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Risks of playing golf brought to the fore by negligence case.
A golfer whose ball bounced off a tree and hit another player on an adjacent fairway was liable for ...
Benchmarked ISAs could increase consumer confusion.
There has been a mixed reaction within the industry following the government's announcement that ISA...
Canada hits the road.
Canada Life's IFA division is going on the road this week for its first series of IFA seminars follo...
Getting your head round psychiatry.
Claims for psychiatric injury now regularly hit the headlines following the increased public awarene...
President of the Insurance Benevolent Fund accepts cheque.
Peter Knight (left), president of the Insurance Benevolent Fund, accepts a cheque for £10,000 from P...
Judgement day.
Whether it will be planes dropping out of the skies or the video recorder seizing up, it is now accepted that something will certainly go wrong electronically come the millennium. Yet Tony Dowding finds many companies are still ill-prepared for 2000.
Qualified staff bound to be best.
At the present time, there is a considerable amount of regeneration taking place within the membersh...
Irish insurers welcome Belfast peace deal.
The Irish Insurance Industry joined forces to express its excitement at the prospect of a peaceful a...
Sign of Gemini's plans.
Gemini Consultants has expanded its loan and mortgage administration software and bureau business to...
Software deal.
Scottish Widows and FileNET have put pen to paper on the £1.5m Panagon integrated document managemen...
AXA sheds stake in UIF.
AXA is off loading its 34.65% stake in UIF to GFC in keeping with its stated intention of reducing i...
Risk rating overhaul.
Equifax has bought an exclusive 15-year licence from Ventech Systems for software that it claims wil...
Mr Clutch shifts up a gear with insurance offers.
Demand from customers has prompted leading clutch and transmission specialist Mr Clutch to offer dir...
Swiss Re acquires Mexican reinsurer.
Swiss Re has taken measures to strengthen it's market position in Latin America by acquiring 100% of...
Insurers advised to push d-debits.
Insurers are being encouraged to advise policyholders to pay by direct debit because they would be l...
Cigarette firms cough up #4bn.
US tobacco giants rolled over and agreed to pay #4bn in damages to a medical insurer and the state o...
Going up down under.
The market down under is pretty buoyant on the back of next month's flotation of Australia's biggest...
Gamble's support vow.
David Gamble, the new executive director of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC),...
Damage limitation.
That's what the uninsured loss recovery market is currently involved in. Ruth Addicott examines what companies are doing to halt falling premiums and standards and ride the 'cowboys' out of town.
A question of timing.
The Law Commission has finished a comprehensive review which put limitation periods in all claims under the microscope. Andrew Parker examines the commission's findings and proposals.
Green Flag to the rescue.
Sometimes you win when you lose and Nottinghamshire league side Blidworth Welfare were finally given...
Ericsson clinches Cornhill deal.
Ericsson Data Networks has won a contract to supply install and support a major upgrade of Cornhill'...
Agency in deep water over floods.
Sedgwick Re report into last month's floods highlights a number of failings of the Environmental Agency.