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Liability class actions to rise.
Liability insurers have been warned to expect further class actions in the future against alleged fa...
ATE ruling is a major landmark
Andrew Parker, Dominic Clayden and Graham Gibson believe the latest ruling in the long-running battle...
CII harks back to a bygone era.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is experiencing a period of immense and much needed change. With t...
Appointment at Zurich Financial Services.
Zurich Financial Services has moved Chris Keogh to a new role within the Zurich Advice Network - fin...
The BIBA begins first training programme.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association this week began its first training programme for broking ...
Sterling Hamilton Wright agrees to sponsor team.
Sterling Hamilton Wright has agreed to sponsor the Great British Australian Rules Football team, whi...
View from the Top - Patrick Snowball
Despite the commendable advances made in the wake of the Woolf Report, third-party bodily injury clai...
ATE premiums halved by ruling.
A High Court ruling last week that said insurers should only have to pay back just over half of the ...
Appointment at UK & Ireland Insurances Services.
UK & Ireland Insurances Services has taken on John Kirwan as commercial account handler. He will wor...
La Playa to branch out into science and technology market.
Cambridge-based broker La Playa intends to launch a science and technology division in the fourth qu...
Experian acquires economic consultancy.
Information solutions group Experian has acquired economic consultancy Business Strategies, with the...
Medisure is "not for sale" insists broker Marsh.
Global broker Marsh has denied putting its UK medical insurance third-party administrator Medisure u...
Pool Re: Positive Moves
The government's decision to extend Pool Re and cap insurers' liabilities looks like a very positive ...
Appointment at DAS.
DAS has made Brian Dunk manager of its newly re-branded 80e division. Under Mr Dunk's direction, leg...
Fraud: together we'll crack it.
Glenn Marr calls for action on fraud as local authorities, already struggling with stretched funds are forced to cover the major portion of claims from their own budgets, reducing the money available for front-line services.
Appointment at Bray Wintour Patis.
Bray Wintour Patis has recruited Stephen Aldridge. Working as an account handler in the companies af...
Appointment at Inter-Alliance.
Helen Davis joins Inter-Alliance as business development director, with responsibility for driving th...
September D-Day for Lloyd's over new reforms.
Lloyd's revised proposals for modernising the market are due to be unveiled this week as part of a f...
Insurers also at fault over escalating claims.
The letter on fraud (Insurers must stand up and be counted on fraud, Post Magazine, 11 July, p12) m...
Failed Claims Direct goes under the hammer.
Several parties are understood to have expressed an interest in acquiring parts of Claims Direct, fo...
Insurers need rehab help.
The insurance industry has made great strides towards embracing the principles of rehabilitation in ...
For the record - House of Lords judgement in Callery v Gray.
Lords Bingham, Nicholls, Hoffman and Hope all declined to overturn the Court of Appeal decisions (AB...
Insurers must stand up and be counted on fraud.
I am frustrated by the constraints imposed upon us by the legal profession. As a personal injury ...
CUE to tackle PI claims.
Detection of fraudulent personal injury claims will be made easier by the end of the year, following...