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Jerrum lands Euro job.
Transamerica Insurance Finance Company (Europe) (TIFCO) has appointed Ian Jerrum as European operati...
Bowler's Irish Life hat.
Troubled Irish Life has recruited one of the country's most go-ahead businesswomen to the board of t...
Insurers light touch paper to end arson.
A national campaign has been launched today in an effort to cut the £51m bill for arson in schools. ...
Lincoln updates cover.
Lincoln, the first company to introduce critical illness cover to the UK in 1986, is updating its fl...
CIS staff reject pay action.
Financial sales advisers with Co-operative Insurance Service (CIS) are thought to have backed out of...
Counting himself lucky.
The chairman of Belgian company Fortis AG has been made a Count by King Albert II of Belgium. Mauric...
Womens' cancer cover.
Women suffering from breast cancer in Canada have been offered a new insurance policy. The policy, d...
Guardian Insurance employees overcame fear.
Two Guardian Insurance employees overcame their fear of heights to take a stroll down the side of th...
IBRC scrapping: BIIBA provides broker safety net.
The British Insurance and Investment Broker's Association (BIIBA) reacted to the Government's announ...
Jeers didn't ruin my award night, but they must stop.
As i unexpectedly found myself walking up to collect the British Insurance Award for Best Technology...
Report calls for pension reforms.
The elderly are already being forced to delve into their savings, or stay in hospital for months at ...
Y2K readiness website.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Year 2000 database is now live on its website. It contains...
Fixit package.
General Domestic Appliances, which owns Hotpoint, Creda, and Cannon Service, has launched a new repa...
Bosses score low on exam recognition.
Some things never change. 50 years ago regular columnist "Plaindealer" was lamenting the lack of man...
Pet site that's barking up the wrong tree.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Chaos could follow scrapping of IBRC.
There were grim warnings of "chaos and fragmentation" in the broker market following the government'...
Iron Trades put year 2000 plan into action.
Iron Trades and its supporting intermediaries have released the first phase of its plans to raise ye...
Insurers offer lifelines to cash-strapped customers.
Singapore-based insurance firms are being flexible with retrenched clients. Last year's redundanc...
A man with a team.
If Allan Bridgewater was the coach of a sports' team you'd put money on him being a cup winner, so strong is his belief in teamwork and getting the best from staff. David Worsfold reports.
Industry standards: vital.
Michael Gaughan, marketing director of Independent Insurance, said now was the time for the industry...
Promotion for Helen Liddell.
Former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Helen Liddell, has been promoted to Deputy Scottish Secre...
Market stunned by £851m buyout.
Willis Corroon stunned the market when it announced it had been sold to a US buyout specialist backe...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Edwin High has been appointed commercial division, regional service centre director for the east of ...
IBRC out as industry looks ahead.
Economic secretary Helen Liddell scrapped the Insurance Brokers Registration Council and told the in...