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Lloyds Bank launches online life insurance

Lloyds Bank has today launched My Life Insurance; its first online protection service which offers customers life cover up to the value of £500,000.

16 July 2015

Company update/Insurance

Zurich enlists Capgemini and Guidewire for new claims handling platform

Capgemini and Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) announce the successful deployment of a new claims handling platform for Zurich’s UK General Insurance business.

11 May 2015

Company update/Insurance

Ooredoo gets behind World Bank financial access efforts

Ooredoo today announced that it is one of the companies supporting the World Bank Group’s efforts to promote financial inclusion and deliver universal financial access by the year 2020, following a major event in Washington D.C. earlier this month.

05 May 2015

Company update/Insurance

New appointments at Etrali

Brad Gorton and Paul Klebinder have been appointed managing directors of the UK & Ireland, and France & Italy, respectively at Etrali Trading Solutions, a voice-based trading software, compliance and communications company.

01 April 2015

Company update/Insurance

Defaqto swaps private equity owner

Defaqto Group, a benchmarking company that provides a number of ratings and data analysis services to financial institutions, has swapped its private equity owners after Foresight Group sold its share in the firm to the management, backed by a majority investment of £24.25m from UK PE firm Synova Capital.

01 April 2015

Company update/Insurance

Diligenta scores Friends Life contract

Diligenta, a leading Life and Pensions BPO provider in the UK, and a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced that it has secured a new multi-million pound, multi-year contract with Friends Life Management Services Limited (Friends Life) for its international operation.

19 August 2014