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Insurers shift fraud focus.
Paul Crake, recently-installed fraud manager at the Association of British Insurers, plans to scale ...
Lloyd's faces £140m bill as oil rig sinks.
Lloyd's is expecting a £140m liability bill after the Brazilian state-owned Petrobras oil platform s...
Bells ring over insurance loan.
The case of Cannon Lionel Webber, who failed to repay borrowed money after building a Millennium bel...
Insurers fight phantom fraud.
Insurers are set to combat the rising tide of "phantom passenger" motor fraud cases in the wake of a...
Liability losses loom.
The rising compensation culture and the activities of firms like Claims Direct are putting pressure ...
Setting the legal record straight.
It is asserted that the case of Hitchens v Berkshire CC is the most significant finding on contribut...
GISC stalls despite green light.
The uncertainty is finally, over, isn't it? The General Insurance Standards Council has now, after...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Paul Crump, who joined Independent Insurance in 1995, has been made UK property underwriter in Edenb...
Folgate seeks treble income.
Broker-only insurer Folgate is set to recruit new regional commercial underwriters as it looks to tr...
Crump heads Independent unit
Paul Crump has taken on the role of UK property underwriter at Independent Insurance. Mr Crump's ro...
Industry cuts back on staff.
Never has it been truer to say that a job is not for life as this year the insurance market saw some...
Industry training under examination.
Insurers and brokers could become profitable training providers under plans put forward last week by...
Dallas in Scotland.
Bradford-based broker TL Dallas has opened a new unit in Falkirk, central Scotland, led by Douglas M...
Budget expands in South.
High-street broker chain Budget Insurance has extended its influence in the South-East with the acqu...
Dallas expands on two fronts
Bradford-based insurer TL Dallas has opened a new unit in Falkirk, central Scotland, to deal with cre...
Clerical goes live.
Clerical Medical has gone live on m-link, the e-trading platform for independent financial advisers....
... a Lloyd's underwriter.
John Collyear is lead underwriter at Euclidian syndicate 1243 at Lloyd's. Marcus Alcock spent a day with him and discovered that the role involves much more than simply underwriting. The emphasis is on team work, although as active underwriter, John is…
Oxford bids for revenue.
Prospective broker-owned Lloyd's syndicate Oxford is waiting to hear from reinsurers this week in a ...
Mergers: money for nothing?
Big is not beautiful. Nor is it good for staff, industry competition or customer service. These are ...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has made four new appointments to its sales team. Neil Peters will become the ...
Unitas moves up with Scottish signing.
Broker network Unitas has signed up Aberdeen-based Central Insurance Services as its 10th member, ex...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Baltic Exchange this week pledged to support a legal challenge to the gov...
Caught in the crossfire.
While their is no magical solution to the distressing process of being fired, Robert Charles explains how to look after your own interests and avoid being caught out.
Closure completed.
Broker Heath Lambert has completed the closure of its Southend back-office operation, and is looking...