Claims
A very different assessment.
Loss assessor Henry Harris tries to set the record straight regarding the current argument over whether loss adjusters can fill assessors' roles competently.
New .claims portal.
Internet software house InsurE.com has launched a new claims portal, insure.claim, which it hopes wi...
Independent fails to answer to liability claims.
I am currently pursuing a liability claim against Independent Insurance. I submitted the claim on...
Brand partners danger zone.
Partnering big brands can be fraught with danger when it comes to establishing good customer relatio...
Narrow CRM views.
David Worsfold reports from Post Magazine's customer relationship management conference that took place in London.
CRM: management backing needed.
The need to ensure that every level of management was behind a customer relationship management stra...
RSA relaunches direct insurance arm
Royal & Sun Alliance has relaunched its direct insurance arm with a new name and brand — More Th>n....
Insurers face ATE payouts.
The liability insurance industry has lost one of its central arguments in the case of Callery v Gray...
Dismissal: court out on manner.
Johnson v Unisys (House of Lords - 22 March 2001).
Entering industry as a qualified success.
Fiona Heggie looks at the career-boosting advantages of entering the industry with a raft of insurance qualifications.
Insurers face mobile litigation import.
The spectre of substantial pay-outs for risks associated with mobile phone use resurfaced for UK ins...
Woolf keen to strike no win, no fee balance.
Lord Woolf looks to have taken his first steps on the road to creating a level playing field for the...
Underwriter says talks are "a farce".
Chris Wait, underwriting manager at Temple Legal Protection, has described the ongoing talks organise...
Homeward bound.
In the growing global economy, expatriate medical insurance including optional repatriation is one perk that companies with employees working abroad cannot afford to ignore. Karen Vizard explains why she believes Lloyd's is well-placed to provide this…
ABI was wrong and is so again.
Stephen Sklaroff, deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, who suggested recen...
ABI looks at fraud bill.
David Neave, Royal & Sun Alliance claims director and chairman of the Association of British Insurer...
Asbestos liabilities set to reach $200bn, says consultant
US claims and costs associated with exposure to asbestos will ultimately total $200bn, according to t...
Fraud risks and control delusion
Steven White of the Control Risks Group, speaking at this year's Association of Insurance and Risk Ma...
Keeping the ball rolling.
To misquote Dr Johnson, "When you're tired of London market reforms you're tired of life." The LMP200...
Jumbo challenges.
Aviation (re)insurers must work hard to prepare for the new set of risks that will arise when 'superjumbo' aircraft take to the sky, says Eric Alexander.
DVT exercises the experts.
There are conflicting views on the danger to airline passengers from deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but (re)insurers are not overly concerned about potential claims. David Fanning warns that they should still keep a close eye on the issue.
Insuring children a better future.
On Friday 22 June, Barnardo's is holding the first charity insurance day to help children affected b...
What the Papers Say.
THE GUARDIAN The magnificent, but increasingly veteran, flying machines of the second world war c...
Pensions sales up.
Sales of new life and pensions products was buoyant in the first quarter of 2001, according to new f...