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As IBRC door closes, GISC opens for business.
After all the wrangling and in-fighting - some of which seems set to continue - the Treasury finally...
CIS enters group pension market.
Manchester-based Co-operative Insurance Society has entered the group pension market with a stakehol...
Court of Appeal presses play on question of video evidence.
Even before the Woolf reforms, an increased spirit of openness regarding the use of video evidence w...
Boxing clever.
With other sectors competing for their business, loss adjusters have become boxed in, but now, with niche products and specialist services in their corner, they are beginning to fight back, says Simon Threadgold.
Asbestos guilt.
Brokers had a part to play in the insurance industry having to pay out over £1.5bn retrospectively o...
What the Papers Say.
The Mirror Brookside actress Claire Sweeney has been insured for £20m as the new host of daredevi...
Ministry of Finance predicts mergers.
The Tawainese government has called for consolidation among the domestic general insurance sector, w...
GAB Robins' acquisition trail.
Joseph Zubretsky, president and chief executive officer of GAB Robins, part of US investment company...
Avoiding the courts.
With demand for non-traditional reinsurance solutions increasing, Richard Spiller identifies the legal and regulatory issues to watch out for.
Before and after.
The House of Lords has found that the duty of utmost good faith varies depending on the stage of negotiations between insurer and client, but John Butler (below) discovers that uncertainty still surrounds post-contractual duty.
A matter of timing.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider who controls the clock in arbitrations.
Bridging the gap.
(Re)insurers are learning to work with financiers to reduce the risks of investing in developing countries and to make it easier to match infrastructure needs with funding, says John Sanders.
Swiss Re warns on water risks.
Swiss Re is undertaking what could be the first detailed study into water risks in the light of issu...
News in brief.
Labour MP Helen Brinton (Peterborough) has called for third party liability insurance to be made a s...
What the Papers Say.
Daily Telegraph Three million Twix bars have been destroyed after common flour beetles were found...
RIMS conference.
US small business owners recently had a lucky escape from flawed ergonomic regulations. Lance Ewing explains how and why the Risk and Insurance Management Society fought the legislation.
CGNU faces Cape crusade.
The UK's largest insurer, CGNU, this week came under pressure to intervene, as a major shareholder,...
Ensuring there's life after mergers.
A period of integration is difficult for staff at all levels in companies that are merging. Handling personnel issues sensitively is vital in ensuring the business is still healthy when it emerges on the other side of the merger process, says Jane…
Over 10% now have CI cover.
More than 10% of the working population have taken out critical illness policies. Sales remain stron...
Watch your back.
Never has it been more true that the buck stops with the boss, a trend which could have dramatic imp...
A Prompt service.
Software provider MCS has completed a joint development with premium financier Prompt. MCS has insta...
Special delivery.
The rising cost of setting up and running a traditional insurance company is becoming more and more prohibitive. But the increasingly specialised packages and benefits outsourcing companies can deliver, have made the third-party option extremely…
What the Papers Say.
The Sun "Poorly" Martine McCutcheon is to return to My Fair Lady - after The Sun snapped her out ...
Rehabilitation First campaign takes to the road again.
Post Magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign - shortlisted for the PPA Campaign of the Year 2001 - ...