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Sphere rebranding.
Sphere Drake's London and Bermuda operations are now trading under new names following its acquisiti...
Far East is target area for AXA-UAP buys.
Claude Bebear, chief executive of insurers AXA-UAP, has targeted Japan and South Korea for any futur...
Generali bond on offer to IFAs.
Generali has opened up its award-winning range of investment funds to independent financial advisors...
New DCR business unit.
Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Co (DCR) has established a new business unit to manage its growing mar...
Post once again backs CII lunch.
Post Magazine will again be sponsoring the Business Lunch at the Chartered Insurance Institute's ann...
Apprentices honoured.
The first graduates of the Insurance Modern Apprenticeships were honoured at a special ceremony last...
Pru to pay £5m for new City HQ.
Prudential has agreed to pay an initial £5.4m to lease The Governor's House in the City of London fo...
Zurich risk package.
Zurich Municipal has been working with local government risk managers and finance officers to develo...
Government will scrap IBRC, says ABI's Boleat.
Association of British Insurers director general Mark Boleat told the conference audience to expect ...
Insurers take back seat on drug-driving.
Insurers have adopted a wait and see attitude over the drug-driving issue, with the industry relucta...
Perfectly reformed?
In his consultation paper, Lord Irvine has acknowledged that the legal profession will need time to implement conditional fee arrangements. Ken Cannar looks at how the "no win, no fee" strategy would work in practice.
Decisions that travel badly.
Gordon Brown's first Budget has left insurers far from happy over his decision to raise Insurance Premium Tax on travel policies. Jonathan Guy finds out what insiders feel the post-Budget future may hold for the industry.
Buy now or get PEPPED to post.
The new Guaranteed PEP launched by NPI on 9 March will be available to 1 May, or until all stocks ar...
98 will be too late to solve 2000 problems.
One of the biggest dangers of year 2000 is assuming that the problem will occur in 2000. Often ne...
Direct writing pace will be too much for some.
There will be a major shake-out among direct writers, predicted Ian Brimecombe, managing director of...
Lots of data but little information.
Mike Roscoe, group data manager of Eagle Star, said the insurance industry had "lots of data but no ...
AA concerned over findings of survey.
Survey reveals some customers have no idea how to go about making a claim.
Rugby Tournament sponsorship.
Zurich and the Daily Telegraph teamed up to sponsor the National Prep-Schools Rugby Tournament for a...
Little learnt from bomb experience.
The industry has learned little from the experience of the Manchester bomb, Andy King, UK director o...
SNL's benefits clubs.
Sedgwick Noble Lowndes (SNL) is launching a network of 14 benefits clubs at regional centres nationw...
Praise for Japan outfit.
Lloyd's Japan chairman Richard Keeling has expressed delight at the drive of participating underwrit...
Eagle Star risk video launched.
Eagle Star has launched a video to highlight the benefits to customers of putting in place a profess...
It's what you know.
Knowledge management is not a passing craze. According to 1997 figures, over 100 of the world's larg...
Minister outlines 'key role' of stakeholder pensions.
Social Security minister Frank Field said stakeholder pension schemes will play a "key role" in achi...