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Sedgwick profits slump.
Sedgwick has reported a slump in profit before tax in the unaudited results for the first three mont...
National grid contract.
Rand Information Systems has won a £250,000 contract from National Grid to re-engineer a key mainfra...
Accidents will happen.
As the 'someone's-to-blame, so someone must pay' mentality seems to grow, Ken Cannar outlines the forseeability factor, which allows the legal profession to accept that there are some situations in which it is impossible to apportion fault.
Customers to benefit.
The agenda for change in Ireland will deliver real benefits for improvements to customer service, sa...
Playing FTSE over the table.
A new EMU equity index has been launched to coincide with the first nations signing up to the single...
Appointment at Willet & Ross.
Jonathan Willet has joined the broker founded by his father in 1970. A graduate in business manag...
Exclusive - Liability fears over World Cup.
German insurers Albingia is drawing up a revolutionary new capacity plan in preparation for the foot...
Health plan to rub you up the right way.
Pensioners crippled by painful corns or young couples stiff and in need of a massage will be able to...
Announcing another statement.
It is getting difficult to keep up with the barrage of government announcements about the future sha...
Canadians buy Hambro for £86m.
Months of speculation over the future of Hambro Insurance Services have ended with the announcement ...
Appointment at Lombard General.
Graham Hooper has joined Lombard General Insurance as marine cargo underwriter. He has 12 years e...
King trial: false signing.
One of the witnesses in the second trial of US boxing promoter Don King for alleged insurance fraud ...
Data protection guide.
Avon has published a data protection leaflet aimed at giving brokers general advice and guidelines a...
Birth of a dream scheme.
I was interested to see Henry Harris' letter (Standing up for loss assessors, PM, 23 April, p16), an...
Appointment at Kennedys.
Kennedys has promoted four assistant solicitors to partners. Nina Gaston qualified as a solicitor in...
Appointment at Independent.
Independent Insurance has made several new appointments. Janet Stansfield has been made executive ma...
Hard up over impotence.
US insurers are reviewing their position with regard to the anti-impotence pill Viagra because of it...
Policy Master intends to float on the AIM.
Insurance technology provider, Policy Master announced it intends to float on the Alternative Invest...
TIFCO staff defect to rival.
Management at TIFCO have been rocked by the shock defection of most of its sales staff and managing ...
Everybody's talking at me.
The telephone has become perhaps the most valuable business-selling tool to companies, and more insurers are exploiting its benefits through call centres. Alex Miller reports.
LAVA deal in full flow.
Life insurance administration is about to become simpler following the announcement of a business pa...
CIS enjoys business boom.
A record surplus on life assurance and pensions business of £667m, alongside a 38% rise in new life,...
World Cup firm hopes to score with strategy.
Sybase, the official software provider for this year's World Cup, has announced that it has created ...
Stage is set for industry's Oscar night.
The hundreds of entries to the 1998 British Insurance Awards have been whittled down to just 54 - wi...