Claims
Smaller firm passion can deliver high-quality service
I support Martin Mathieson's comments relating to the perceived differences between loss adjusting f...
Appointment at FMW
Ben Spurling has been appointed claims handler at Essex-based insurance broker FMW. Mr Spurling brin...
Appointment at AUL
AUL has boosted its headquarters in Colchester with the addition of four staff. Elaine Murray has be...
Taking on the media
Alistair Campbell, former head of communications for New Labour, told Biba delegates the media is to...
Insurance industry awaits House of Lords ruling
The insurance industry was yesterday awaiting a House of Lords ruling in the case of Barker v Saint ...
Biba packs political punch
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's move to step up its political campaigning was evident a...
Clean Bill of health
Personal Injury: Proposed reform
Aiming for a soft landing
Every industry needs to recruit new blood to survive - the new Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters president Harry Roberts tells Jonathan Swift how it is looking to defuse its own demographic time bomb
Time is right for the ABI to show courage
It is pleasing to see that the Association of British Insurers is considering a press campaign to ra...
Kennedys welcomes Mesothelioma judgement
Kieron West, a partner at City law firm Kennedys, has welcomed today's House of Lords judgement on mesothelioma victims' compensation.
Apil: mesothelioma victims 'deserted by the law'
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers president Richard Langton has said he was appalled by today's House of Lords decision on pay-outs for mesothelioma victims, claiming they will receive just a 'fraction of the compensation to which they are entitled'.
Mesothelioma judgement 'smooths the roughness' of Fairchild decision
Eversheds and Berrymans Lace Mawer have responded to today's House of Lords decision in the case of Barker v Corus and others, in their capacity as the appellants' legal advisers.
Lords ruling will help insurers save "tens of millions of pounds"
UK Insurers received a boost this morning when the House of Lords decided to cut asbestos compensation Mesothelioma sufferers and their families recieve.
Dead reckoning
The insurance world seems persuaded that increased life expectancy is the big underwriting problem of our age. Stephen Gray is not so convinced..
Forbes appoints Reese for NA casualty account
Alexander Forbes has appointed Charles Reese as managing director of North American Casualty as part...
UK seeing fastest growth in business failures since 1999
The UK is experiencing its fastest growth in the number of limited businesses failing, according to the latest figures from Experian, the information solutions company. In the first three months of 2006, corporate failures increased by 15.3 per cent to 4…
Toxic touch
Trade risks: asbestos
Appointment at Langleys
York-based firm Langleys has made Carol Dalton solicitor in its insurance department. Ms Dalton was ...
Body seeks louder voice
The incoming president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has outlined a raft of specialis...
Will ABI plan be plane sailing?
The Association of British Insurers may have come in for some stick in the past for some of its draw...
Exclusion sparks debate over child education
Ali v Head Teacher and Governors of Lord Grey School, (House of Lords - 22 March 2006)
Appointment at FMW
Helen Bloomfield has become account handler at Essex-based insurance broker FMW. She joins from Alla...
Admissions divisions
Legal: claimant options update
Claim Watch launches new software package
Vehicle repair system Claim Watch is launching Version 2.6 of its software package on 2 May - the 12...