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Credit hire: Stuck on you
After Axa spurned the Association of British Insurers' general terms of agreement, many thought other motor insurers would follow suit. Rachel Gordon examines why a mass exodus has not occurred.
Personal injury - unsolicited SMS: Text pests
With a rise in unsolicited text messages encouraging recipients to make personal injury claims, Daniel Dunkley looks into what the industry can do to tackle this undesirable correspondence.
Postbox: Positive vibes from an insurer are welcomed
We are pleased for Allianz that it expects to make significant savings as a result of the new claims process for road traffic accidents.
View from the top: Taking a stand over PI
There is a crisis brewing in the solicitors' professional indemnity market and finding the culprits is an open and shut case: the handful of rogue lawyers who cost their insurers millions of pounds each year and all too often, disappear into thin air.
Interview - Glynn Keeling: Out from under the radar
With a high-profile Ebay affinity deal recently signed, Leigh Jackson met Autonet managing director Glynn Keeling to talk about the firm's foundations and its future plans.
Wiper water warning
Auto Windscreens is warning insurers to be aware of a potential rise in personal injury claims, after research by the Health Protection Agency found windscreen wiper water may be the cause of 20% of cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales.
Overseas illness costs
The Association of British Insurers has highlighted that the cost of falling ill abroad has hit a record high, as travel insurers helped an unprecedented number of people needing emergency medical treatment while overseas.
Fewer uninsured drivers saves industry £80m
Motor Insurers' Bureau chief executive Ashton West has revealed he expects 5% fewer uninsured drivers on the UK's roads in 2010.
WNS Cheadle move heralds growth plans
WNS Assistance has laid out its plans to grow its business over the next three years, after moving to an office in Cheadle.
Insurers braced for subsidence claims
Property insurers are preparing for a raft of subsidence claims in the South-east of England following a long period of dry weather.
Private equity firm steps in with £115m MCS deal
Swedish restoration services firm Munters has sold its moisture control services business to private equity firm Triton in a move that will see a number of key partnerships in the UK insurance market change ownership.
Travel insurers escape Goldtrail claims
Travel insurers are likely to escape a surge in claims following the collapse of holiday company Goldtrail, with the UK Civil Aviation Authority set to pick up the bill.
VRS snatches Tesco property contract from GAB Robins
VRS Adjusters is poised to replace rival GAB Robins as the sole loss adjuster for Tesco's global property portfolio.
Quinn: PI insurers losers after defeat
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold an earlier ruling denying Quinn Direct access to confidential information on a small firm of solicitors that it insured.
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Lloyds chooses Crawford over adjusting trio after review
A trio of loss adjusters will no longer work with Lloyds Banking Group after it moved to a solus arrangement with Crawford & Company.
Fraud named as factor for motor insurance premium rise
Insurance giants Zurich and Axa have identified fraud as a factor in recent rises in motor insurance premiums.
Date due to be set for Autofocus court case
The trial window for the long-awaited legal battle between credit hire organisation Accident Exchange and reporting firm Autofocus is likely to be decided by the High Court next month.
ABI: liability classes lead rise in fraud detection
Figures from the Association of British Insurers published this week are expected to reveal the amount of insurance fraud detected and prevented last year by its members rose again, reaching a total of 122 000 cases — up from 107 00 in 2008 — with a…
Adjuster appoints new Greek head
Charles Taylor adjusting has appointed James Greene as director of its average adjusting business, Richards Hogg Lindley (Hellas), in Piraeus, Greece.
Adjuster appoints new Greek head
Charles Taylor adjusting has appointed James Greene as director of its average adjusting business, Richards Hogg Lindley (Hellas), in Piraeus, Greece.
Hill Dickinson confirms Halliwells takeover
Hill Dickinson has confirmed that it is to buy Halliwells’ Liverpool and Sheffield operations.
Motor premiums tipped for 50% jump in two years by AA insurance boss
Fraud is helping to push car insurance premiums up at their fastest-ever rate, according to the latest AA British Insurance Premium Index.
BLG poised for Halliwells' insurance team swoop
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert's partners have backed the proposed deal to acquire Halliwells' insurance team, according to Post's sister title Legal Week.