Claims
RSA will never outsource claims
Royal & Sun Alliance is aiming to handle the majority of claims on a "once and done" policy, said H...
Pension apprehension
There is panic among pension providers as slumping equities result in a deficit in funds. Peter Falush examines how employers, the government and the insurance industry are planning to handle the crisis.
OFT decides on GISC rules
The Office of Fair Trading has decided that the remaining rules of the General Insurance Standards ...
Appointment at Amlin Underwriting
Amlin Underwriting has made Miles Taffs an underwriter in its aviation division. Mr Taffs began his...
Appointment at 80e
Stephen Vickers has been appointed as account executive at 80e, the after-the-event division of DAS...
Law firm Keoghs moves office
Law firm Keoghs has moved to a new 15,000 sq ft office in Coventry on the Binley Business Park. The...
Insurers next in A-level fiasco
The news that senior examiner and A level designer Roger Porkess has called for The Tomlinson Inqui...
Sixth edition of damages bible out
The sixth edition of the Judicial Studies Board's Guidelines on General Damages is published today ...
Ward Evans to split following MBO
Ambitious broker Ward Evans is to be split in two, following a management buyout of its general insur...
Appointment at Keoghs
National law firm Keoghs has appointed three new solicitors to its specialist claims unit, which he...
Fixed costs are answer to litigation problems
I read with interest the guest comment (The cost of justice, Post Magazine, 31 October, p18) about ...
Appointment at UK & Ireland Insurance Services
Julian Robinson has joined UK & Ireland Insurance Services as an account handler, based in the comp...
A clearer view on fraud
A surprising lack of standards in the investigation of fraudulent claims means the industry's system is anything but transparent or effective. David Beardsworth suggests a professional trade body could help improve clean-up rates and save on time and…
Insurer skills shortages have fuelled liability crisis
Having read with interest the letter by Phil Grace of Norwich Union Insurance (Post Magazine, 7 Novem...
Claims investigators code call
Vincent Sherman Associates managing director David Beardsworth has called on the industry to back h...
Aurora Corporate Services in negotiations with buyer
Aurora Corporate Services, formed to run-off Independent Insurance on behalf of liquidator Pricewat...
QBE side-steps asbestos case
Australian insurer QBE has sought to distance itself from the asbestos-related legal action launche...
ISO launches web PI service
Claims software and services provider ISO this week launched its first web-based personal injury cl...
NFU broker exit leaves Country alone
NFU Mutual has insisted that its insurance broking network, Country Mutual, remains an important pa...
UK loss adjuster expands in Nigeria as pilot combats fraud
Kent-based forensic loss adjuster Prontac plans to open an office in Lagos, Nigeria later this mont...
TAG calls for protocol talks on ATE premiums
Insurers' legal representatives last week conceded in submissions to the High Court that the Englis...
Wurtt UK denies cutbacks
Wurtt UK, the London market operation of German insurer Wurttembergische, has denied press reports ...
Platinum set to spin off
The long-awaited flotation of Bermuda's Platinum Holdings, the spin-off of US (re)insurer St Paul's...
London market needs to mandate change
Marcus Alcock reports from the Xchanging Insurance Market conference, which was held in Brighton this week. The overwhelming message was of the need for change.