Claims
Homeserve: insurers need us to be 'joined up'
Warranty, maintenance and repair provider Homeserve has admitted large insurance companies have aske...
Carving out a niche
Strategic Focus
Streamlining Personal Injury - Window of opportunity
Strategic Focus
Gould issues public thank you
Chair Anthony Gould reviewed the Claims Club's last meeting before issuing a public thank you to dep...
North of the Border: fines for loss of court time may be a judicial own goal
It is a long established principle that an award of expenses follows success. And after a recent dec...
Track and field
Agriculture: Equipment theft
Fraud detection - The big squeeze
Strategic Focus
FOS not set to expand its remit, says review
The claimant's perspective was at the heart of the Claims Club's final meeting for 2007, as Jamie Dunkley reports
ABI gives support to VAT modernisation
The Association of British Insurers has backed the European Commission’s latest proposal to modernise VAT rules on the supply of insurance and financial services.
Market slide continues down under
The Australian and New Zealand reinsurance market will continue softening in early 2008 due to a benign catastrophe experience and increasing competition, according to a new Aon report.
Pittman quits Halifax to head up supplier
Jim Pittman, presently head of household claims at HBOS General Insurance is due to take over as managing director of VFM, the claims management and risk consultancy business from January.
Eversheds unveils new partner
Eversheds has strengthened its insurance and reinsurance practice with the appointment of Patrick Devine as partner.
Time to wipe away windscreen hassles
When are insurers going to learn the difference between real windscreen repairers and trusting the c...
What the papers said this week
Daily Telegraph Lloyd's of London is bracing itself for hundreds of claims from company directors...
Absolute wins contract
Following a six-month pilot, KGM Insurance has signed a three-year contract with Absolute CM to prov...
Henry Bermingham - Public attorney no. 1
On the eve of taking up his presidency of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Henry Bermingham talks to Lynn Rouse about maximising the organisation's impact in the corridors of power, addressing the adverse way in which claims and claiming are affecting…
A low-VAT diet
Rehabilitation: Tax exemption
No pain no claim
Personal Injury: Chronic pain
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Biba expresses concerns towards Northern Rock crisis
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has expressed concern that its members may be forced to help compensate the customers of Northern Rock, were the bank allowed to default, under new funding arrangements for the Financial Services Compensation…
Markel International Insurance upgraded to 'A' rating by Fitch
Following the recent upgrade of Markel International Insurance Company (MIICL) by A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings today upgraded the IFS rating of Markel International’s insurance company to ‘A’ with a positive outlook from ‘A-‘ with a positive outlook.
