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Allianz Worldwide Care launches geographically mobile healthcare plan
Allianz Worldwide Care has launched a corporate private medical insurance plan that allows policyholders to have elective treatment outside the UK.
MGAs need to focus on EL and PL changes, BLM urges
Managing general agents have been urged to consider the implications of changes in costs regimes and processes for handling employers' liability and public liability claims, due to be implemented in 2013.
Food liability insurance in China: a promising market yet to take off
China has recently faced a number of food scandals leading to a public outcry for safer products. Artemisia Ng investigates whether insurers have the appetite to underwrite this market.
Ecclesiastical pledges support for new scrap metal bill
Church insurer Ecclesiastical has welcomed a private member's bill clamping down on metal theft by giving police and councils more power.
Scrap metal bill to get second reading in House of Commons
A Private Member's Bill that would give local councils and the police greater powers to suspend and revoke the licences of dodgy scrap metal dealers is to undergo a second reading in the House of Commons next month.
Market moves: New faces in the insurer space
The main movers and shakers this week were insurers, with a number of firms bringing in new faces, including HDI Gerling recruiting a new director, Axa Assistance naming a new deputy chief executive and Dual adding a manager for its new office in Austria.
Law report: Records contradict doctor's evidence in brain damage case
Law reports contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Chief constable liable for injury
Law reports contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Loss adjusting: A standards issue
Direct regulation of loss adjusters has been on the agenda for more than a decade but, with Europe ready to step in, is the industry prepared to be governed by forces on the continent?
Comment: Selective insurer hearing
Is the insurance industry alert to the turning tide of public opinion against it, asks Tom Jones.
Editor's comment: A return to fair play needed
As football fanatics finalise viewing details for the Euro 2012 knockout stages - pubs, pints and people to share the excitement with - it's fitting that the theme of this week's big insurance issues is fair play.
RSA legal action suspended as court rules in insurer's favour over motor costs
Zurich has confirmed that it has suspended legal action with RSA over the company's subrogated motor repair costs while it awaits the outcome of a possible appeal, after RSA won a High Court case against two other insurers.
Majority of UK motorists put off by 'complicated' claims process
More than half of UK motorists surveyed by InterResolve are dissuaded from making a legitimate claim because of a complicated claims process.
Business boomed for RiIG in 2011, AGM told
Claims management company Resources in Insurance Group has told its Annual General Meeting attendees that the business has witnessed increasing levels of activity in the backdrop of the wet weather.
FSA kept budget spending down, annual report reveals
The Financial Services Authority deliberately underspent on its annual budget as it was “very conscious of the need to control costs, particularly given the difficult environment that firms are operating in”.
Crawford makes string of new hires in SLS liability business
Crawford & Company's UK liability business SLS has recruited 11 experts.
Claims management firm RiIG wins PPI contract
Resources in Insurance Group has signed a £750 000 deal with a financial institution to handle Payment Protection Insurance claims.
Rehabilitation First Awards 2012: Countdown has begun
With only two weeks to go before the entry deadline for the 2012 Rehabilitation First Awards draws to a close, now is the ideal opportunity to demonstrate how your efforts in this field are driving the industry forward as it continues to develop and…
Data deployment key to improving claims performance and cutting fraud
Smart technology and data deployment can improve claims performance and cut £2bn worth of fraud, according to the Insurance Claims Management report from Clear Path Analysis.
DLG signs new home insurance deal with Nationwide
Direct Line Group's partnerships division, Brand Partners, has renegotiated its contract with Nationwide handling the building society's new household claims and post home insurance sales and service.
PPO demand to put off 'silver bullet' investment in insurance
General insurers will not get the 'silver bullet' investment needed to offset potential liabilities from the growing number of periodical payment order settlements in the UK as typical lump sum claimants are increasingly seeking PPOs.
Time called in Chester as Garwyn moves to Manchester
Specialist liability adjuster Garwyn has closed its Chester office and replaced it with a branch in Manchester.
Drunken holidaymakers invalidate travel insurance, research reveals
Travellers have been warned that they could invalidate their travel insurance if they have an incident on holiday while under the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs.
Brit offloads legacy liabilities to Riverstone
Brit Group has agreed the sale of its Financial Services Authority-regulated Brit Insurance Limited to Riverstone Group.