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Teaching insurers a lesson.
When Hugh Sutherland came to the Association of Insurance Teachers and Trainers he found it lacking direction. Now his radical plans are reviving it. Alex Broad reports.
£4bn in premiums.
The Gerling Group, which insures all corporate and personal risks, generated total premiums of nearl...
Failure to buy GAN has silver lining': Generali.
Generali may have lost out in the 'Battle of France', but it believes the failure to acquire GAN has...
Nearly 50% of employees expect a jobs boom in their workplace.
Almost half of the employees questioned in a recent survey expect to see an increase in employment l...
Experts clash on insurance.
US banks' fight with federal authorities for the right to sell life insurance under one roof took a ...
NPI calls for benchmarked pensions.
Pension providers have been warned to produce simplified products and information for customers, by ...
Poor advice given to industry employees.
While visiting the Millennium Dome, Institute of Insurance Brokers' director general Andrew Paddick ...
Wellington boots motor to Crowe.
Crowe has swooped to take over Wellington's motor business which has been off-loaded by the company ...
Generali axes London jobs.
Italian insurer Generali is to axe 80 jobs out of 340 from its London operation as part of massive r...
Charity golf day a hit.
Broker J&H Marsh & McLennan paired up with insurers Zurich to sponsor a special charity golf day in ...
Real IPT danger may be lost among scare stories.
The row about the imposition of higher rate Insurance Premium Tax on travel insurance, extended warr...
Things can only get better.
Having been a consistent and keen advocate of the merger of the various London market representative...
Fine art ownership.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched the first dedicated defective title policy that fully reimbur...
Tees off to Gleneagles.
A competition win has enabled a Southampton broker to take a trip to the home of golf. Ian Richie of...
Welcome changes.
The chairman of the Bermuda International Business Association has welcomed recent changes to the Co...
CILA members told to change with the times.
Firmly established members of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) have been warned to b...
Got a brand new combine harvester?
If so, Summit at Lloyd's will be pleased to insure it for you under its new Countrywise Insurance pr...
Lloyds TSB top corporate donor in financial sector.
Newly-created drinks company Diageo has emerged as corporate UK's largest single corporate donor, do...
Bitterness increases over premium taxes.
The German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicheringswirtshaft) is stepping up...
Appointment at Lombard General.
Bryan Stewart FCII has become claims manager for Lombard General, becoming a member of Lombard's gen...
Appointment at INDECS.
Ian Willcocks has joined the risk management team at INDECS from Sedgwick Bankrisk, where he spent 1...
Appointment at Harwell Drying Restoration.
Chemical engineer Stefan Alsop has taken up the newly-created post of divisional manager with Harwel...
Appointment at Kiln.
Mark Williams has joined Kiln as professional & financial risks underwriter after leaving Royal Sun ...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Sherwood International has appointed John Loewenberg as a non-executive director to spearhead its gl...