Claims
Stakeholder software peril.
Companies planning to offer the government's stockholder pension must check now that they have the c...
When festive over-indulgence was wishful thinking.
Come the new year, gyms up and down the land will be full of people trying to burn off the festive f...
Industry rallies against newspaper article.
Insurers and loss adjusters have reacted angrily to a newspaper report that the brief of claims mana...
Salvage's annus horribilis goes from bad to worse.
A terrible year for the salvage industry has ended with even more bad news as self-styled market lea...
"Radical" pension reforms revealed.
The government's "radical" new pension proposals, announced in the House of Commons on Tuesday, cont...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer.
David Maples has joined the commercial division of Berrymans Lace Mawer. Mr Maples specialises in...
Lucky escape for Lady Luckless.
A countess, dubbed 'Lady Luckless', was given something to cheer about when her insurer refused to p...
Facing up to fraud ... at last.
Fraud, fraud, fraud. Sometimes it seems that is all we write about. That may be because it is one...
Green Paper receives a mixed reaction.
The chairman of the National Association of Pension Schemes Peter Murray claimed that while the Gree...
Lloyd's survey reveals fears of global rivals.
The greatest perceived threat to the Lloyd's market is global competition as 82% of syndicates have ...
Snap, tackle and op.
Liability law has extended its net to catch more and more sports. Jonathan Swift goes fishing for the facts.
Commercial business heats up.
Corporate court cases are on the increase throughout the UK. This is opening up fresh opportunities for commercial legal expenses insurers, who are showing innovation in a busy market, as Kevin Pratt explains.
Future of SOFA still not sitting comfortably.
The future direction for the Society of Financial Advisers is still uncertain despite a comprehensiv...
Names force EGM over council representation.
A group of 600 Names has forced Lloyd's to call an extraordinary general meeting to vote on the futu...
Tig seeks a buyer.
Tig Holdings, parent company of Tig Re, could be sold following unexpected losses as a result of rei...
Just the job or just a job?
How satisfied are staff with their current jobs?
Appointment at The Quest gates Partnership.
Alistair Lornie has joined the Quest gates Partnership in Harrogate. He has worked within the adj...
Full marks for presentation, but what about the content?
Government, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is 'the system or method of governing'. But Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers, asks if New Labour is more interested in how it looks than what it does.
Born in the USA.
A fact-finding trip to America resulted in AIG revolutionising the field of employer's liability claims. Jonathan Swift talks to the award-winning team which rehabilitates, not procrastinates.
Heard the one about the deaf traffic cop?
Think of an occupational injury, and total or partial deafness does not always spring to mind. Yet as Ken Cannar reports, legislation in the past decade has seen the number of cases rising.
UK firms: profits healthy.
UK companies are effectively combating the economics slowdown by shedding jobs and scaling down inve...
Mortgage rate cuts.
Wesleyan Home Loans has reduced the interest on its variable rate mortgage from 8.59% to 8.10% (8.5%...
Commentary - Bang bang, you're deaf.
A report in the US showbusiness journal Variety Daily suggested that blockbuster movies featuring sh...
Core service offers commercial key.
Should commercial claims handling be kept indoors or entrusted to outside help? Steve Banner finds out.