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Call for change.
The civil litigation climate is set to change radically on 26 April. Alex Broad analyses the rationale for Lord Woolf's reforms and their intended impact.
Playing your cards right.
Shane Sayers explains why alternative dispute resolution, as embodied in the Woolf reforms, is the key to saving costs on claims.
Fire at restaurant in New Forest.
PCS loss adjusters were called to a fire at a restaurant in the heart of the New Forest after an emb...
Appointment at Moore Blatch Solicitors.
Sarah Bell joins Southampton law firm Moore Blatch to head up a dedicated marine insurance departmen...
There's a time and a place for adjusters.
I note with interest the response from Chris Miller ('Long live adjusters', PM 25 March, p20) of the...
Penny Black's insurance week.
He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think the insurance industry needs someone like the colou...
Solid trading.
Iron Trades, the general insurer, revealed an increase in pre-tax profits of 38.7%, up to £32.6m fro...
Insurers must be good listeners.
The issues of social and financial exclusion are rising rapidly to the top of the political agenda a...
Abbey OK for 2000.
It's all systems go for Abbey Life next year after CS Rand completed a £2.5m Y2K systems compliance ...
Ready, Steady, Go.
Northern Star has rebranded its travel insurance products. From today they will be known as Ready, S...
Happy as a pig in.
Wiltshire farmer Richard Gordon emerged smelling of roses when Q Farms settled his insurance claim i...
Fishers out to buy.
Fishers international, the insurance services company, is set to cast its net wider is search of fur...
Race against time.
Updating IT sytems is an integral part of being ready for the Woolf reforms. Alex Miller finds that some companies are keeping pace while others are lagging behind.
Appointment at Ward Evan Group.
Several appointments have been made by Ward Evans Group to its corporate insurance broking arm. Susa...
Liver shuts door.
Royal Liver is the latest company to walk away from door-to-door policy selling. The friendly societ...
Stakeholders slated.
A consumer watchdog has blasted the government's stakeholder pensions proposals and urged it to impl...
Five major mutual life insurers to go public.
At least five major Canadian mutual life insurers are poised to go public later this year. Mutual Li...
Appointment at Cornhill Insurance.
As part of Cornhill's corporate restructure, which sees its UK branch division renamed Allianz Cornh...
Protection failing.
Legislation introduced last November to protect holidaymakers from insurance rip-offs by travel agen...
Drive to stem road deaths.
A new driver safety award has been launched after a study found company car and van drivers face the...
New dawn for justice.
On the face of it, the Civil Procedure Rules should be embraced by all, but professional indemnity insurers have been left asking 'What's in it for us?' Kenneth McKenzie explains why.
Implant vote.
Insurers are waiting for the result of a vote by women on a proposed £2bn settlement for injuries ca...
Electronic barriers.
Brokers are not entering into the spirit of the electronic age, according to a report by NIG Skandia...
Gambling on the horses.
While some insurers have said neigh to horse insurance, others have galloped in and found winning form. Simon Threadgold reports.