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Allied Dunbar was a large British life assurance group. In its early years it was known as Hambro Life Assurance and was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. However, it was acquired by BAT Industries, merged with Eagle Star, and sold to Zurich Financial Services in 1998.
In 1971, he went on to found Hambro Life Assurance, subsequently called Allied Dunbar, [1] where he was managing director until 1983 (it is now part of Zurich Financial Services), and grew the corporation to become the largest unit-linked life assurance company in the UK, operating in the insurance broker market as well as building up a sales ...
He is a co-founder of Hambro Life Assurance with Sir Mark Weinberg and Lord Joel Joffe in the UK (subsequently called Allied Dunbar Assurance and now Zurich Financial Services) (1971–1988). From 1988 to 1993 he served as Chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in the UK (now the Competition Commission).
In 1965, Sandy started his career as a computer programmer, writing the first ever UK life assurance ‘search engine’ program in 1967. He remained in the insurance industry throughout his early career, rising to become Chief Executive of Allied Dunbar, Executive Chair of Eagle Star and Threadneedle Asset Management before they were ...
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The 1997–98 English Premiership (known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh full season of rugby union within the top tier of the English rugby union system. Newcastle Falcons won the league, for the first time, following their promotion from National Division 2 last season.
Anglo Irish also acquired a loan portfolio from Allied Dunbar. 1996 – Anglo Irish acquired Ansbacher Bankers, which was established in Dublin in 1950. 1998 – Anglo Irish acquired Crédit Lyonnais (Austria) and combined it with its existing Austrian operations.
James worked at Omega Insurance and Zürich before joining Prudential Plc, where her roles have included chief risk officer. She also was a non-executive director of Admiral Group between 2015 and 2017. [3] In 2017, she left Prudential to join the Direct Line Group (DLG) as chief financial officer.