Claims/Loss adjusting
Wilkinson becomes Markel's Singapore claims director
Chay Wilkinson is leaving loss adjuster Triton where he is regional director, Asia-Pacific to become Markel's Singapore claims director.
Airmic 2015: Crawford report highlights importance of scenario planning
Crawford & Company has urged corporates to consider pre-loss and scenario planning in their risk management programmes after research conducted by the loss adjuster found that emerging and intangible risk categories require an increasing demand for…
CILA rejects proposals for surveyors to oversee resilient rebuilding
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has questioned proposals to train property surveyors in resilient rebuilding methods, claiming its own members are much more suited to the role.
McLarens opens Cork office and hires two Top Mark adjusters in Belfast
Loss adjuster McLarens has extended its all-Ireland offering by establishing a presence in Cork and appointing a pair of Top Mark adjusters to its Belfast operation.
Xchanging launches TPA adjusting service for London market
Outsourcing provider Xchanging has launched a new global third party administration adjusting service in the London market.
Davies forges claims handling deal with MGA Imperium
Managing general agent Imperium Insurance Management has appointed Davies Group to handle its property and liability claims as well as providing loss adjusting and supply chain services.
Fitzgerald Consulting replaces GAB in adjusting network
Fitzgerald Consulting is to join loss adjusting network Context International as its sole UK representative replacing GAB Robins after its acquisition by Crawford & Company in December 2014.
Insurers told to change ways or lose loss adjusting capacity
Insurers have been warned of the potential consumer detriment of in-housing claims by loss adjusting bosses who have backed the stance taken by Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' deputy president Benedict Burke over the industry’s ability to provide…
New South Wales storm claims rise to 24,250
There have been 24,250 insurance claims so far after this week's powerful storm in New South Wales.
AIG reappoints Cunningham Lindsey as Tutoki fallout subsides
AIG has reinstated Cunningham Lindsey as a claims partner after dropping the loss adjuster last year over the latter’s appointment of Jane Tutoki as global CEO, Post understands.
Editor's comment: Solidarity in a surge
The insurance industry received a chilling warning at this week’s Post Claims Club, when deputy president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters Benedict Burke told attendees that the sector could not respond to a claims surge on the scale of the…
Claims Club: Loss adjusting could not respond to a surge on 2007 scale warns Burke
Falling demand for ‘business as usual’ loss adjusting services has left the industry unable to service claims at the peak of a surge, according to Benedict Burke, deputy president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Claims Club: Importance of loss adjusters must increase for UK to regain status as pre-eminent insurance market
Insurers need to cut out bureaucracy, the role of lawyers has to be reduced and importance of loss adjusters increased if the UK is to regain its position as one of the world’s pre-eminent insurance markets.
Loss adjusters appoint accountants to help with Holborn fire BI claims
Loss adjusters Crawford & Company and Cunningham Lindsey have assigned a number of in-house accountants after being appointed to handle business interruption claims emanating from last week’s electrical fire in central London.
Loss adjusting: a sea change?
Consolidation has been the buzzword of the insurance industry over the last 12 months and the claims space is no exception, where loss adjusters have been buying, selling and merging at a feverish pace.
Market Moves - 2 April 2015
Who has moved where this week.
Claims Awards 2015: shortlist revealed
Today Post is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the 2015 Claims Awards.
Nicholls replaces Gladwell as Crawford UK & Ireland CEO
Clive Nicholls has been appointed as CEO of Crawford & Company UK & Ireland in a leadership reshuffle following its acquisition of GAB Robins.
Rigby replaces Harman as Crawford's European boss
Former GAB Robins CEO Kieran Rigby will lead Crawford and Company’s European operation in a move that results in the departure of Mark Harman from Crawford.
Motor Claims 2015 - speaker: Simon How
Simon How is global specialty markets director, Cunningham Lindsey and has extensive experience in the general insurance industry, particularly within the motor sector.
Blog: A loss adjuster walks into a bar ... looking for a surge solution
Having a pint with a senior member of the loss adjusting fraternity recently, the thorny issue of surge response/management came up again.
Crawford's Muress thanks staff and clients as CMA signs off on GAB Robins deal
The Competition and Markets Authority has unconditionally cleared the acquisition of GAB Robins by Crawford and Company after concluding its review of the purchase ahead of schedule.
Davies promotes Kearney to group role
Davies Group liability director Suzanne Kearney has been promoted to a group-level role responsible for developing UK-wide broker nominations.
Jelf buys claims firm Hamilton Bond Group
Jelf has acquired Worcester-based claims consultant Hamilton Bond Group with CEO Alex Alway citing the purchase as a response to challenges imposed on brokers under the Insurance Act.