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Counting the pennies.
Cathy Hargreaves and Jamie Randell explain why the threatened removal of VAT group treatment could have a catastrophic effect for insurers.
Still in the dark over stakeholder pensions.
Are we much wiser about the government's plans for stakeholder pensions after the announcements last...
Bid to claw back £3bn.
The industry has moved to slash the estimated £3bn lost to businesses last year because of employee ...
CNA's services bid.
CNA, the fourth largest US property and casualty insurer, has asked the office of thrift supervision...
Rossi calls for Euro market.
Marie-Louise Rossi, the new chief executive designate of the London market association to be created...
Underwriting profits double at Lloyd's.
Underwriting profits at Lloyd's for 1995 rose from 7.8% to 14.4% on underwriting capacity, with Lomo...
Double win for Higos.
Somerset intermediary Higos Insurance Services won £10,000 in a competition run by Zurich Insurance....
Survey yields alarming results.
A survey by consultants KMPG has found that over 74% of companies have not tested the security of th...
Banned bikers could soon be back.
Banned bikers could soon be back in the saddle thanks to a new policy offered by highway, and insura...
J&H Marsh & McLennan acquires Turkish broker.
American broking giant J&H Marsh & McLennan has acquired Turkey's leading insurance and reinsurance ...
Crime prevention.
Commercial Union is scouring the Internet for crime busters, having launched a web site in the lates...
Swiss system refit.
Swiss Life UK has invested in a revolutionary intranet developed by European IT services groups CMG ...
Subsidence claims set to total £40m.
Subsidence claims continue to eat huge holes in claims budgets, with insurers set to pay out an extr...
Hello Marie-Lou, goodbye hard.
How many readers noticed the image change of Marie-Lousie Rossi on her appointment of the new, yet-t...
Taking it personally.
Selling personal accident cover is still proving as troublesome ever. Meanwhile, claims are rising and so too are the different ways employees are being injured. Ruth Addicott asks how insurers are tackling this problem area.
Insurers furious at Euro red tape.
European red tape could bind the hands of sellers of non-life insurance. The Association of Briti...
Setting representation record straight.
Further to your article relating to Collegiate Insurance Brokers linking up with Equity Claims Manag...
New Sedgwick firm.
Sedgwick Noble Lowndes has set up a new company, Sedgwick Outsourcing Services, to attack the growin...
Broker could recover cash.
The general rule that a broker could recover premiums even if he had not yet paid them to the insure...
Industry 'Oscars' hit by post strike.
With just one day left before the closing date for entries for the 1998 British Insurance Awards, co...
Bus drivers to sue local council.
Bus drivers with bad backs in the north east have finally got the hump with driving over sleeping po...
Mortgage cover offer.
Berkeley Alexander has made a bid to grab a bigger slice of the competitive mortgage protection poli...
IFAs get help to deal with new PIA rule.
Norwich Union has come to the aid of IFA's by producing a support pack to help them meet new Persona...
RJ Kiln managing director says thank you.
Managing director of RJ Kiln, Jeff Kilpatrick, made a special presentation to the Lloyd's Choir last...