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Appointment at Co-operative Insurance.
David Grattan Bsc ACA has been made chief accountant with Co-operative Insurance Society. He succeed...
£53m Allianz reserves.
German insurer Allianz AG has announced that its global hidden reserves neared £53.5bn at the end of...
New Safetynet services.
Safetynet has introduced two new consulting services, Business Continuity Programme Management and B...
CILA rules just fine as they are.
I read with interest the letter from Malcolm Harvey (Qualified staff bound to be best, PM, 21 May, p...
Cap Gemini profits up.
Europe's largest computer services and business consultancy, Cap Gemini, achieved its best performan...
CTC software to speed up Review.
The software supplier to the pensions mis-selling review, Chambers Townsend Consultancy (CTC), has u...
Claims reign in Spain.
Spain is the hotspot for travel insurance claims, accounting for a staggering 32% of all claims sett...
Ginger Spice' leaves group.
Insurers are bracing themselves for a potential multi-million pound pay-out after the disclosure tha...
NACOSS is to sponsor next year's BIIBA conference.
NACOSS (National Approval Council for Security Systems) is to be a sponsor of next year's BIIBA conf...
Leicester fraud gang is jailed.
A gang behind a string of insurance frauds in the Leicester area was jailed this week as a judge rev...
Brown backs extension of tax Arbitration Convention.
One major achievement of the UK's presidency of the European Union has been the extension of the 'Ar...
MSF aims for the century.
White collar union MSF has predicted it will soon have over 100 MPs supporting it's campaign to forc...
OFT threatens health insurers.
Come up with a fair code of practice or face full statutory regulation - that's the stark choice fac...
London still Europe's finance centre.
Despite the UK standing aside from the first wave of European Monetary Union, London's strength and traditions should allow it to remain the continent's capital of finance. Francis Higney reports.
Crawford eyes ACI adjusters.
Crawford & Company, parent group of Crawford-THG, has signed a letter of intent to acquire ACI Adjus...
Columbia office opens.
Latin American Reinsurance Company, the new Bermuda reinsurer specialising in Latin American risks, ...
Canada Life buys Crown.
The jewels in Crown Life's insurance operations have been acquired by Canada Life, who will now take...
FSA takes self-regulators and banks under its wing.
The financial Services Authority has begun flexing its regulatory arm by assuming responsibility fro...
FSA's new powers are made official.
The speedy reassurance from Alistair Darling, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, that the Financial Se...
Brokers urge business reforms.
The Treasury has received a series of 'hard-hitting' letters and views from broker bodies, outlining...
Salvage company to make debut.
The late 1980s were a time of momentous change in the motor salvage market when sale by auction firs...
Appointment at Carmichaels.
Paul Weston has joined Carmichaels as a claims adjuster. Previously he worked for Cunningham Benyon ...
NIB acquires L&C.
Legal & Contingency Ltd has been bought from the Dawson Granville Group with existing business and s...
GAN to offer all risks cover for retail chains.
GAN Insurance is targeting retail chains with the launch of a new comprehensive business package, Mu...