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QuestGates appointed to Teachers panel
Loss adjuster QuestGates has been appointed, along with Cunningham Lindsey, to be the adjuster for Teachers Assurance Company.
Groupama reduces dependence on shrinking UK GI business
French insurer Groupama today reported that its British business had implemented its policy of refocusing on its core business and increasing risk selectivity in order to restore profitability, while announcing its group results for the year ended 31…
Navigators strengthens asbestos reserves
US insurance group Navigators has become the latest company to strengthen its asbestos reserves afte...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail A Legoland worker with a paralysed arm has been awarded £20,000 compensation after the...
Capita takes on 1250 Aon staff
Capita Group has secured one of the largest claims outsourcing deals in the country, after taking ov...
Appointment at PI Direct
Specialist professional indemnity underwriting agency PI Direct has made Adrian Searle finance manag...
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Bullying claims have reduced says Zurich
New figures released today show the total number of bullying claims made in 2003 is less than a quarter of those made in 2002. The quantity of claims has been rising steadily in recent years, and are responsible for eating into funds from stretched…
Department of Trade and Industry outsources miners' PI liability claims to Capita
The Capita Group ("Capita") is to manage the contract to administer all miners' personal injury liability claims on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry ("DTI") with respect to certain health conditions caused by working underground in British…
Office moves benefit Birmingham market
Birmingham has seen important office moves this month. Insurance technology provider Sirius is trans...
Insurers plan PR offensive
The insurance industry is preparing to fight public misconceptions about insurance fraud with one lo...
Merger boosts fraud plans
The Association of British Insurers' plans to build an industry-wide anti-fraud database moved a ste...
Provident in court defeat - Drake Insurance plc v Provident Insurance
(Court of Appeal - 17 December 2003) Mr Beach was injured by a car driven by Ms Kaur and owned by h...
Councils unite to fight dubious CFA claims
Local authorities are continuing to lose money as a result of an increase in spurious compensation c...
Compensation claims hitting local authority budgets
Local authorities' bottom lines are feeling the pinch as spurious compensation claims continue to increase. A new report published this week by the Local Government Association (LGA) and Zurich Municipal shows that 68% of councils have experienced an…
Merger will create second-largest US commercial insurer
The merger of The St Paul and Travelers, which will create the second-largest US commercial insurer,...
Insurers face new liability threat
Insurers were warned this week that there is no reason why the reduced causation test used for mesot...
Fraud Focus
The DVLA's new rules on car registration look set to make fraudsters' lives more difficult, says Jamie Taylor.
Appointment at Keoghs
Six new associates have been appointed by law firm Keoghs. Melanie Mooney , Lucy Walker and Mart...