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Lloyd Hanks.
As an industry we must make sure that we do not waste the opportunity to set up an effective self-regulatory body, as compliance is the key to consumer confidence.
Unitas alliance numbers eight as Tyser adds its fizz.
The Unitas alliance of seven regional brokers has signed up its eighth and final member, Tyser (UK)....
ABI: no guaranteed annuity crisis.
The Association of British Insurers has sought to play down the growing concern about guaranteed ann...
Carrying the can.
If a food manufacturer discovers glass in its crisps, the costs of recalling every bag from the batch could put the company out of business. However, financial ruin can be prevented if appropriate insurance is bought says Tony Dowding.
Appointment at AIG Europe.
John Nicholas has been appointed as the head of risk finance of AIG Europe. He joins from Wachovi...
MIA's first class cover for London students.
The Medical Insurance Agency has claimed that students with London postcodes could save almost £45 b...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
Sue Rogers has been appointed to claims customer service manager within the commercial lines divisio...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
The Board of McLarens Toplis has announced that Ian Muress, currently managing director, Scotland an...
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.
Boleat to stand down.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers since 1993, has announced that ...
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, ...
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...
New head for Polaris.
Steve Broughton, UK managing director, personal financial services at Royal SunAlliance, has been ap...
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...
Metamorphosis.
Budget Insurance started life as a direct writer. It is now an intermediary. Peter Winslow talked Tim Collison through its unprecedented transition.
Appointment at Hiscox Insurance.
Maurice Hammond has been made director for UK regions at Hiscox Insurance and will be based at the c...
Ian Ritchie.
Never ignore the value of corporate hospitality - you never know what business may come your way because of it.
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...
Unfocused ads are doomed to failure.
With reference to your comment article entitled "What is Paddick doing?" (October, p15), I was conce...
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.
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Wholesale broker Camberford Law has promoted Martin Bell (above) to the Board, and appointed David O...
Art collection to be sold.
The 20th-century art collection of Hiscox chairman Robert Hiscox is to be sold at Sotheby's in Londo...
Acquisition hat-trick.
Hull-based Oughtred & Harrison has bought Mills and Wood; its third acquisition in as many months. M...
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.