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Y2K broker crisis.
Around 1000 brokers face chaos because their business software systems are not year 2000 compliant. ...
Fitzgerald says no to job.
Former Cunningham operations director Bev Fitzgerald has turned down the opportunity to join Cunning...
Chemical release 'safe'.
Dutch government health inspectors have played down the health risks posed by a cocktail of chemical...
Claims classes.
A new series of claims classes will teach insurers the benefits of repair and restoration rather tha...
CGU to shut down 10 UK branches: 207 jobs to go.
CGU has announced the closure of 10 branches in its UK operation as part of its plans to become "the...
Mixed reaction to IBRC decision.
Reaction to the Insurance Broker Registration Council's decision had been mixed. Andrew Paddick, ...
In deep water? Not us, say insurers.
Insurers have hit out at claims they could face a wave of swimming pool related public liability cla...
Common sense must win the broker debate.
Not for the first time do I find myself in total accord with Simon Arnold (PM, 3 Sept, p??). His ...
Trade bodies to merge.
The two trade bodies launched just over a year ago to represent independent intermediaries are to me...
Farmers badgered by TB cattle fear.
Farmers are fretting over the threat that badgers pose to their livelihoods - and it could mean insu...
Litigation to the point of excess.
Three recent cases illustrate confusion over the role of excess carriers in litigation, says Linda Dakin-Grimm.
Appointment at Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
Tony Pollard has been made chief executive of Jardine Insurance Services' Birmingham office. He join...
Washing away fears at a snip.
Hairdressers need not go grey worrying about insurance following the launch of Salon Star. The sp...
Household extension.
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced a three year extension to their existing household insurance part...
FSM slots into specialist area.
Feasey Slot Management (FSM) is to launch an underwriting accident and health specialist business. ...
Appointments at Darwin Rhodes Consultants.
Recruitment consultants Darwin Rhodes has appointed two new consultants in its offices in Covent Gar...
CSC has ADVANTAGE.
CSC Quotel's ADVANTAGE initiative has reported 200 'exclusive' EDI customers have become members. Th...
Bonnie in Scotland but wet, wet, wet in Wales - June weather
The highlight of a dull and wet June culminated in a rain-soaked Wimbledon and a tornado in Berkshir...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Tim Dunn has joined Forte Software as senior sales executive. He will focus on the retail market for...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Tim Dunn has joined Forte Software as senior sales executive. He will focus on the retail market for...
Some scoops prove lifeless.
I'm a firm believer in people in glass houses not throwing stones, but The Independent really ought ...
Wife dies on holiday.
Brave financial advisor Liz Spires, 33, collapsed with a brain tumour and died while on holiday with...
Insurers deny accusations of council prune pressure.
Insurers have hit back at claims that they are behind the systematic and brutal pruning of trees as ...
Appointment at American National Institute of Disaster Restoration.
Bill Lakin, technical director of Basildon-based fire and flood restorers Diaster Restoration, has b...