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Large claims to be made for bush fires.
Bushfires that ravaged large areas of New South Wales, Australia at the start of the year will resul...
PCS job shake-up.
Vic Noble, operations director at loss adjuster Property & Casualty Services, has been asked to reap...
Unitas makes Irish signing.
Broker network Unitas has signed up Northern Irish intermediary Bartholomew & James as its latest me...
Commentary - Entitlements of Part 36 offers.
The initial decisions on the clarification of Part 36 offers (under CPR 36.9) rejected the suggestio...
Appointment at Capita McLarens.
Barry Withers has been taken on by loss adjuster Capita McLarens as a technical adviser. He will be ...
Top dog?
As the costs of vets' bills spiral, pet owners are looking more seriously at insurance and with greater competition coming from retail outlets, cover is now more affordable than ever. Jane Bernstein follows the leads.
Rebus iS cuts jobs in revamp.
IT service provider for the insurance market Rebus iS is to cut staffing levels by over 10%. A total...
Scots open on asbestos cases.
Specially convened hearings to determine the full extent of asbestos-related cases began this week i...
CSC in Asian deal.
Computer Sciences Corporation and Singapore-based SMP Solutions have entered into an agreement by wh...
Zurich cuts IT staff in restructure.
Zurich this week confirmed that 19 IT staff have been cut as part of the company's ongoing restructu...
Game plan.
Sports events cover has moved into a different league, with insurers offering an increasingly broad range of policies for a variety of events. With the US terrorist attacks adding more pressure, specialist knowledge is the name of the game, says David…
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph British families who watched their relatives die during live television cove...
E-complacency costs insurers.
Insurers were accused of "fudging the issue" of technology at the Institute of Economic Affairs conf...
Aon seals commercial broking deal with RBS.
Broking giant Aon has taken over the Royal Bank of Scotland's commercial and corporate broking activ...
US tragedy dominates opening.
The opening speeches at the Ferma Forum were dominated by the impact of the US tragedy. Maurizio Cas...
Willis unveils terrorism risk e-trading solution.
Global broker Willis has launched an electronic trading capacity to cater exclusively for sabotage a...
Willis secures $200m capacity for terrorism venture
Global broker Willis has created a new electronic trading capacity for sabotage and terrorism for pro...
Stirling buys Exchange FS.
Software provider Marlborough Stirling has snapped up independent financial adviser and general insu...
Appointment at Faraday.
General Re-controlled Faraday has appointed Rolf Tolle chief underwriting officer and active underwr...
Taylor acquisition.
UK-listed Charles Taylor Consulting, which recently acquired Resolve International loss adjusters, h...
Appointment at Specialist Liability Services.
Liability adjusters SLS has taken on two new adjusters Ian Collie has joined at St Albans, having fo...
Aussie insurers will face closure.
Up to 50 Australian general insurers could be shut down, or forced into mergers, if they fail to mee...
Axa reinsurance business surges in first half
France-based Axa wrote Euro 2338m of reinsurance premiums in the first half of 2001 — 58.2% up on the...
Increase in fatal farming accidents.
The number of fatal farming accidents in the UK is on the increase, with one death per week, accordi...