field.
Patrick Devine has joined Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field as a partner in its London office. He r...
Admiral not setting sail from Brockbank.
The Brockbank Group has announced it has withdrawn from any further discussions with third parties o...
Bid to keep back money to fix mis-sellings causes Willis profits to
Willis Corroon saw its first half year profits dip for 1998 as it sought to reserve some £25m in the...
Insurance disc would be answer to problems.
In your last issue Andrew Newman (Making a Splash, PM, 23 July, pp 22/23) returns briefly to the lon...
Salvage boss blasts write-off prices.
Motor insurers have come under fire from one of the leading motor salvage companies for refusing to ...
Taking it to the LIMIT.
LIMIT plc has announced proposals to acquire all the capacity on the Bankside and Janson Green Syndi...
Wembe-glee over cup coup.
Axa has beaten off three rival bids to sign a four-year sponsorship of the FA Cup, Charity Shield, F...
Appointments at Provident Insurance.
Provident Insurance has made several appointments within its insurance division, which comprises Pro...
Caja Madrid deal lets Mapfre bank on growth.
Mapfre has strengthed its position in the Spanish insurance market through an agreement with Caja Ma...
Equity Red Star Probe.
Equity Red Star has become the latest insurer to use 'Probe', the insurance comprehensive electronic...
NIG poised to snap up Hibernian UK.
NIG Skandia was on the verge of agreeing a deal for the UK arm of Hibernian this week, allowing the ...
Can-Life cracks Y2K.
AMI Software has announced Canada Life is using its ACT Year 2000 compliance and software. As a resu...
Sterling pension.
IFA-only product provider Sterling has a new flexible unit-linked single contribution personal pensi...
Bennetts offers bikers six of the best.
Leading bike insurer Bennetts has launched a package offering motorcyclists enhanced levels of servi...
Conditional welcome.
Litigation Protection (LPL) has welcomed the Lord Chancellor's announcement to extend conditional fe...