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Hambro in no-win no-fee policy coup.
Hambro Assistance is offering brokers a contingency fees policy on a no-win, no-fee basis. The cover...
Survey finds brokers believe they are Y2k-ready.
Just over half all brokers, intermediaries and independent financial advisers that have responded to...
Surprise rise in stature.
Overheard has been amused to hear about the surprise rise in stature of Royal & SunAlliance's group ...
Orion braces itself for change.
Orion's 120 staff face an uncertain future with the news that the non-standard motor insurer is bein...
CII reforms survive criticism from local representatives.
A package of constitutional changes that involve cutting the CII's governing council by one third an...
Crowning glory.
The rising cost of NHS dental treatment has given brokers the opportunity to really get their teeth into the dental insurance market. Ian Lindisfarne explains.
Acquisition hat-trick.
Hull-based Oughtred & Harrison has bought Mills and Wood; its third acquisition in as many months. M...
Art collection to be sold.
The 20th-century art collection of Hiscox chairman Robert Hiscox is to be sold at Sotheby's in Londo...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Wholesale broker Camberford Law has promoted Martin Bell (above) to the Board, and appointed David O...
Regulation dominates.
In unprecidented fashion, the CII made a last minute change to its conference agenda this year to include a topical session on broker regulation. David Worsfold listened to the arguments.
Unfocused ads are doomed to failure.
With reference to your comment article entitled "What is Paddick doing?" (October, p15), I was conce...
Egg customers may have to wait.
Egg, the Prudential's new direct banking arm, is telling customers that they could have to wait 28 d...
Ian Ritchie.
Never ignore the value of corporate hospitality - you never know what business may come your way because of it.
Appointment at Hiscox Insurance.
Maurice Hammond has been made director for UK regions at Hiscox Insurance and will be based at the c...
Metamorphosis.
Budget Insurance started life as a direct writer. It is now an intermediary. Peter Winslow talked Tim Collison through its unprecedented transition.
PMI offices act on OFT criticisms.
In response to the Office of Fair Trading's May 1998 report on health insurance, PMI companies are t...
New head for Polaris.
Steve Broughton, UK managing director, personal financial services at Royal SunAlliance, has been ap...
Churchill slashes its premiums for users of London Electricity.
Churchill Insurance is pledging to slash its household premiums by up to half for users of London El...
Self-regulation will depend on unity.
As a consortium of brokers in the Croydon area, we want to draw your attention to our concern that, ...
IFAA and IFP announce alliance.
The IFA Association has formed an alliance with the Institute of Financial Planning in a bid to rais...
Boleat to stand down.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers since 1993, has announced that ...
Ready for a top-up?
Since their introduction in 1988, more than a million pension scheme members have invested some £4.5bn in free-standing additional voluntary contributions (FSAVCs). Keith Sankey looks at the arguments for and against this flexible scheme.
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
The Board of McLarens Toplis has announced that Ian Muress, currently managing director, Scotland an...
CSC restructures following review.
Following an operational review, CSC is restructuring its insurance business into two divisions: int...