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Sun Life hit for £600,000 fine.
Sun Life of Canada has been fined a record £600,000 by the Personal Investment Authority, the latest...
Sixth buyout in a year.
Layton Blackham has acquired Kay Hockman & Platt, in the latest stage of it's 'Quantum Leap' initiat...
Competition kills off motor insurer.
The cut throat premium war in the motor market has claimed another victim, with Insurance GB being p...
Winterthur's GENIUS.
Winterthur International has selected GENIUS from Rebus Insurance Systems to provide it with a fully...
Independent Insurance arrive at new headquarters.
Independent Insurance staff arrived at work last week at the insurer's new purpose-built headquarter...
Time to play the name game.
The debate about the name of the new trade association being created by the merger of the Institute ...
Surely £17m is too much to pay for any call centre.
What did Norwich Union buy when they snapped up Premium Search for £17m last autumn? On the surfa...
It's been a year to remember.
Perhaps you will allow me to take this opportunity to express my thanks to Post Magazine for what I ...
What the papers say.
RICH LIST 1998 Swinton founder Ken Scowcroft, 69, has dropped two places in the Rich List from 13...
Misguided mis-selling advert.
I'm not sure I really understand what is going with the government and its attitude towards pensions...
Value for money must be focus for any legal debate.
Our feature on the costs of litigation raises some sensitive issues for insurers and the legal firms...
Bupa has cover down to a tee.
Amateur Nick Faldos who like to go off on golfing holidays have been warned that their insurance req...
Warning of VAT hike.
Financial organisations face a daunting increase in their VAT bills as Customs & Excise target the u...
Profits at Iron Trades up 130%.
Iron Trades has increased its pre-tax profit for 1997 by 130% despite a slight dip in gross written ...
Help the Aged Hall of Fame Award.
Veteran fund raiser Sir Jimmy Saville has become the latest recipient of the Help the Aged Hall of F...
Multiassistance signs up Barclays.
Claims management and repair company Multiassistance has signed a new client, Barclays Merchant Serv...
Tiger site that earns its stripes.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
June date set for GAN.
The privatisation of giant French insurer GAN is set to go ahead at the end of June. The French gove...
Alarmist maybe, but no axe to grind.
I was delighted to see that Elizabeth Mullins of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund is advising members ...
Risk management tools.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor announced last week that Lloyd's is considering developing its own new r...
Reinsurance cover obtained.
Mitsui Marine and Fire has obtained a $30m (£18.8m) reinsurance cover backed by event-linked swap tr...
Sponsorship announced.
Two London market insurers have announced sponsorship deals with two top-class horsewomen this week....
Heads he wins, insurers lose.
Insurers have been warned that a test case in Glasgow involving a former Celtic soccer star "may ope...
R&SA's Belgian buy.
Royal & SunAlliance have acquired Belgian underwriting agency J Haenecour which has offices in Bruss...