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£2.5bn settlement.
The makers of the controversial diet drug 'fen-phen', American Home Products, has filed a memorandum...
Wake of Hurricane Floyd.
One Bahama's resident returned to find a beached yacht in her backyard in the wake of Hurricane Floy...
French enter fight for Italian insurer.
The battle for Italian insurer Istituto Nazionale Delle Assicurazione took another turn last week wh...
CGU replaces Tony Cornell
Insurance giant CGU has appointed John Bissell to replace Tony Cornell as head of broker relations. M...
Abbey National denies bid for Legal & General
Abbey National has denied rumours circulating at the weekend that it plans to bid for life and pensio...
AMP to acquire GIO
Exit mechanism proposed for GIO shareholders
Still time to be at fraud forum.
There is still time to book your place at the Post Magazine Insurance Fraud Up-date on 14 October at...
Appointment at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Dispute resolution partner Simon Twigden has been named partner in charge of Addleshaw Booth & Co's ...
Cox blames drop on tough conditions
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Cox Insurance Holdings has recorded a drop in first half operating profit ...
And Lord said ...
Julie Lord, outgoing president of the Institute of Financial Planning, opened the 1999 IFP conferenc...
Site doesn't travel well.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Four join panel.
Acoat Bodyshop Services has recruited four new members to help it cope with a rise in business. RS J...
Deal to give ATT members cover discounts.
The Association of Accounting Technicians has joined forces with Marsh Private Client Services to pr...
Ecclesiastical engineers partnership.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has struck a deal with Hartford Steam Boiler, an international engineering ...
Zurich boosts critical cover.
Zurich Life is set to launch a revised range of critical illness products through its independent fi...
Lucky escape for insurers.
Insurers may have got off relatively lightly in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, which swept along the e...
If there's smoke ...
It is time for a serious debate in the insurance press on the merits of greater sprinkler use. The r...
Chubb reaches out.
Chubb is to promote itself in Europe for the first time with a major new advertising campaign. The m...
Crack subsidence and claims will fall.
Insurers must crackdown on unnecessary subsidence remedial work to push down household premiums, say...
Northern Ireland last stop for Countrywide.
Countrywide insurance is rounding off its 1999 roadshow with a visit to Northern Ireland on 6 Octobe...
Plans to cut crime against parked vehicles.
The government is set to announce a nationwide plan to cut crime against parked vehicles. The Home O...
On the move to LUC.
The contingency underwriting team at Lombard and Gan has moved into the London Underwriting Centre a...
Winds of change in climate knowledge.
The International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics, called The Geneva Association, held a two-day seminar in London last week, hosted by industry specialists Eastgate Assistance. Francis Higney and Jonathan Swift report.
The Uninsured Drivers Agreement comes into force.
The Uninsured Drivers Agreement comes into force next month and will see the victims of road traffic...