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Portfolios slipping.
Discretionary portfolios are slipping as pension funds become more mature, according to an analysis ...
A new deal.
Taking on board the implications of European Union membership as well as UK legislation means testing times for employers. Sarah Houston looks at how bosses can avoid the pitfalls.
Firms hope to go places with policies.
Two travel insurers have launched new products. BUPA Travelcover has unveiled its Europe-only annu...
Insurers fight the PR war for clients.
With claims, the biggest single expense area, it is only right that insurers should be applying them...
Crowe gearing up to sponsor race.
Insurance group Crowe is gearing up to sponsor a 165mph 1968 Z28 Chevrolet Camaro race car. The Cama...
Clamp down on pension abuse.
Proposals to clamp down on abuses of pension tax reliefs by pension schemes outlined in the budget t...
Cable cars up and away.
Lloyd's broker Miller Insurance Group has revealed it is to underwrite an £8m project by Meridian Ca...
Up and running.
No healthcare insurer or employee benefits provider needs reminding that long periods of absence from work mean big cash payouts. But what is the industry doing to limit these costs and get people back to work? Simon Threadgold looks at the options.
Birthday celebrations.
The Insurance Institute of Manchester, the oldest insurance institute in the world, is to mark its 1...
Swissline's £1m deal.
Swissline, Winterthur Insurance's direct sales operation based near Zurich, has signed a contract fo...
Property web site.
Hiscox has relaunched its 'Propertycare' policy with its own dedicated Internet site, and introduced...
Catalyst produces 'MailMax'.
Catalyst, the Information Solution Engineers, has created UK e-mail history by producing 'MailMax', ...
Pensions Scheme.
The pension scheme earnings cap will be increased from £84,000 to £87,600 from 6 April 1998. This is...
Land of the falling yen.
Japanese life insurers are tipped to cut guaranteed return rates on group and individual life police...
A government recipe for cash-saving and popularity.
Universal legal costs insurance of £25,000, at a premium which is allowed for tax purposes against i...
The cost of pensions clean-up.
The second phase of pensions mis-selling reviews is set to take up much more time and money than anyone at first believed. Alex Miller asks if this 'colossal task' will be enough to keep the industry from another scandal.
What the papers say.
FENG SHUI FOR MODERN LIVING The Lloyd's building in the City may be futuristic and challenging fr...
GAN set to be sold.
Two American insurance giants have been put at the head of the list to buy the French state insurer ...
Robins reliant on call centre for new service.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is launching a new claims management service, entitled Robins Works, which ...
Almost right... but not quite.
Marcus Campbell's article (Taken to account, PM 5 March, p21) rightly identifies that directors & of...
In the worst possible taste.
Your reproduction of the Post Magazine coverage of the infamous West Auckland poisoning case in last...
Marine lessons still need to be learnt.
It is surprising how some comments made years ago still seem relevant. This week's item from our ...
Chasing improvements.
Chase Technology Group is launching a company-wide process improvement initiative. The IT company us...