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Redundancies at Zurich as offices set to close
Zurich Financial Services announced today that it is to close four of its locations, affecting approx...
CGU gets go ahead for Hibernian buy
Insurer CGU's acquisition of Ireland's Hibernian Group has been given the green light by the European...
Old Mutual to takeover Gerrard
Old Mutual is to takeover the UK's Gerrard Group in a £525m agreed deal. Old Mutual chairman and ch...
New travel link.
Independent Insurance has redesigned its website, www.independent-insurance.co.uk. The site now i...
Restructuring theory put into practice.
Law firm Weightmans has kicked off 2000 by revamping its insurance practice. The practice is now ...
Insurers face personal injury burden.
Insurers are in for a "hammering" if judges decide that the level of personal injury awards are too ...
Ups and downs of aviation losses.
Commercial aviation losses in 1999 cost insurers $1.8bn (£1.2m) compared with $1.9bn in 1998. But...
What the Papers Say.
INDEPENDENT The art world is to introduce stringent new checks on the origins of paintings for au...
Aon has the power.
Aon Consulting has taken over the administration of National Power's pension scheme. The scheme, wit...
Insurer loses Lunn Poly deal.
Bishopsgate has lost out to GE Financial Insurance in its bid to retain its £100m-a-year travel insu...
Net, not street.
Internet shopping will have completely replaced the high street for the purchase of car insurance wi...
How Saturday became fund day.
I was very interested in the Review of the Century issue, (PM 7 January) and in particular the refer...
Favourite to buy.
South African insurance company Santam is the front runner to buy Guardian National from owner Axa a...
Chauffuerplan puts motorists in driving seat.
Longford Insurance Schemes has developed a policy to keep motorists mobile when they are unable to d...
Am Re to pick up stress tab.
American Reinsurance is to pay the bill for the UK's largest stress-related claim after Randy Ingram...
Star on the TV.
Direct insurer Eagle Star is to launch an interactive digital TV service in the spring to promote it...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Kieran Rigby has been appointed managing director of GAB Robins' Scully Tyrrell branch in the Republ...
Appointment at Atrium Underwriting.
Imogen Lyndon Skeggs has joined Atrium's Syndicate 570 as personal accident and kidnap & ransom unde...
Norman's revamp.
Norman Insurance has revamped its motor trade products to reflect the latest industry practices. Its...
Compensation not costs.
Insurers can significantly reduce the cost of handling employers' liability claims by putting the well-being and rehabilitation of victims at the heart of the claims process, argues Ashton West.
Agency is positive outlook is negative.
The German life insurance sector is facing a shake-out due to increasing competition and the challen...
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
Specialist Lloyd's broker RL Davison & Co has recruited Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administratio...
Bogus clinic stole millions.
A bogus medical clinic in a Brooklyn basement has been accused of bleeding insurers dry. A civil ...
Industry initiative to speed up Internet
The Association of British Insurers and Polaris have initiated a project to accelerate the use of In...