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Once FOG clears everyone will see why consumer standards are best for
Your very solemn leader ('Mark of a misguided man', PM, 12 Feb, p17) is one of the most persuasive a...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Graham Harvey has been appointed assistant general manager, strategic planning, by Friends Provident...
Appointment at Angerstein Underwriting Trust.
Angerstein Underwriting Trust has appointed Nicholas Browne BA ACII as a director of JE Mumford (Und...
Takeover of SIAC almost in the bag.
AGF Credit assurance unit, Euler, said it was close to taking control of Italy's SIAC in which it ho...
New IFA services.
IFA Portfolio is planning to launch a new company to provide a spread of services for directly regul...
BSM to 'get inside drivers' minds'.
BSM Fleet Training has teamed up with fleet insurance broker Aon Risk Services, along with six other...
More cyber cover on the cards.
Following the success of 'cyber insurance', Eagle Star Direct has announced it will be launching a t...
Kids' safety in action.
Lombard General Insurance is to sponsor the tenth annual "Safety In Action" competition, designed to...
A plan for the future.
Component-based IT development is likely to be the main mechanism which will ensure insurers cope wi...
Front office software.
Applix, Inc has announced the launch of Applix Enterprise CIS, a new breed of customer interaction s...
Heath joins BIPAR.
Garry Heath, chief executive of the IFA Association, has been appointed the first ever European fina...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Sally Hudson has become the first specialist resource manager to be appointed by Winchester White. S...
Major storm warning for UK.
A full moon, high tides and freak winds at the end of March could add up to a catastrophe, weather e...
"We'll keep branches", vows insurance giant.
The giant insurer being created by the merger of Commercial Union and General Accident will remain c...
Abbey looking to stake its claim in insurance sector.
Abbey National is looking for an insurance acquisition as it seeks to expand its operations. As t...
Through the keyhole.
Minimal access surgery claims have accelerated over the last seven years, according to the Medical D...
Pru says it has no plans to move on societies.
Prudential revealed an increased profit from its continuous business for last year. But the group...
Employer did not have to be site owner to sue contractor.
The Court of Appeal, considering a claim under a building contract, held that an employer was not de...
Britannic hit by big PIA fine.
Britannic Assurance has been fined a record amount of over half a million pounds by the Personal Inv...
Insurers see clearly now rain has gone.
Storm chaos resulting from El Nino in the Pacific Ocean, will not spell total disaster for insurers,...
London boss hit by delay.
The selection of a chief executive for the new trade association to be created by the merger of the ...
Eddie George warns on year 2000.
Bank of England Governor Eddie George has refused to rule out "taking on a more explicit co-ordinati...
Cowboy drivers to be weeded out.
Highway Motor Policies has warned that the government's new regulations for the mini cab market must...
Better late than never.
Recent years have seen the introduction to the UK of after-the-event legal contracts. Simon Threadgold looks at their short history and what effects they might bring in the future.