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Georges breezes into the record books.
Hurricane Georges has become the fifth most expensive natural disaster of all time. Estimates from t...
Appointment at RB Hawkins & Associates.
Peter Reupke has joined the Cambridge fire investigation office of RB Hawkins & Associates. Previous...
What the papers say.
THE SUN Impressionist Joe Longthorne has been kicked out of his temporary home after theatre boss...
Cornhill denies work reforms.
Cornhill has denied the axing of an estimated 20 surveyors as part of its plans to reduce the number...
Appointment at Lyons Davidson.
Richard Charles and Mark Rivers have been made partners at Lyons Davidson Solicitors. Former police ...
When poisoning was a bitter pill for insurers.
"Poisoning and Life Assurance" was the heading at the top of page 2 of Post Magazine of Saturday 7 October 1848. The article reflected the growing concern that the industry was the subject of a rash of suspicious claims.
Fears come true as Treasury sinks CAT claws into ISAs.
Rumours that the government might back down on its proposed benchmarks for its new Individual Saving...
From zero to insurance heroes.
The Government could become a hero to the insurance world if its plans to crack down on crime are ef...
Motor insurance losses reached £1.2bn in 1997.
Motor insurance losses in the UK reached record levels of £1.2bn last year, matching the figures of ...
One day all web sites will be like this'.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Lincoln Financial Group to sponsor rugby league test series.
Financial services provider Lincoln Financial Group has converted a major deal after announcing it w...
Drivers shop around.
The AA has revealed motorists are looking to an increasing number of companies for quotes each renew...
Drivers need to be enlightened.
Drivers need to be enlightened in order to make the roads safer and help put a brake on the rising c...
Sedgwick/IBM team up.
Sedgwick and IBM have joined forces to develop a comprehensive consulting and risk transfer service ...
The high and highs of drug-enhancement.
Smoking and the use of drugs to enhance performance are two regular talking points nowadays. It migh...
Long-term costs.
As long-term care insurance slowly makes its mark, Simon Threadgold looks at the providers' activities ahead of the Royal Commission in December.
Reinsurance and ART boundaries are blurring'.
As the market thrives, Alternative Risk Transfer becomes more difficult to distinguish from conventi...
Masters of disasters.
Zurich Municipal has launched a disaster recovery plan for housing associations. It will enable t...
Navigators & General launches web site.
Yachting and motorboat insurers Navigators & General has launched a web site complete with hyperlink...
Colonia Baltica celebrates.
Colonia Baltica was celebrating after its yacht sailed to victory in the annual Ward Evans regatta i...
Committee to study bid.
Cendant's bid for the Royal Automobile Club has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Committe...
Teamwork brings down gang of thieves.
An international gang of plant and equipment thieves and smugglers has been busted following a combi...
Policy Master poaches Dodds to head City base.
Software house Policy Master is to open an office in the heart of the City and has recruited former ...
Adjusters: dependent or independent?
Geoffrey Salmon's letter (Independence day is over for adjusters, PM, 17 Sept, p22) highlights the t...