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Mortgage cover offer.
Berkeley Alexander has made a bid to grab a bigger slice of the competitive mortgage protection poli...
Bus drivers to sue local council.
Bus drivers with bad backs in the north east have finally got the hump with driving over sleeping po...
French say 'oui' to risk.
The French government has taken the plunge into the private risk insurance market by signing a 10-ye...
Antiques alert goes out.
Antique dealers are being warned about an "alarming increase" in thefts, some involving sledgehammer...
Taking the chair.
The first candidate for a joint Eversheds/Post Magazine debate made a robust defence of mega brokers and market forces. Liz Loxton reports.
CAT lapped up by ACE for £430m.
Acquisition hungry ACE has taken over Bermuda-based property catastrophe reinsurer CAT for £430m. ...
Blair gets millennium bug warning.
Insurers have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that the year 2000 problem is potentially the single ...
Tele-tech in CIBC deal.
Tele-tech has agreed a seven year contract with CIBC Insurance to offer the insurer a range of custo...
L&G profits boost in shareholders funds.
London & Manchester has announced increased profits in shareholders funds held outside the long term...
Wife 'chutes from hip.
Parachuting from an aeroplane at 12,000 feet sounds a rather risky occupation for the wife of an ins...
Admiral go on line.
A second stage of the £1m contract between Admiral Insurance and NTL Communications has been complet...
Indiana tobacco ruling.
An Indiana jury has found several major tobacco firms were not liable in a passive smoking lawsuit b...
UA hunts for chief.
United Assurance has increased its pensions mis-selling provision following an estimate showing the ...
CIS to pay out £677m in bonuses.
Life assurance and pension policyholders who are members of the Co-operative Insurance Society will ...
No passive smoke without fire.
Do you worry about sitting in a public place inhaling somebody else's smoke? You need not says BA...
Slade to chair FSA Steering Group.
Former insurance ombudsman Laurie Slade has been appointed as chairman of the newly formed Financial...
Insurers could reap rewards from attack on bonds.
The budget may have sounded the death knell for highly personalised bonds, but British insurers coul...
Inspections 'too long'.
More than 81,000 car repairs are stalled every year because insurers take too long to carry out insp...
Crime prevention.
Commercial Union is scouring the Internet for crime busters, having launched a web site in the lates...
J&H Marsh & McLennan acquires Turkish broker.
American broking giant J&H Marsh & McLennan has acquired Turkey's leading insurance and reinsurance ...
Banned bikers could soon be back.
Banned bikers could soon be back in the saddle thanks to a new policy offered by highway, and insura...
Survey yields alarming results.
A survey by consultants KMPG has found that over 74% of companies have not tested the security of th...
Double win for Higos.
Somerset intermediary Higos Insurance Services won £10,000 in a competition run by Zurich Insurance....