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Appointment at Chapman Everatt.
Graeme Middleton has joined the Birmingham office of solicitors Chapman Everatt as a partner. He wil...
Zurich names its partners.
Zurich Financial Services has appointed both Cunningham Ellis & Buckle and McLarens Toplis as prime ...
Anatole Kaletsky delivers opening address.
Economist and Times newspaper commentator Anatole Kaletsky delivered the opening address at PIMS. He...
All systems go.
If interruptions win the day, it could bring an end to your business.
Appointment at Denham Direct.
Denham Direct Underwriters has appointed Simon Lightbody as assistant underwriter. He will be respon...
Staying on track.
The drivers for risk managers are changing both in the US and the UK but still the US leads the way in innovation while some UK managers seem blinkered. David Fanning finds out why.
Gulf between rich man, poor man.
Some 150 years ago this week social exclusion - something that is once again worrying the government...
British insurer CGU to merge.
British insurer CGU is to finally merge Commercial Union (Malaysia) and GA Insurance, two Malaysian ...
Gladiator aims high.
Specialist telebroker Gladiator is moving its 200 staff across Cardiff to Wales' tallest building, C...
Going Dutch?
CGU-owned Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd is in talks with the Dutch life, health and general insurer NUTS...
Customised data.
Royal & Sun Alliance has installed Autograph, Geneva Digital's advanced document composition solutio...
Launch of Skynet 2001 Ltd.
A vehicle can be given the intelligence to self-report if attacked or seriously damaged in a crash f...
Not everyone's a www.inner on web.
The sale of international public offerings on the World Wide Web has led to a doubling of insurance ...
CGU cash donation.
CGU has committed £500 000 to the National Trust's Guardianship scheme for schools over the next fiv...
Worldwide weddings.
With an increasing number of couples planning to marry abroad, NatWest Insurance Services has launch...
Do you care for your customers?
Personal lines claims management is undergoing a revolution with concerted and imaginative moves to ...
Zero tolerance.
In 204 days' time computer chips around the world will read the year as 00 and we will see just how prepared companies really are for the Millennium Bug. David Fanning finds out what claims handlers are expecting.
United by a fear of crime.
Britain is a nation living in the fear of crime, with a staggering 67% of the population having been...
What the Papers Say.
METRO A financial adviser who won fame as Burglar Bill in a crime prevention campaign has admitte...
Appointment at Gladiator.
Specialist telebroker Gladiator has appointed Gareth Roberts as its new training officer. He will be...
Appointment at Henderson Insurance.
Henderson Insurance Brokers has made two appointments to its board. Businessman Fred Gibson has been...
Direct Line breached advert code five times.
Direct Line has been dragged over the coals for five infringements of the advertising code. The p...
DAS Legal Expenses sponsors football club.
From the start of the new season in August, Bristol City Football Club will be sponsored by insurer ...
Stormy time for Rainbow Nation.
South Africa has been re-born almost beyond recognition during the 1990s, but there are elements of the country - not least its economy - which remain unstable. Jeremy Golden looks at how insurers are coping in this climate of change.