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Exclusive - Plastic wars.
Barclaycard aggressively launched into the travel insurance market this week with a warning to tradi...
Dinner donation.
The annual Fine Art Claims dinner raised £1650 for the Sick Children's Trust. Held at the Captain's ...
United Assurance to axe 1000 staff.
United Assurance is to axe one quarter of its total workforce over the coming year in a cost-cutting...
Insurers frustrated as China deal stalls.
US insurers have been left disappointed after negotiations over China's entry into the World Trade O...
Police unearth agent's fraud conviction.
An insurance agent has been arrested for concealing a previous fraud conviction when she tried to re...
Throwing light on danger zones.
Delegates at the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers' annual conference heard last week how new laws could spell disaster in some areas of local government. Anthony Gould reports.
Football team had to run for cover.
The Sydney Swans Australian Rules football team had to run for cover after they were battered by hai...
Royal & Sun Alliance sponsorship deal.
On me head, son! Wales and Manchester United hot shot Ryan Giggs and Royal & Sun Alliance regional d...
The London Original Print Fair begins today.
The London Original Print Fair, sponsored by Axa Nordstern Art Insurance, begins today at the Royal ...
Tracker traces its 4000th car.
Tracker, the stolen vehicle tracking and recovery system, has retrieved its 4000th vehicle after an ...
Welsh pin-up Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Welsh pin-up Catherine Zeta-Jones turned heads in the US at the weekend at the world premiere of her...
Police crack fraud ring.
Police have cracked a £2.5m vehicle and property fraud ring. The 13-man gang is believed to be respo...
Crawford's tonic for sicknotes.
Crawford THG has launched an absentee management programme. The annual cost to UK firms of absent ...
Easier said than done.
I refer to the article 'Give us a break on IPT' PM 15 April p1). The argument is not as straightfo...
Team ready to row for broke.
A marine insurer is backing an expert team of oarsmen who are attempting to row themselves into the ...
PMS in £45m move.
Policy Management Systems is investing £45m to relocate to a custom-built site in Chertsey designed ...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Axa Insurance has appointed Maxine Longmuir to manage its four-year sponsorship of the FA Cup. She h...
BUPA - healthy outlook.
BUPA, the healthcare provider, has reported a pre-tax surplus of £50m for 1998, a fall of almost 10%...
Exposure to natural catastrophies increasing.
With the insurance industry's exposure to natural catastrophes constantly increasing, insurance info...
Euro insurers struggle to match world standards.
The European insurance sector struggled to match the performance of the market as a whole during the...
Further charges against doctor.
Gay Beverly Hills doctor Steven Cooperman, who was indicted for allegedly defrauding insurance compa...
Lombard interface.
Lombard General Insurance has installed a software interface to assist the management of its reinsur...
Allied Dunbar slammed for Life of Riley claims.
Allied Dunbar has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for exaggerating the luxurious ...
Wired for sound and vision.
The London and international insurance market now has a website thanks to Internet engineers Worldwi...