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WIS strikes Polaris deal.
Winchester Insurance Services (WIS) has completed trials with Polaris ProductWriter and has agreed t...
Sweet pill for insurers.
Californian health insurers will not be required to pay for prescriptions for contraceptives after a...
Insurers advised to keep up with rapid pace of changes.
Insurers have been warned to ensure they are prepared for the rapid pace at which communications tec...
Calling attention to document.
As stated in a recent article in your magazine ('In a class of its own', PM, 12 Feb, p25), most insu...
Out of the ordinary.
In most actions, the plaintiff has to prove that an accident was caused by another's negligence. But courts often look at road traffic accidents in a different light and expect defendants to bear the burden of proof. Ken Cannar looks at this.
Merger shows way forward for insurers.
The annoucement that Commercial Union and General Accident are to merge is an example of British ins...
FSA to lead the way.
FSA chairman Howard Davies will be explaining how he intends to make the FSA a world leading financi...
Appointment at Veitch Penny.
Helen Tanner has joined Veitch Penny solicitors' defendant department as an associate solicitor. Aft...
CSC Ra Group changes.
CSC Ra Group has announced changes to its general insurance office systems, designed to help brokers...
Enter now for awards glory.
The 1998 British Insurance Awards are up and running, with all the sponsors in place, the awards pre...
Fire awareness a hot topic for insurers.
ABI chief worried after figures show fire claims up by massive 11%.
Syndicate Capital Trust reports strong results.
Syndicate Capital Trust reported strong interim results for the six months to the end of 1997 and pr...
Standard Life opens second China office.
Standard Life has opened its second office in China in a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the Peop...
Pre-Budget nerves start to rattle insurers.
Insurers have called for the government to encourage further savings as they brace themselves for th...
NU prospers after flotation.
Norwich Union (NU) has announced a pre-tax profit for 1997 of £722m in its preliminary results - a 3...
Appointments at FMW International.
Peter Blanc and Paul Gravatt have been appointed to the main board of FMW International. Mr Blanc jo...
Life assurance as murder motive: the grim catalogue.
One of the biggest stories of the 1870s catapulted industrial branch insurance into the headlines wh...
Why legal expenses packages will not be ready in time for conditional
I refer to your article 'Concern after court's ruling' (PM, 19 Feb, p6), and in particular the remar...
A case of pots and black kettles.
I heard on the news that a serial killer has claimed his sixth victim in six years in Glasgow. It...
PIB pips Portuguese.
The UK branch of Ocaso SA has signed an agreement with Professional Insurance Brokers (PIB) to under...
Commercial Union's staff on shopping spree.
Staff from Commercial Union's Newcastle branch went on a shopping spree for London properties last w...
Going from bad to worse.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Direct Line shuns dispute.
Direct Line has refused to be drawn into a further dispute with NIG Skandia (NIG) over advertising s...
PIA's target figures.
The Personal Investment Authority has announced 98% of the firms it regulates have achieved its targ...