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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...
Extortion goes ahead.
A specialist insurance and reinsurance underwriter of kidnap & ransom and extortion coverage has bee...
AIDS/HIV cover.
Britain's fastest growing friendly society, the Tunbridge Wells Equitable, has introduced new AIDS/H...
B'ham is first Euro site.
Image Systems Solutions (ISS) a subsidiary of IKON Office Solutions and business partner of IBM, has...
Commercial Union insures convoy.
Commercial Union has insured a ten truck convoy which has set off to bring vital aid to war-torn Kos...
Minister backs new report on stakeholders.
A new report on the future of stakeholder pensions, which had been prepared for the Humber & Lincoln...
Warning over data bill.
Employment lawyer Olga Aikin has warned bosses to act quickly in order to prepare themselves for new...
Appointment at Guardian Insurance.
Nick Weaver has been appointed regional development director for the Midlands for Guardian Insurance...
Hitting a high note.
Behind the glittering night which marks the culmination of The British Insurance Awards is a year of hard work by organisers, entrants and winners. David Worsfold reports.