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PIA action hangs over too-slow mis-selling firms.
Three firms could face action from the Personal Investment Authority after failing to meet the 30 Ju...
Worshipful Company of Insurers backs business school.
The country's newest business school is hoping to develop an internationally recognised centre of ex...
Error leaves pension firms quids-in.
Pensions firms are tens of thousands of pounds better off than they should be because of a flaw in t...
Brown backs Irvine.
Lloyd's underwriter Reg Brown has backed the Lord Chancellor's proposed reforms of legal aid. Speaki...
Medium is our message': Drewy's.
Independent brokers now have the opportunity to gain access to improved company profiles and sales f...
Shameful behaviour of so-called professionals.
An enjoyable evening at the British Insurance Awards at Grosvenor House last week was marred by one ...
Sky's the limit for Avon.
Avon recently gave some of its brokers a taste of the high life when they were given the opportunity...
Welcome for report.
A government report has laid out a bug-busting action plan for the millennium. The second Science...
An interesting look back in candour.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Reading the lead story from our issue of 21 July 1988 it is possible to see the seeds of Municipal Mutual's eventual destruction being sown as it distanced itself from its traditional local government base.
Irish Life MD's u-turn.
The managing director of Irish Life, David Went, has agreed to appear before a committee charged wit...
Insurers reeling from decisions.
Insurers have reacted with shock after a week which has seen two decisions which will cost the indus...
Boss buries past by moving RSA's cast of Westenders to Berkeley
"The past is the past" seems to be the emphatic message of Bob Mendelsohn's first six months in char...
CNA Re a 'worthy winner'.
London market reinsurer CNA Re pipped Lloyd's reinsurer Equitas to the winning post in the Internati...
Crash and burn.
At a time when the public expect compensation for merely being inconvenienced, professional, white-collar workers have never had it so bad. Simon Threadgold investigates how this has affected the professional indemnity market.
IPT loophole not to be jumped through.
The success of the Association of British Insurers in getting business travel insurance exempted fro...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Tim Dunn has joined Forte Software as senior sales executive. He will focus on the retail market for...
Company protection that's as easy as ABC.
Companies involved in a deal that which goes wrong can protect themselves against any costs incurred...
Hot architecture that's no igloo.
I see Lloyd's has settled its row with the architects of its distinctive Lime Street HQ. This was...
Stress-busting scheme.
AIG Europe has announced a proactive scheme to prepare businesses for the expected upsurge in claims...
Alliance: web-site launch.
The Yorkshire-based Broker Alliance, which was formed last year, has launched its first web-site "as...
Secret is homegrown talent.
The marketing skill of FMW International Insurance Brokers helped it to earn the title of Commercial...
New trends, newcomers and niggles.
So, do we haggle with Virgin for life or plump for the Post Office for health? Alex Broad finds out.
Eagle earns star for service but a cross for price.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Mum's the word for commission.
Pregnant women living in Northern Ireland are to be covered against illness during their pregnancy f...