Claims
Sullman quits as Claims Direct shares dive
Tony Sullman, chairman and founder of no win no fee claims management company Claims Direct has resig...
How much should you earn?
When it comes to renegotiating your work package, do you know how your salary, perks, working condit...
IFAs: Equitable risk.
Independent financial advisers should act now to protect themselves against the risk of compensation...
RSA reinstates three
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has reinstated three of the 13 employees sacked for sending lewd emails ...
AGF scoops WAIG.
The AGF Group has acquired the remaining 51% shareholding of London-based Westminster Aviation Insur...
Claims Direct stands firm.
No win, no fee claims management company Claims Direct is keen to work with insurers, but will not b...
Recoverability dispute calls for Direct action.
There are always two sides to every story. The war of words between insurers and defendant solicitor...
Claims Direct expenses unclear.
I read with considerable interest Colin Poole's invitation to the legal and insurance professions to...
What the Papers Say.
The Daily Telegraph Fidelity, the £17bn fund manager, sent statements to thousands of investors t...
On the right track.
The insurance industry needs to work towards claims protocols that promote a unified response, allowing quick and effective action in dealing with major disasters, argues Alan Fleming.
... an e-risk intermediary.
The rise of the dotcoms and the application of internet technology have made e-risk an exciting sector. However, Marcus Alcock spends a day with David Walsh of Clickforcover and finds some things never change.
Care and care alike?
The government's decision to pay only for care delivered by nurses in nursing homes has raised many hackles because of the implications for long term care. Richard Thomas looks at the key issues and opportunities for insurers.
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society.
Helen Matthews has been recruited to the newly-created role of group marketing director at Wesleyan ...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Berrymans Lace Mawer has created six new partners. These include: Guy Bailey, who joined the Birming...
ABI investigates tribunal bills.
The growing confusion over who should be picking up the bill for employment tribunal claims has prom...
Experian goes for brokers.
Software giant Experian is set to go up against the likes of Misys's i2i and Rarrigini & Ross's 24 7...
Delivering the goods.
The ABI claims code has re-established the subject of replacement goods at the top of the claims agenda. While some companies prefer to offer cash, others see replacement as an opportunity to deliver what the customer wants, says David Fanning.
Working up to pensions.
The government's new campaign to prompt the public to part with some of their hard-earned cash and use it to secure their future has to be good news, but it also misses a big opportunity. The real gateway to getting contributions into an individual's…
Dirty work.
Royal & Sun Alliance sacked staff, while law firm Norton Rose accepted an apology: companies are adopting different strategies when dealing with the dissemination of lewd or inappropriate e-mails. Jane Ashton explains how the law is also split.
Insurers can be in no doubt on legal duties.
I hope the legal and insurance professions will both accept the recent statement made by David Lock,...
Flack v Hudson(1), Hudson(2) and Custance(3) Court of Appeal 6
The claimant was the personal representative of his wife, who had died when she was thrown from a ho...
Marsh set to take e-Advantage.
Broker Marsh is understood to be looking to expand its e-broking activities, following the success o...
Scottish seminars.
Scottish Life is to hold a series of countrywide seminars, starting on 1 February in Romford, focusi...
What the Papers Say.
The Express Sixty insurance workers have been allowed back to work after being suspended over sen...