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Lloyd's expels broker.
Michael Cowie, former managing director of the aviation division of Bain Clarkson and later Bain Hog...
Japanese Partner.
The PartnerRe Group has opened a liaison office in Tokyo to represent the group's two reinsurers, Be...
Rocket crash hits space market.
The loss of a Russian Zenit rocket carrying 12 communications satellites for the Globalstar global c...
What the papers say.
THE GUARDIAN Fugitive underwriter Peter Cameron-Webb, the most hated man at Lloyd's after his lea...
Inheritor generation' pave the way for insurance boom.
Finland is bucking the trend in the rest of Europe with a buoyant insurance sector recording strong ...
NU deal will take it to the top.
The NU deal is subject to regulatory approval but if, as expected, it is given the green light it wi...
Cornhill tells drivers: 'You can help keep rates low'.
Cornhill Insurance has told drivers they can help keep claims down by employing good risk management...
ITT L&E Worthing headquarters will house Ford Insure.
ITT L&E Worthing headquarters will be used to house the new processing centre for NU's new insurance...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bruno Ritchie has joined Hiscox to develop its telecommunication and aerospace sectors. For the past...
Netsoft's logo on two London cabs.
Leading insurance and London Market network and business provider, Netsoft, has had its logo splayed...
Endsleigh goes on-line.
Students have been given new on-line opportunities by Endsleigh. Following the introduction of e-com...
Insurers slam 'alarmist' rumours of rates hike.
The insurance industry has rubbished suggestions of 30% household premium increases as "alarmist non...
SNL fined £100,000.
Sedgwick Noble Lowndes is the latest broker to incur the regulator's wrath, being hit with a hefty £...
Taking Express route.
An insurance conference heard how one company believes it can help reduce claims administation costs...
The Price Is Right?
In a soft market, price is the key for retail insurers. Jonathan Swift looks at whether shop owners are being sold short at a time when claims are rising.
Changing, succeeding, winning.
The past four years have been a time of evolution for Wesleyan. The stamp of approval for these changes came this year in the form of a British Insurance Award. David Worsfold discovers the company's winning strategies.
Appointment at MIDAS IT Services.
Liz Miller has joined the consultancy team of MIDAS IT services. She will be based in London where s...
Teaming up with RoSPA.
Teaming up with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote road safety turned out ...
RNIB receives £1000.
The Royal National Institute for the Blind was bowled over after receiving £1000 at the Lord Mayor's...
NU snaps up ITT L&E for cool £315m.
Norwich Union has bought ITT London & Edinburgh for £315m after persuading its US owners not to star...
$1m fines for Met Life.
US insurer Met Life has agreed to pay $1m (£600,000) in fines for engaging in illegal sales practice...
Scholarship winners.
The winners of the 1998 Aon Scholarships for achievement in the study and practise of risk managemen...
A child in need ...
Friend Indeed has increased the benefits available to children who are victims of crime. Despite the...
Avoiding car concerns.
Age Concern Insurance Services has advised old people to get their car checked over before the freez...