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Anatomy of a fraud operation.
It was a claim too far when a gang of fraudsters tried to con insurers out of #38 000. An initial enquiry soon ballooned into a full-scale investigation that ended in the courtroom. Robert Wintrip reports.
Pressure is on to keep GAN in French hands.
Four foreign groups and a French firm have bid for the state-controlled French insurer GAN SA, but t...
You can never be too qualified.
I would like to comment of Derek Armstrong's letter (Let adjusters repair damage of assessors, PM, 9...
Appointment at Broker Direct.
Tony Grimes has joined Broker Direct's business development team. Covering the north of England and ...
LA law goes lenient.
Californian judges are taking a laid back approach to car insurance dodgers, particularly for first ...
Stars of the screen.
High street brokers will now find it easier to compete in the motor market by having access to rates...
E&L out to be top of the class for student insurance.
Students who fear losing their treasured CD collection are the latest market to be targeted by Enter...
Safe deal for wild ones.
Bikers' boots and crash helmets can now be insured against loss or damage through motor insurance sy...
Mexican crimewave.
Crime in the capital Mexico City has forced hoteliers into providing insurance against theft, muggin...
Bosses get year 2000 warning.
Company directors' personal liability and exposure to litigation due to year 2000 failures could run...
Is this the countdown to the end of the IBRC?
It is just a week to go before the submissions on the future regulation of general insurance selling...
Appointment at Maritime Insurance.
Vincent Emms, ACII, has joined Maritime Insurance as a hull underwriter. He has considerable experie...
Data protection guide.
Avon has published a data protection leaflet aimed at giving brokers general advice and guidelines a...
King trial: false signing.
One of the witnesses in the second trial of US boxing promoter Don King for alleged insurance fraud ...
Appointment at Lombard General.
Graham Hooper has joined Lombard General Insurance as marine cargo underwriter. He has 12 years e...
Candid camera cock-up.
Investigators hired by Uponors' Swedish Insurance firm, who spied on the wrong couple for four years...
Over-zealousness could ruin good name of fraudbusters.
This week has seen another major success in the industry's battle against organised fraud with the g...
Pension for the jobless.
The self employed, a group so often ignored by many insurers, can now sign up to Standard Life's Gro...
Alarming rise in number of computer 'muggings'.
The number of claims involving computers which have been stolen in the street has shot up by 19%, ac...
Stage is set for industry's Oscar night.
The hundreds of entries to the 1998 British Insurance Awards have been whittled down to just 54 - wi...
World Cup firm hopes to score with strategy.
Sybase, the official software provider for this year's World Cup, has announced that it has created ...
CIS enjoys business boom.
A record surplus on life assurance and pensions business of £667m, alongside a 38% rise in new life,...
LAVA deal in full flow.
Life insurance administration is about to become simpler following the announcement of a business pa...
Everybody's talking at me.
The telephone has become perhaps the most valuable business-selling tool to companies, and more insurers are exploiting its benefits through call centres. Alex Miller reports.