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A disastrous year.
We may not yet have witnessed the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but natural disasters in 1999 hav...
Drive by Compass.
Lloyd's consortium manager Compass Underwriting has launched a special insurance scheme, developed t...
Public is ignorant of Y2K cover.
Consumers have been left in the dark regarding any exposure to Y2K liabilites. According to a sur...
X-citing choice.
Xelector, the European online marketplace for financial services, has chosen systems provider and in...
JLT chooses T&CA.
It's a deal. Chris Caine, managing director of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Corporate Risk, shakes ...
Going somewhere?
This year has seen much debate over long term care, but has it actually offered any benefits for the elderly or those who provide the sector's products? Andrew Chapman looks back on 12 months of talk.
Register helps police jail machinery thieves.
Three crooks got a total of 11 years in jail this week thanks to the National Plant & Equipment Regi...
Windsor change
Independent broker Windsor said a strong showing in its sports and professional indemnity portfolio h...
CGU auction move
Insurer CGU is to launch an Internet auction business in January. It is to set up a website to help ...
Rising champs.
Key Choice is targeting private and professional landlords with a new scheme. The plan provides cove...
A world's first?
Comverse Infosys claims to have introduced the world's first call recording system to support multip...
Show faith in salvage firms.
The vehicle salvage industry is overcoming its old stigmas, says Alan Greenouff.
Coversure At The Movies.
Oh my god, they've stolen Kenny! The death-stalked star of the cartoon series South Park and his fri...
Mortgage firms in rush to ditch endowments.
The future of endowment mortgages looks grim as sales slump and lenders queue up to ditch them. E...
Simple but effective.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Hiscox.
David Turner has become construction underwriter at Hiscox Syndicate 33. Mr Turner joins the insurer...
Star backs Bennetts.
Motorbike insurance specialist Bennetts has added fuel to a campaign to make cycling safer. Diesel (...
ABI hits back at law firm.
The Association of British Insurers has denied a law firm's claim that motorists will lose out if th...
Integration over.
Zurich Financial Services has concluded the integration of its motoring engineering function with Ea...
InsuranceWide.Com.
UK Internet business Freeserve, GlobalNetFinancial.com and Cox Insurance have teamed up to develop I...
AA's new quotes.
The AA has launched new business quotations for all its 15 home insurers on Polaris. It follows the ...
Cable car cash.
Families of the 20 people who died when a US Marines jet clipped a cable car line in the Alps are se...
Calling home for success.
Call centre managers expect the number of teleworkers to increase ten-fold, according to a recent survey. Alex Broad explains.
Crisis-busters.
The general insurance market is going to have to become a "crisis alleviator" to improve underwritin...