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Exclusive - GroupamaGAN to close five offices.
Groupamagan is to close five offices as a result of the merger between GAN and Lombard. The closu...
Ian Ritchie.
Mergers are resulting in the industry losing valuable expertise, at a time when it is swamped with new legislation.
Willis lifts franchise 'smokescreen'.
Willis has gone live with its Commercial Network, its initiative aimed at securing small and medium ...
Woolf increasing costs.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that, far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the W...
CGU's Tony Cornell retires.
Overheard was very sad to learn of the the retirement of CGU's Tony Cornell. All the trade press has...
Chubb turns on to telecoms with its new comprehensive product.
Chubb has made further investment in the telecommunications industry with the launch of a new one-st...
MP opens new HQ.
Economy Minister Adam Ingram was on hand to open Hughes and Company's new £2m custom-built headquart...
Paddick to ask brokers to pay for new Net company.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, will soon be asking brokers ...
Folgate kicks off cover.
Folgate Insurance is to offer household, let property and commercial insurance products for Southamp...
CCS Global joins panel.
CCS Global Claims Consultants and Loss Adjusters have joined the panel of Loss Recovery Insurance's ...
Take good care of yourself.
The number of people buying critical illness cover is on the increase, with the standardisation of policy definitions greatly helping its public image, says Shona Cronin.
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
PCS has made a string of new appointments. Andy Hayden joins the company from Graham High Group as b...
E-commerce hots up.
If there are any brokers or intermediaries still wondering whether the Internet is a viable channel ...
Shopping around.
Wakefield-based RP Hodson has achieved success through its one-stop-shop service and now it is firmly committed to expansion by acquisition. Shona Cronin reports.
Driving a tough campaign.
This week, I received a copy of the latest CGU Business Briefing. The topic, as many readers will be...
Hiscox covers firms for cyber crime with new liability policy.
Hiscox has launched a "cyberliability" product in a bid to provide protection for companies with an ...
Royal London jobs on line in NU deal.
Up to 130 Royal London jobs are likely to be affected by the proposed transfer of the company's gener...
Ex-NMT director in Internet venture
New Millennium Technologies director John McLaughlin has quit the company to start up a new Internet ...
Critical problem for PMI.
Datamonitor's latest report UK Health Insurance 1999 reveals that private medical insurance, income ...
Aon flies the Green Flag.
Aon Risk Services has acquired Green Flag's Emergency Home Assistance and Property Repair Services. ...
Iron Trades reduces agency base in bid for profitable growth.
Iron trades is reducing its agency base as part of a bid to treble its business income and become a ...
Under the current cloud of merger mania, it is vital that
Whatever happened to good, old-fashioned service? Real client service and partnership seem to have d...
Appointment at Kiln.
Steve Kidd has been appointed to the board of RJ Kiln. He joined Kiln in 1984 and was appointed to t...
IFST conference programme unveiled.
The UK and European Insurance and Financial Services Technology Conference and Exhibition (IFST) has...