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Lawyers hold back mediation.
The ignorance of lawyers remains a barrier to mediation, according to the Campaign for Dispute Resol...
Pet premiums hike.
Pet owners could soon be facing higher insurance premiums thanks to the introduction of pet passport...
Exclusive - Euro threat to GISC's future.
The long-term future of the General Insurance Standards Council could be put in jeopardy by a Europe...
Two-pronged plan for modernisation.
The IUA/Lloyd's Forum has reacted to criticisms of inactivity with a plan to modernise the London ma...
Exclusive - Salvage body cuts staff.
The Salvage Association is cutting back on staff numbers and undertaking a review of its 26 internat...
Exclusive - Aon poised to sign multi-million deal.
Broking giant the Aon Group is expected to sign a multi-million pound agreement this week for the su...
Insurers shy away from broker compensation
Major insurers are unlikely to follow Axa's lead and consider offering broker's financial compensatio...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Maverick Lloyd's broker Simon Burgess of Grip is feeling well and truly plucked after insuring Viole...
A "radical" let-down.
When a government minister tells you that an imminent announcement is "radical" you know you are abo...
Samsworth gets pensions baton.
Lovell White Durrant partner Jane Samsworth has been chosen as the next president of the Society of ...
Appointment at BIB Underwriters.
Andrew Spencer has been made underwriting supervisor at Darlington-based BIB Underwriters. He joins ...
Insurer joins lawsuit.
Another major insurance company has joined as co-plaintiff in a pending lawsuit by two subsidiaries ...
What's best when the worst happens?
Keith Sankey looks at critical illness cover and income protection and discovers why sales of one are taking off while the other is lagging behind.
Traveller's checks.
The General Insurance Standards Council wants to impose tight regulations on the selling of insurance by travel agents. David Fanning discovers that not everyone in this highly competitive market thinks this is a good thing.
Chubb buys Danish.
Chubb Europe has maintained its strategy of growth in the Nordic region with the acquisition of the ...
London market plans reforms
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) are considering the merger of the two Lo...
World insurance - Fewer premiums, higher prices.
Three new reports show that the global insurance market is entering the new century with a mixture o...
A year of the euro.
Despite concerns about the euro's lack of strength against the dollar, in the year since its introdu...
Don't bank on it.
Adrian Leonard reviews the effect of the much heralded overhaul of US financial services, and finds little likely to change.
Aircraft losses down in 1999.
It was a good year for aircraft safety in 1999 with fatalities falling by more than half to 512 from...
Through the trade wall.
Despite China's agreement to open its insurance market when it joins the World Trade Organisation, Jeremy Golden finds it will take some time to break down old barriers.
Max Re gets backing from market.
Aon and Western General have invested in the Bermuda market's latest reinsurer, Max Re. The US br...
Good health.
Laura Bazer and Simon Harris find attractive opportunities ahead for the world's life reinsurers.
Swiss Life launches shake-up.
Switzerland's biggest life assurer Swiss Life has launched a minor management shake-up in a bid to c...