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Law firm tackles credit hire crisis.
An insurance practice is to set up its own specialist credit hire division in an effort to join insu...
Watching the eye of the hurricane.
Your editorial comment Why there is a storm brewing for loss adjusters (PM, 3 Sept, p23) asks an int...
Misys sues SNL over breach of contract.
Software and services provider Misys has issued a high court writ against pensions specialist Sedgwi...
Y2K repair bill could top £350m.
Michael Furman, attorney with US firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, warned that report...
Back to basics site delivers the goods.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
ITT London & Edinburgh has announced a new Property owners Management Team. Andy Hearn joins as Nati...
A Bill that does get Senate's vote of approval.
The United States' Senate banking committee has overwhelmingly endorsed the bill which will allow ba...
Judge upholds award.
An Idaho judge has upheld a £6m punitive damage award against huge US insurer State Farm after an ad...
Independence day is over for adjusters.
I read with interest your comment of 3 September (Why there is a storm brewing for loss adjuster, p2...
Subrogation may not be best policy.
The principle that costs follow the event is not limited to a party who has acted unreasonably in pu...
Call for action on pension plans.
Government inertia over the introduction of stakeholder pensions is confusing potential customers an...
Employers clamp down on sickness absence.
Employers are introducing tighter controls on sickness absence in a bid to reduce sickness bills whi...
Board reshuffle at RSA.
The Board of Royal & Sun Alliance has announced sweeping changes to its management structure due to ...
Giant life assurers welcome plans for demutualisation.
The four biggest Canadian mutual life assurance firms have welcomed government publication of long-a...
The great class vanishing act.
Peter Chaffetz and Kathleen Gardner assess the impact of the recent wave of 'vanishing premium' class actions.
Why there is a storm brewing for loss adjusters.
The news that Norwich Union has become the latest insurer to sign up for a sole adjuster agreement o...
Reinsurance to reassess.
Experts have warned the reinsurance industry that it could suffer unless it reassesses its reserving...
A shock to the system.
Nervous shock is a relative newcomer to the British legal system. Ken Cannar highlights the cases that have marked its course through the courts.
After-the-event covers.
After-the-event cover First Legal Indemnity has unveiled a range of 'after-the-event' litigation cos...
Commentary - Ghosts in the legal machine.
A recent World in Action programme which dealt with alleged phantom litigation claims made for alarm...
US push for PartnerRe.
The PartnerRe Group has announced $100m of extra capital for the US subsidiary it acquired when it t...
India to allow foreign stakes.
India's coalition government appears to have come round to the view that foreign companies should be...
A breath of fresh air into the 'stuffy' world of law.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Buyout will trip up regulation.
The acquisition of Sedgwick by J&H Marsh & McLennan comes as little surprise given the hectic consol...