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City law firms merge.
National insurance law firm, Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave, and City-based practice Beachcroft Stanley...
Lombard tees off once more with Golf Secure.
Lombard General Insurance has relaunched Golf Secure, its product targeted at privately owned golf c...
Called to account.
Insurers providing professional indemnity for accountants are having to deal with the tough stance taken by the various chartered institutes on year 2000. Shona Cronin looks at what this means for the market.
Brockbank remedy for patent worries.
Lloyd's-based Brockbank Syndicate Management has launched a new intellectual property patent infring...
WPA goes Freelance.
WPA has put together a health insurance policy for the self-employed. The scheme, called Freelanc...
Irish merger deal.
Insurance Group Irish Life is to merge with former building society, Irish Permanent. The I£2.8bn (£...
Going global.
A small band of brokers have realised they must go global if they are to prevent the likes of Aon snapping up their corporate clients. Their solution has been to form networks with like-minded foreign brokers says Simon Threadgold.
Ansvar puts together policy for free church movement.
Ansvar has put together a policy for the free church movement, where churches who do not own their o...
Appointment at Lawclub Legal Protection.
Legal expenses insurance provider Lawclub Legal Protection, a division of Cornhill Insurance, has ch...
European issue.
Whilst discussions currently concentrate on the suitability of the IIB to administer the IBRA, we sh...
MP for president.
John Greenway, MP for Ryedale in Yorkshire, has been made the first president of the Institute of In...
Alan Gavaghan.
Six pugnacious brokers have stayed on as councillors at the IBRC. They will do all they can to maintain high standards, but you must do your bit. You must renew your registration.
Chubb gears up for Masterpiece motor.
Chubb Insurance is looking to recruit a team of specialist underwriters in preparation for the launc...
Appointment at St Paul.
Sean Marson has left Independent Insurance to join St Paul International as regional underwriter, wh...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Adam Croot (above) has been appointed southern business development manager of The Broker Network, w...
Appointment at Miller Kelsh.
Miller Kelsh broker Michael Kelsh has retired. Mr Kelsh was the driving force behind Kelsh & Sons Lt...
Appointment at AUL.
Jane Southgate has joined the claims department at Agency Underwriting Ltd. Previously with Hambro A...
Lloyd's in the FSA net.
The Financial Services Authority is to be given regulatory powers over Lloyd's under the Financial S...
Les McIntosh.
A recent fact-finding visit to Misys has left one consultant in no doubt of the value of the company's new customer-driven approach.
FSA and SOFA are working on new designation for financial advisers.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is devising plans for a new designation for financial adviser...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Richard Holland (above) has been appointed executive manager, finance, of Independent Insurance, whe...
Aon acquires Suretravel.
Aon Risk Services has bought Suretravel, a leading broker and claims management company in the trave...
Hambro in deal with credit hire company.
Hambro Assistance is set to shake-up the legal expenses market with the launch a new uninsured loss ...
Standard bearer.
The NewRo consortium has now put the flesh on the bones of its proposed regulatory body - the General Insurance Standards Council. Tim Collison spoke to consortium chairman Anthony Howland-Jackson about the way forward.