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PCS branches out.
Independent Insurance-backed loss adjuster Property & Casualty Services has expanded its branch netw...
Independent loses more staff to rival Fusion.
Beleaguered insurer Independent Insurance has lost a further three managers to Fusion, the broker-fo...
Weighing up the home economics.
With technology making working from home more accessible, the financial and other benefits can make it an appealing employment solution all round. But there are downsides to the homework revolution, says Jane Bernstein.
S&P gives Ozzy health insurers thumbs down.
Ratings agency Standard & Poors has warned Australia's private health insurers that they could lose ...
Appointment at R3: Group.
Peter Cooper has been appointed account executive at Ipswich-based R3: Group. He will be focusing on...
Crowe owner takes Stock.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe Syndicate Management looks set to be sold by its parent company Stockton Re, a...
Miller Fisher restructure is drain on profits.
Miller Fisher, which owns loss adjuster Miller Pycraft, has recorded a pre-tax loss of £3.1m, compar...
Earthquake shakes Seattle.
Insured losses from the earthquake that shook Seattle on 28 February are well below early forecasts ...
News in brief.
French reinsurer Scor made substantial operating losses in its property and casualty (p&c) business ...
Helphire folds 1st Automotive
Credit Hire firm Helphire is to shut down the subsidiary it acquired in August, 1st Automotive, with ...
RAC snaps up Auto Windscreens for £112m
The RAC's parent company, Lex Service, has acquired Chesterfield-based Auto Windscreens, the second l...
Miller Fisher records £3.1m loss
Miller Fisher, which owns loss adjuster Miller Pycraft, has recorded a pre-tax loss of £3.1m, compare...
Loss adjusters query GISC cost.
Loss adjusters are in talks with the General Insurance Standards Council over whether they will have...
Kidnap cover to rise.
Most kidnappings are now motivated purely by economics, according to a Foreign Policy Centre report ...
IFAs get Scot service.
Scottish Provident has launched a new online service for independent financial advisers at www.scotp...
Interesting compensation for loss of earnings.
Griffiths & Others v British Coal Corporation & Another Court of Appeal 27 February 2001.
Appointment at Property and Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has recruited Sue Rumbold as personnel and training manager. She joins ...
Motorcyclists' insurance claims.
Four out of five motorcyclists have claimed on their insurance in the last 12 months, with premium i...
Initiative to prevent caravan theft.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has joined forces with the Association of Chief Police Officers and th...
Claimline expands.
Surrey-based personal injury no win, no fee specialist Claimline is understood to be seeking financi...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Peter Hadden, director of Independent Insurance, has taken on responsibility for managing the group'...
US and Europe must end trade rows.
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb, and policy adviser to President Bush, last week ...
Industry rejects "complacency" tag.
I was surprised to read the response from Owen Tudor of the Trades Union Congress to my letter (Post...
Landmark case for professional indemnity cover.
The decision in Merrett v Babb last month is a landmark case about the liability of a professional, ...