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NU's new web site.
Norwich Union Direct has launched a new Internet site (www.norwich-union.co.uk/direct) which it said...
Zurich drops 'disability' definition.
Zurich Life has dropped the definition 'disability' in favour of 'unfit for work' as part of a new r...
Equitable Life's rating at risk.
Credit agencies are reassessing the ratings of some life insurers amid growing concern about the imp...
Appointment at Methodist Insurance.
Ron Barnet has been promoted from product development officer to underwriting manager at Methodist I...
CGU Life's sponsorship of National Cricket League.
Negotiations for CGU Life's sponsorship of the new National Cricket League took almost as long as a ...
Appointment at CS Rand.
Bernie Hopkins has been made managing director of CS Rand. Previously he was the company's finance u...
Vote of confidence for Polaris.
Polaris, which was set up to provide common standards in electronic trading services, has said it pl...
Tracker signal led police to crime ring.
A stolen truck's £360 Tracker device helped police smash a £2.5m vehicle crime ring, Warwickshire Cr...
Condemnation of hike in IPT.
The Post team reports on insurers' reactions to Tuesday's Budget.
Taking it like a man.
A new survey has discovered what women have known for years - most men have the morals of an unscrup...
New claims player.
A new claims settlement and service company, European Claims Organisation, has entered the market pl...
Bid to cut deaths.
Royal & Sun Alliance Engineering has devised a range of services to reduce the number of injuries an...
Aon hits the road with haulage cover.
The Road Haulage Association has struck a deal with Aon Risk Services to provide a new range of insu...
Art code approval.
Fine art insurer Hiscox has given its support to a new set of voluntary art codes aimed at reducing ...
Two clauses, one policy: total cover.
Cigna International has launched DataGuard, a policy which provides protection for a company's softw...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Brian King has been made public affairs manager at Ecclesiastical Insurance. He has been responsible...
ULR now ClaimTec.
ULR Services has changed its name to ClaimTec in a move aimed at reflecting its increased portfolio....
MIRAS scrapped.
The widely-tipped scrapping of mortgage interest relief came to pass in Gordon Brown's second Budget...
Car costs not really courteous.
The real cost of providing a courtesy car averages £370 a month per car - or £12.50 per day for a ba...
Union supports scrapping sales force.
A union chief has backed United Assurance's decision to scrap it's door-to-door sales force, even th...
Gemini's see stars.
Drivers with the Gemini star sign are the most likely to be involved in an accident according to a s...
And on the wane - CGU.
CGU announced a pre-tax operating profit of £768m for 1998 last week, down from £1238m last year. Th...
Jardine Lloyd Thompson sponsor category.
Insurance and reinsurance brokers Jardine Lloyd Thompson sponsored the Best Insurance Submission cat...
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle to manage claim.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle has been instructed to manage the claim resulting from a war...