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Commentary - Can hostages claim damages?
Aeroplane hijacks are back in the news, and with them comes the question of what claims stem from su...
Iron Trades shares own experience.
Giles Quartly, liability manager, Iron Trades, said that it used an independent medical service base...
MSF furious over leaks.
Foul play is suspected over the timing of the CGNU deal. MSF national secretary Bill Walsh has wri...
£30m Olympic deal.
US insurer John Hancock has signed a new four-year deal to sponsor the Olympics - despite criticism ...
Appointment at Road Runner Insurance.
Specialist motor trade insurer Road Runner has promoted Jill Muncey from underwriting manager to ope...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Ian Henderson has been appointed as manager of Ecclesiastical Direct Personal Lines. He joined the c...
Provident accelerates to £25.4m
Provident Financial, which owns Provident Insurance, Colonnade Insurance Brokers and Colonnade Direct...
Appointment at CNA Insurance (Europe).
Martin Duffield has been made regional underwriting manager at the Birmingham office of CNA Insuranc...
Appointment at Zurich Personal Insurances.
Zurich Personal Insurances has made three new appointments. David Swann has been made underwriting m...
Body of evidence.
Companies offering rehabilitation services have track records proving their success rates. Now all they need, says Steve Banner, is for insurers to take notice of them.
Appointment at Tunbridge Wells Equitable.
Founder of The Independent newspaper Andreas Whittam Smith has been appointed to the board of Tunbri...
Exclusive - Estimating data now on Internet.
Software specialist ARCS has teamed up with motor repair research centre Thatcham to offer bodyshops...
Appointment at St Paul.
Gary Ennis has become St Paul's first ever appointment in Northern Ireland. The company has made ...
Appointment at Direct Line.
Mark Godfrey has been appointed as Direct Line's first e-commerce director of marketing. He has been...
Kent quits AKA.
The chairman of Anthony Kidd Agencies Alan Kent is to leave the company following AKA's recent restr...
Chubb's protection.
UK companies involved in exports and foreign direct investment can now call on Chubb MasterPackage s...
Appointment at Kwik-Fit Insurance Services.
Eric Sanderson has been appointed managing director of Kwik Fit Insurance Services. Mr Sanderson is ...
Perks of the job.
Scottish Widows is to perk up financial advisers' portfolios. The Perks venture, which puts togeth...
Working in fear.
A Home office report reveals people at work suffer disturbing levels of violence and threats from members of the public and suggests bosses could do more to tackle the problem. Roy Carter reports.
CGU to make play for pink pound
CGU is reported to be involved in talks with gay rights campaigner Ivan Massow who is behind an Inter...
Terra Nova hit by catastrophe and closure cost losses
Terra Nova has reported a net loss of $35m for 1999 as a result of heavy catastrophe losses and the c...
UK giants merge
UK insurers CGU and Norwich Union have announced they are to merge. The new company, CGNU, will be th...
Norwich Union and CGU merger talks
Norwich Union and CGU are reported to be in talks over a possible merger which would create the UK's ...
Cash for questions.
The City's finest minds will be gathering tonight at law firm Clifford Chance's annual quiz challeng...