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Judgement rocks cargo.
A recent English court judgement has driven a coach and horses through the contractual protection given to carriers by British International Freight Association terms, as Nevil Phillips explains.
Zurich tackles cars of the future.
Zurich Insurance has come up with a product to protect the drivers of the future. Micro Compact C...
Gas blast claims.
The insurance industry is assessing the cost after a serious fire caused massive damage following a ...
Satisfaction shock.
Despite the 90s' explosion in call centres, customer satisfaction has plummeted to an all time low a...
NHS Trusts must take counter measures to avoid glut of lawsuits.
In order to counter an increasingly litigious society, NHS Trusts are going to have to accept their ...
Co-Operative settles bullying case out of court.
Co-Operative Insurance has settled a claim out of court brought by an employee who alleged he had be...
Alarm over lack of accountability.
Disquiet was expressed at what was perceived as a lack of accountability in relation to the operatio...
Causation and the role of the forensic accountant.
In the second of his two-part analysis into the predicted Y2K crisis, Anthony Charlton explains why insurers need expert help to determine which claims actually have little to do with the Millennium Bug.
Adjusters: dependent or independent?
Geoffrey Salmon's letter (Independence day is over for adjusters, PM, 17 Sept, p22) highlights the t...
SCT moves to beat the gloom.
Syndicate Capital Trust has announced its preliminary results and set out a plan to beat pessimistic...
Committee to study bid.
Cendant's bid for the Royal Automobile Club has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Committe...
NU strikes out to be No 1.
Norwich Union has undergone a dramatic shift in its business strategy and moved into two and three-y...
Colonia Baltica celebrates.
Colonia Baltica was celebrating after its yacht sailed to victory in the annual Ward Evans regatta i...
Navigators & General launches web site.
Yachting and motorboat insurers Navigators & General has launched a web site complete with hyperlink...
SIF gets chance to prove itself.
The solicitors' Indemnity Fund has been given an opportunity to prove itself to the anti-mutual elem...
Prudential to shed 300 jobs.
Prudential is to prune 34 of its branches nationwide with the loss of 300 jobs as part of a general ...
Reinsurance and ART boundaries are blurring'.
As the market thrives, Alternative Risk Transfer becomes more difficult to distinguish from conventi...
Danger still ahead for NewRo on road to broker regulation.
It seems that the momentum in the broker regulation debate is now irrevocably with NewRo. It is t...
Long-term costs.
As long-term care insurance slowly makes its mark, Simon Threadgold looks at the providers' activities ahead of the Royal Commission in December.
Sumitomo Life Insurance to take 10% stake.
Sumitomo Life Insurance, the Japanese life group, is to take about 10% stake in Taiheiyo Securities,...
A simple plan.
I cannot understand what all the fuss is about over insurance agents' control. The requirement is st...
Regulator's fines not working,' blasts Boleat.
Association of British Insurers' chief Mark Boleat slammed the regulator over its use of fines as th...
Commentary - Keep out of the VDU mousetrap.
This year the Health & Safety Executive published its revised guidance on working with VDUs, which f...
Interest in letter from Jeffrey Salmon.
I was most interested in the letter from Jeffrey Salmon, who can be relied upon for good value, cert...