Claims
IFAs fear for their future.
Trade bodies are ignoring the plight of independent financial advisers as the introduction of stakeh...
Stakeholder on solid ground.
The government's stakeholder pension plans received a massive boost with the news that one scheme is...
Recharges call for intensive care.
The insurance industry fears hard-up health authorities may see proposed NHS recharges as an excuse ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
A team of healthcare experts has joined Property & Casualty Services. The team is led by business de...
Firms under fire from customers.
The life and pensions industry is feeling the wrath of policyholder power in the wake of mis-selling...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Vaughan Williams has been promoted at RP Hodson insurance brokers from an internal account handler t...
A remedy for years of pension botch-ups.
The only reason pensions are so complicated is because government after government has meddled in an effort to reform the system. Steve Bee argues that it does not have to be this way.
Ocaso upgraded.
Ocaso of Spain has posted a profit of over £22m for last year - an increase of 35% on profits achiev...
Cendant Claims Plus sold for over £1bn.
Claims handler Cendant Claims Plus has been sold as part of the £1.125bn acquisition of Cendant Busi...
The easy way to a pension.
Chartered accountants can now pick up their pension with peace of mind thanks to new product from PI...
Bee's stinging prediction.
There will be no such thing as retirement in the future without access to parallel pension schemes. ...
Survey backs compulsion.
Consumers and pension providers support compulsory stakeholder contributions, claims the Life Insura...
IFAs business on the up.
Independent financial advisers have reported a surge in new business over the last quarter and are f...
Appointment at Garwyn Liability Adjusters.
Three appointments have been made at Garwyn Liability Adjusters. Steve Ford has been promoted to dev...
Fraudbusting hits the Internet.
The Association of British Insurers has extended its fraud whistle-blowing facility to the Internet ...
Korma Blimey.
A woman accused of killing four neighbours, including two children, with arsenic-laced curry went on...
All in bad faith.
The American insurance industry has been dominated by bad faith litigation for over a decade. Martin Bruffell believes the Woolf Reforms may prove to be the catalyst for bad faith to cross the Atlantic.
Employment expert outlines impact of new law.
Brokers blanched when the effects of the government's new employment legislation were made clear. ...
Melody makers like the sound of policy.
Musicians Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Middlesex broker Bryan James Company, has tuned into t...
Adjusting to change.
Loss adjusting mergers have left members of the profession facing one burning question: should they follow their employer into a new venture, or set up on their own? Len Clarke reports.
Allianz set to be Korea's biggest foreign insurer.
South Korea's Cho Yang Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its controlling stake ...
Breakthrough for networks.
The long-awaited convergence agreement between the three electronic networks for the insurance indus...
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis is appointed.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has been appointed to handle the investigation of the devasted Admiral...
Experian storms ahead.
A new system for predicting storm claims has been launched by information solutions company Experian...