Claims
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.
Garwyn expands in UK
Liability adjuster Garwyn has opened two new UK offices to cope with an increase in business and st...
Two defect to Accenture
Mark Robertson and Helen Brown are to join consultant Accenture's insurance practice from rivals Ca...
Retailers asked to focus on anti-fraud initiative
Retailers are being asked to focus on a new anti-fraud initiative - Don't Stand 4 Fraud - which aim...
SVB Underwriting makes application to Lloyd's
SVB Underwriting has made an application to Lloyd's for permission to effect a minority buy-out of ...
The cost of justice
The continuing squeeze by insurers on solicitors' fees for personal injury work is not in the interests of the injured party, argues Graham Ford. The introduction of scale fees, however, could turn the market around.
NAII continues to fight federal insurance regulation in US
The chairman of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) of the US, Tony Nicely, has r...
MMT to set up London market project forum
MMT Management Consulting is to set up a forum for London market insurers that use or are intereste...
Legally bound?
The introduction of conditional fee agreements has meant insurers are now more closely involved in the way clients pay their lawyers. Veronica Cowan takes a trip through the courts and examines some of the cases that have set precedents in this sector.