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Top 20 spotlight - 8: Bupa
Top 100 UK Insurers
Axa drops three with an eye on legal reform
Axa has used its latest legal review to chose a panel of law firms that can handle a wider range of ...
Loss adjuster reports 33% rise in turnover
Merlin Professional Claims Services has reported a 33% increase in turnover and a similar increase in profits for the financial year ended 30 June 2008.
Axa unveils legal panel
Axa Insurance has awarded seven legal services firms with three year contracts, following a six-month review.
Esure reassures market following HBOS takeover
Peter Wood, the chairman and chief executive officer of Esure, indicated today he is not worried about the possible takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland by Lloyds TSB.
Whittington hires independent non-executive chairman
Lloyd’s managing agent Whittington Capital Management, part of insurance investor and services provider Whittington Group, has appointed Tom Riddell as independent non-executive chairman.
2008 Legal Overview - Awaiting judgment day
UK Legal 2008
Mike India Five wins Brownsword chase
Manchester-based surveillance specialist Mike India Five plans to boost turnover by 100% over the ne...
Buy gives Oxygen subsidiary greater scope
Arthur J Gallagher has acquired Oxygen Insurance Managers - part of London market insurance intermed...
Analysis - Healthy portions
UK Legal 2008
PI system set to stagnate claims Booton
There will be no radical reform of the personal injury system before the next election - and perhaps...
A case for good standards
While Matthew Beard raised some real concerns in respect to the importance of evidence-based recomme...
TCF not up for discussion
Two out of five insurers have not yet incorporated treating customer fairly into their business stra...
Meeting fails to address major PI costs question
The recent meeting with the Ministry of Justice about personal injury claims reform was "constructiv...
First Assist strikes travel insurance deal with Sainsbury's
First Assist Insurance Services has signed a travel insurance partnership deal with Sainsbury’s Finance.
HCML completes rehabilitation standards
Rehabilitation provider Health and Case Management has completed its core professional case management standards.
Mike India 5 snap up Brownsword
David Brownsword, who sold his controlling interest in liability and fraud operation Brownsword to Capita in 2006, has joined nationwide investigators Mike India 5 as chief executive officer.
Questgates complies with MOJ recommendations
Questgates motor division has, during trials of a new IT system, proved it is able to comply with reforms recently recommended by the Ministry of Justice.
Willis and Glencairn detail new third-party wholesale business
Glencairn, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs´ London-based operation, and Willis Group Holdings have confirmed plans to create a new third-party wholesale brokerage business, following the expected completion of Willis´ planned combination with HRH before the end of…
NURS launches online health and safety training package
Norwich Union Risk Services has launched an online training package for brokers and businesses, cove...
Pick of the week
Reporters Alwynne Gwilt and Louise Meeson look at the major stories from the general insurance market...
Buncefield information case offers relief for insurers
West London Pipeline and Storage and United Kingdom Oil Pipelines v Total UK, Total Downstream UK and Hertfordshire Oil Storage and TAV Engineering and Motherwell Control Systems 2003 (Queen's Bench Division - 9 June 2008)
Fee arrangements not problematic
Much as we like being referred to as "the country's most powerful defendant lawyers", there seems to...