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Insurers in push for safer cars.
The insurance industry has been urged to "yield its considerable influence" to place additional pres...
Engineering cover.
NIG Skandia will be adding engineering cover to its portfolio from 1 July. NIG Skandia promises to o...
Underwriters given sharp reminder of the Year 2000 problem.
London market underwriters were given another sharp reminder of the Year 2000 problem when they atte...
Technology could signal the end for motor brokers.
Advances in new technology could see motor insurance broking become a thing of the past, according t...
Siebel/Scopus merger.
Siebel Systems and Scopus Technology have completed the merger of Scopus and a subsidiary of Siebel ...
Appointment at Arnold Fisher.
Bill Boyce has been made manager of Arnold Fisher Insurance Services' travel department. He has 25 y...
Info centre thinks big.
Information services leader EDS is adding Forte skills to its large systems delivery capabilities, a...
Call for LTCI subsidy.
Commercial Union is pushing for government support in the form of tax concessions for long-term care...
ACIS offers peace of mind abroad.
Age Concern Insurance Services (ACIS) has introduced a European extension to its motor breakdown pol...
GRE paves way for US expansion.
Guardian Royal Exchange has undertaken a major overhaul of its North American business which has see...
Burke Ford acquisition.
Burke Ford insurance has agreed to buy the issued share capital of Lloyd's brokers Ian McCall Holdin...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Sara Crowhurst has joined Joslin Rowe as a trainee recruitment consultant at its insurance offices. ...
Business as usual for Indonesia adjusters.
It's business as usual for insurance loss adjusters in strife-torn Indonesia as the country catches ...
Appointment at Morgan Bruce.
Tim Jones has been made a partner at Morgan Bruce. A member of the insurance department, he joined t...
Insurers get clear Windows.
Software giant Microsoft has announced its Windows Distributed Internet Applications architecture (W...
NU offers more options.
Norwich Union Healthcare is changing its Safeguard income protection product to allow IFAs to choose...
Extra help with asset protection.
A publication aimed at insurers and brokers that provides specifiers of security products with a gui...
Appointment at Lonsdale BMH.
Michael Ball has become a director at Lonsdale BMH, the Lloyd's umbrella broker. Mr Ball joins from ...
Insurers set to profit from peace.
Northern Ireland may not have a huge insurance industry, but its longstanding troubles have made it a demanding market. Local expertise will be essential as peace gains a foothold, says Denis Loretto.
London market votes.
Ballot forms have been issued to members of LIRMA (the London International Insurance and Reinsuranc...
Nationwide enters direct motor insurance.
Nationwide Building Society has entered the direct motor insurance market, and confidently claimed "...
Private pensions boost Standard Life.
A boom in individual pensions business of 32% has helped boost Standard Life's half-yearly figures b...
Why we flew to the aid of travel operator in trouble.
We act as guarantors of various travel companies who are required to provide guarantees to the Civil...
Looking back at the Prudential.
I am a great believer in trying to preserve and promote the great heritage of the insurance industry...