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Appointment at Tunbridge Wells Equitable.
Kirsten Newble has joined Tunbridge Wells Equitable as protection product manager. Previously she wa...
The Max factor.
During his first year as Lloyd's chairman, Max Taylor has helped rejuvenate the market to the extent that companies are now fighting to get into Lime Street to do business. Yet Jonathan Guy finds Mr Taylor is not resting on his laurels.
Insurers to get personal.
Experian has launched a a marketing package designed to allow insurers to tailor the way they handle...
Commentary - No win, no fee: insurers handle with care.
It seems insurers are approaching no win, no fee cases with scepticism, and probably with good reaso...
Billion dollar drain.
Alex Beatty finds out how insurers and reinsurers are tackling the Sproblem of fraud.
Names furious as EGM vote fails.
Lloyd's Names have failed in their attempt to block the increased representation of corporate capita...
A finger on the pulse.
Fraudulent claims are an ever present threat for life companies. Keith Sankey looks at efforts to stay ahead of the game.
Looking to the long term.
The UK's Royal Commission on long-term care will report later this month. Tracy Hall and Peter Barnett look at what it might say.
Rugby sponsors force England climbdown.
Financial services companies which have invested millions of pounds in Rugby Union had their say in ...
Appointment at Edge Ellison.
Edge Ellison has recruited three new staff to its insurance group. Dympna Campbell joins from Berrym...
A question of priorities.
The reality is that we are not very close to seeing a virtual insurance market in operation.
Exclusive - New exam will boost adjusting.
A new qualification aimed at raising standards in the loss adjusting sector is to be launched this w...
Timms plays down pensions market fears.
New pensions minister Stephen Timms last week attempted to reassure leading industry figures of the ...
Stakeholder depends on compulsion.
The government's stakeholder pensions scheme was discussed at length at last week's Life Insurance Association's Industry Leaders' Meeting in London. Francis Higney was there to hear both sides of this controversial story.
Davies predicts boom in means testing.
A massive increase in means testing will result from the government's stakeholder pension scheme, ac...
Virtually challenging.
Post Magazine and Winchester White surveyed UK insurers' attitudes to outsourcing and the move towar...
IFAs should adapt to shake-up.
Independent financial advisers will have to adapt and change in response to the pensions shake-up, c...
System hailed as 'the future of claims handling'.
Insurers have been urged to adopt new practices or continue to suffer fraudulent personal injury cla...
Very hard luck of Viagra's 12 angry men.
I write regarding your What the papers say story about 12 men who overdosed on Viagra. Given that...
PYV opts for St Paul.
Professional indemnity cover specialists PYV has appointed St Paul International as its preferred ch...
Building better contracts for everyone.
I was delighted to see that Berrymans Lace Mawer dealt with the Scottish case of British Telecom v J...
Not so grim up north.
We think of London being paved with gold as far as salaries are concerned, but a Post Magazine survey has found wages booming in the north. Anthony Gould reports.
The word from Speke.
The government is stepping up its campaign to extend the reach of financial services to less well-of...
Insurers get in a lather over soap.
Insurance representatives have criticised Coronation Street scriptwriters for "scaremongering" over ...