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A gloomy month with the worst flooding in half a century.
April witnessed the worst flooding since 1947, and as a result rivers burst their banks leaving hund...
Sedgwick to advise on health risks.
A new risk management consulting service for employee disability has been launched by Sedgwick Noble...
The hippy shippy shake.
Today's home incomes plans - or HIPs - have come a long way since the poor schemes of the past which put off many elderly people. With the Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) code of practice now in force, Keith Sankey says HIP-hip-hooray for HIPs.
L&G in £333m sale.
Legal & General last week agreed to sell its Australian subsidiary to Colonial Ltd for around £333m ...
Woeful show from BIIBA.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Soft drinks scare losing fizz.
Any claims resulting from the recent soft drinks cancer scare are likely to be made against Terra Ni...
Zurich launches CD-ROM for motorists.
In an attempt to reduce road accidents, Zurich, in association with training consultants Riva 4Di an...
Appointment at Lombard General.
Grant Whiskin has taken up the position of affinity/schemes operations manager based in Tonbridge. H...
It's a broker's life.
Norwich Union has launched a series of light-hearted, double page adverts featuring the trials and t...
Harding claim to go down in history.
Legal experts have warned insurers to brace themselves for the biggest compensation claim in history...
Why company wants staff with attitude.
Workers with positive attitude are more valuable then those with IT skills.
Novadigm into Europe.
Novadigm UK has signed a Europe-wide corporate reseller agreement with Computacenter, one of the UK'...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed Adam Gittins BSc CII AMIFS as strategic planning manager. He ...
J&H Marsh & McLennan organise Murder Mystery evening.
J&H Marsh & McLennan invited over 50 of its clients to a Murder Mystery evening aboard a train on th...
Retail warehouse floorspace in short supply.
Latest research reveals that, despite buoyant development activity levels, the amount of retail ware...
ZF denies reinsurance service cuts.
The Zurich Group has strongly denied reports that Eagle Star Re and Zurich Re are to be sold by the ...
Brokers need a balance of power and prescription.
Now the broker regulation ball is firmly back in the government's court, it is going to have to face...
The OFT report - is regulation the answer?
I couldn't help raising a wry smile at the publication of the Office of Fair Trading' report on the ...
GRIP offers extra AIDS protection.
Controversial underwriting agency GRIP has produced what it claimed to be the world's first income p...
Pension plan plea.
Over 15 million UK adults could save for their retirement but choose not to, according to new resear...
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...