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Broker to lose 300 staff.
Broker Heath Lambert plans to close its Southend back-office operation by September in a move which ...
Unscheduled landing.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle winged into help a family after a police helicopter made an ...
Crowe v French Edinburgh Court of Session 29 March 2000.
The claimant was awarded £14,000 by the court to compensate for the weekly costs of hairdressing aft...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been appointed to the board of directors of Thompson Heath & Bond. He joined the com...
Lloyd's must act on 'lousy' service.
Lloyd's must act to improve the level of service provided to provincial brokers, said David Slade of...
Munich Re buys major stake in AL Europa
Munich Re has increased its presence in eastern Europe through the acquisition of a majority holding ...
ING Re opens in Ireland
ING Reinsurance International has opened an office in Dublin. The office is to be headed by Graham...
Broker Direct turns the corner
Broker-owned marketing company Broker Direct, which is underwritten by Cornhill subsidiary Trafalgar ...
Strategy must turn into work.
A lot of money is being invested in data warehousing, data mining and so on, said Robert Hall, chief...
Folgate to launch commercial assault.
Folgate Insurance is to roll out a new commercial division to 250 brokers by Christmas in a bid to g...
Alleghany replaces Underwriters
Underwriters Re Agencies will change its name to Alleghany Underwriting Ltd from tomorrow. The name...
Negligence over details not a breach of good faith - Bailey v
11 January 2000 Queen's Bench Division A woman received damages after a car in which she was a ...
Broker plans outlet blitz.
A Shropshire broker has promised to open 50 new insurance outlets in under a year. Millennium Ins...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Poor old Royal & Sun Alliance. Under performing shares and a lacklustre response from analysts follo...
Genetic claims 'exaggerated'.
The government has branded claims that insurers are to be allowed to test applicants for genetic dis...
New managers.
Knowledge management specialist PMPL has merged with software company Cedar Group to form Cedar PMPL...
Virtual rush for Net profits.
Axa-owned Sun Life and Provincial Holdings is to announce a major technology investment in its life ...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has made four key appointments to its new team in Ireland. Neil McSherry has b...
The analysts' views.
Standard Life has a fight on its hands to repel the forces of demutualisation, according to analysts...
Standard Life circles wagons.
Post Magazine analyses the implications of carpetbagger Fred Woollard's bid to force the management of Standard Life into demutualisation.
Fugitive broker extradited.
An Irish broker who fled to England after his business collapsed has been extradited back to his hom...
PPP's online care advice.
PPP Lifetime Care is to launch a detailed website providing independent financial advisers with info...
Exclusive - A clean sheet by Eurobase.
Software supplier Eurobase has launched a new document management solution for the insurance sector....
Appointment at Dataview Solutions.
Spencer Chainey has been appointed as manager of Dataview Solutions' government business division. H...