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Europ Assistance secures First Choice contract
Europ Assistance has secured the travel insurance account with First Choice Holidays for a further three years.
RSA splashes £38.5m on Martello Underwriting.
Royal & SunAlliance has bought Martello Underwriting for £38.5m.
CII appoints faculty operations manager
The Chartered Insurance Institute has appointed Neil Beattie to be its new faculty operations manager for the general insurance faculties.
Pick of the Week
A look at the major news in the general insurance sector this week by Anthony Gould, editor in chief,...
Insurers in warning over new CDM regulations
Insurers that instruct third-party repairers to handle property claims face a greater risk of being ...
Stance on rehab needs a helping hand
The UK has a compensation system that has been carefully built, layer by layer, over time - yet ther...
Appointment at Reed Smith
Reed Smith has appointed Catherine May as a partner in the firm's European litigation practice, whic...
Liverpool Victoria to recruit 200
Liverpool Victoria will be recruiting 200 positions for its new Croydon base over the next year, as ...
FSCS changes miss the point
Proposed changes to the rules of the industry's compensation scheme do not go far enough, according ...
NU whiplash rollout
Norwich Union has announced the rollout of a new approach to rehabilitation for whiplash claims. Wor...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Opening up will prevent identity theft
The recent National Identity Fraud Prevention awareness campaign helped to highlight the fact that f...
Information drive is stuck in slow lane
If the financial services industry is to raise confidence levels in maintaining a profitable busines...
Appointment at FMW
Richard Goldstone has joined FMW as a claims handler. Mr Goldstone, who started his career as a clai...
Fraud hot spots revealed
Fraudulent claims are most prevalent in the summer months, according to a new survey by loss adjuste...
Keoghs targets fraud
Law firm Keoghs has strengthened its insurance fraud team with the appointment of two partners. Alis...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has recruited Greg Bannister as senior technical supervisor in its motor division in Bolt...
HMT launches consultation on transfers of insurance business
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls MP, last week proposed amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to provide greater certainty to aspects of the transfers of insurance and banking business.
Apil calls for greater FSCS overhaul
The claimant lawyer lobby has called for further changes to the industry's compensation scheme allowing interim payments to be made to mesothelioma sufferers.
Treasury launches major insurance consultation
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls MP, has today proposed amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to provide greater certainty to aspects of the transfers of insurance and banking business.
Treasury announces new FSCS rules on mesothelioma
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, today announced that, following consultation, the Treasury will legislate to allow the Financial Services Authority to make changes to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to help victims of…
Surgeon: no club contract
West Bromwich Albion Football Club v El-Safty (Court of Appeal - 11 October 2006)
Government accused over climate change hypocrisy
One of the insurance industry's top climate change consultants has accused the government of hypocri...
Commentary - Breach of Working Time Regulations may flout employers' duty of care
The Working Time Regulations 1998 place a limit of 48 hours of work per week that a worker can be re...