Claims
Time is money
Legal Update: Business Disruption
Appointment at MI Adjusting
MI Adjusting has recruited David Robinson as a senior liability adjuster. Mr Robinson joins from Q...
Wording on policy must not fly in face of reason
Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Co. SA (Court of Appeal - 27 November 2008)
Avoid the trap
Comment - Trapped Funds
Appointment at Prime Professions
Prime Professions has recruited Helen Tutin to the role of senior account executive in the City-ba...
Organised gangs target soft commercial targets
Organised gangs are stepping up their insurance fraud activities by staging accidents involving self...
Seize the day
Vocational rehabilitation
Reflecting on the third stage
Mark Adams
Justice, restructured
Comment - Access to justice
Cadogan media offering
Barbon-owned Cadogan Hanover Park has expanded its film and media insurance offering to include post...
Robust approach to limitation continues
White v Eon, Omega Red Group and Sentinel Lightning Protection and Earthing (Court of Appeal - 26 November 2008)
Airmic report to rebuild claims from ground up
A long-awaited best practice guide that could raise the bar in terms of insurance companies' claims ...
Costs order befits futile litigants
Peakman v Linbrooke Services (Court of Appeal - 13 November 2008)
Insurer sets up inhouse fraud team and joins IFB
Motor insurer Zenith Insurance has established a specialist in-house fraud and investigations team to crack down on motor fraud.
Hardy says FY results will beat expectations; lowers Ike estimates
Hardy, the Lloyd's (re)insurer domiciled in Bermuda, managed to stand out from a number of its peers when it lowered its estimates from Hurricane Ike to $17.6m from $23m.
MMC makes Colombian purchase
Marsh & McLennan said it has purchased the remaining 49% stake in Colombian (re)insurance broker Companias DeLima from the company's minority partners.
Willis launches new portfolio management tool
Willis Re, the U.S. reinsurance arm of broker Willis said it has launched Willis conNext – a web-based portfolio management and risk analysis platform that empowers analysts, risk managers and corporate executives to quantify exposure, evaluate…
Argo to establish casualty and professional risks division
Argo Group, the Bermudian (re)insurer, said it has established a casualty and professional risks division within Argo Re, the Company's Bermuda-based reinsurance operation.
Allstate downgraded by Moody's
US giant Allstate suffered the latest blow in a week that saw its shares tumble by around 20% in a day when it was downgraded by ratings agency Moody's.
AIG appoints new vice chairman
AIG has said that it has appointed Anastasia Kelly as its new vice-chairman.
IP Task Force concerned about use of the phrase ’Income Protection’
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) are meeting to discuss the Competition Commission Report on payment protection insurance (PPI) next week but believe there is an immediate need to prevent consumer confusion by outlawing the use of the term "Income…
Argo Group says US CEO to leave; ups Ike loss estimates
Bermudian (re)insurer Argo Group said that its president of its U.S. operations, Dale Pilkington, will be leaving the Company as of May 1, 2009.
Cadogan Hanover Park expands film and media cover
Barbon-owned Cadogan Hanover Park has expanded its film and media insurance offering to include post-production indemnity.
Allstate's immediate issue is capital adequacy, says analysts
US insurance giant Allstate may be struggling with capital adequacy, a senior Wall Street analyst has said.