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Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer.
Silverbeck Rymer solicitors has made eight senior promotions, creating three new partners and five a...
Stop your sniping, Mr Greenway.
I was surprised and alarmed that someone of John Greenway's stature should make such a misinformed s...
Aon goes Italian.
Global broker Aon has completed the acquisition of Italian reinsurance broker Nikols Group. Based in...
Why Y2K failures must be named.
Claims by Action 2000, the government-backed Millennium Bug-buster, that eight large financial servi...
Team work pays off.
When the going got tough, the tough at Co-operative Insurance Society got going, as Alex Broad finds out.
Unlocking variety.
Germany's life sector is set for rapid growth in the next decade, sparking a demand for new products and types of distribution. But Nicholas Holmes finds a few possible weak links in the chain.
FOIL certain fees.
Martin Staples, vice-president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), has urged the Scottish Parl...
A domestic fight between a husband and wife.
A domestic fight between a husband and wife led to the arrest of an alleged auto-collision fraud rin...
GISC delays claims plan.
The General Insurance Standards Council has put plans for regulating claims handling procedures on h...
Insurers less hopeful.
General insurers are less optimistic about the future than their counterparts in the rest of the fin...
Offshore info links.
Offshore financial centres need to meet international best practice standards - especially in the ar...
Clinton backs Y2k damage limitation Bill.
In an attempt to prevent thousands of possible lawsuits arising from Year 2000 liability, a compromi...
Holocaust row.
The Californian subsidiaries of insurer Muchener Ruckversicherungs Gesellschaft are being accused of...
Agency broker fined £80,000.
Agency broker Nelson Hurst and Marsh was fined £80,000 and had costs of £60,000 awarded against it a...
Hung Fu fight ends.
Prudential has become the first foreign entrant to Taiwan's insurance market for more than 30 years ...
Air conditioning.
Ken Cannar highlights the laws that govern air travel and looks at whether the sky's the limit when passengers take legal action.
Slovakia opening.
Zurich Insurance, a subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, has received a license for non-life ins...
Risk education.
As local authorities become swamped with claims from the public, risk managers need to get ahead in the litigation game, reports John Morrell.
Changing patterns of tartan law.
In the week after the Queen officially opened the Scottish Parliament, Andrew Ireland explains why insurers must make their voices heard as the country prepares itself to catch up with changes to the legal system.
Warm reception for FSA's regulatory paper.
Lloyd's Names and managing agents have welcomed the Financial Services Authority's response paper on...
High marks for round-the-clock training.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
New faces on the block breathe life into the City.
The consequences of consolidation across the financial services sector continue to surprise. Like th...
Blunt reaction to bid to out "sharp practices".
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers is being frustrated in its attempt to outlaw...
Equitable Life D-day.
A High Court decision was expected to be delivered yesterday in the Equitable Life guaranteed annuit...