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Non-compliant intermediaries in agency cull.
A total of 61 intermediaries have been sent agency cancellation notices by insurers for failing to c...
Letter of the month - Why I will shed no tears for the IBRC.
The government's decision to rid us of the anachronistic IBRC appears to be causing a predictable br...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
ITT London & Edinburgh has appointed Ian Jones as general manager of customer service operations, wh...
Steve Knight.
E-commerce and e-business - buzz-words for the late nineties and a world away from pounds, shillings and pence.
Royal SunAlliance Engineering unveils new offices.
Royal SunAlliance Engineering unveiled its new offices in York Street, Manchester, last month. The e...
Law needed to build trust.
A Commercial Union survey has revealed that 94% of the public believe that all tradesmen who carry o...
Well entertained at conference.
Members of the insurance industry were certainly kept well-entertained at the 21st BIIBA Scottish co...
Architects braced for claims against them.
Dickson Manchester has designed a professional indemnity policy for architects, underwritten by St P...
GAN's lifestyle for Countrywide.
GAN has launched two enhanced household products in conjunction with Countrywide. Following on fr...
Launch of two new products.
MCS brokers are being treated to a lunch at Raymond Blanc's famous restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat'Sai...
The home front.
Emergency domestic assistance service is a valuable feature in a ruthlessly competitive market. Steve Banner considers the various options available in the household sector.
Appointment at Sedgwick Group.
Sedgwick Group has appointed John Albrecht as director of electronic commerce. He will be based in t...
Appointment at Crowe Syndicate 963.
Mike Rorison (above) has been promoted to regional manager for the South West and Wales, for the Cro...
CII annual conference.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is to hold its annual conference in Birmingham on 7-9 October, und...
Any time, any place.
With holidaymakers becoming ever more adventurous, they can fall ill or be injured in the remotest of places. Tim Collison looks at how the medical assistance process copes with this.
Experian's Polaris initiative in testing.
Experian is now well under way with the testing of its central mainframe system - The Insurance On-l...
High society.
High net worth policies are not just the preserve of the aristocracy. Shona Cronin says there are rich pickings out there for wise brokers.
Diamond is the best friend of 150 brokers.
A total of 150 brokers have signed up for Diamond, Countrywide's commercial lines trading system. Th...
Eagle Star tunes its engine.
Eagle Star has produced a new combined engineering policy called Esichoice, which according to David...
IGI rental policy prevents need for big deposit.
IGI Insurance's has gone live with a rental guarantee policy aimed at the commercial and retail prop...
Appointment at Royal SunAlliance Engineering.
Margaret Shaughnessy has been made human resources manager at Royal SunAlliance Engineering, where s...
Appointment at Lombard General.
Andrew Whiley has been appointed as Lombard General Insurance's new personal injury claims manager a...
Appointment at Columbus.
John Parkinson has been made managing director of Columbus Direct Travel Insurance. He previously de...
Axa installs new property team.
AXA Provincial has poached three key underwriters from ITT London & Edinburgh to create a new proper...