Claims
Ignorance is not bliss.
Insurers are continuing to ignore the potential of electronic commerce, with only 12% of firms havin...
Union's case against RSA delayed - again.
White collar union MSF has been stopped in its tracks as it attempts to gain £25m compensation from ...
Ready to handle.
Claims managers will be under a lot more pressure now that the Woolf reforms have come into play. David Fanning finds out how much training these key members of staff are getting.
Beating fraud is about attitude.
The Association of British Insurers has moved with commendable speed to tuck the industry in underne...
Postscript - What the Papers Say.
DAILY EXPRESS A gay pupil is suing a private boys' school for damages after his nose was broken b...
Big guns in Texas.
Anthony Gould reports on the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference and exhibition, which was held in Dallas, Texas, this month.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black has delight in congratulating Lynn Santer on the publication of her novel Sins of Life. ...
GISC embodiment of current ethical crisis.
All symptoms of the ethical crisis that grips the insurance industry are seen in the proposed GISC (...
Cigna restructured in Ace interim.
Insurer Cigna, which is being bought by Bermuda-based Ace for £2.12bn has undergone comprehensive re...
Out-of-touch managers must delegate decisions'.
There were some hard facts hammered home to delegates at the conference and AGM of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters in Edinburgh last week. Francis Higney was there to hear them.
Appointment at Thomas, Carroll.
Three appointments have been made at Cardiff broker Thomas, Carroll. Rhys Thomas joins the main b...
Hart Insurance Brokers awarded.
Hart Insurance Brokers of Clydebank, Scotland, was jubilant at being awarded the government's 'Inves...
Commentary - Timing justice.
The Civil Justice Reforms (CJR), to be introduced on Monday, will cause a huge shake-up to insurers,...
Berrymans picked.
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has been appointed to the new CGU claims litigation panel. After heari...
Only two people hurt in crash.
Amazingly only two people were hurt on Saturday when a coach overturned on the M2 outside Sittingbou...
His mutual friends.
Former government pensions guru Frank Field believes the mutual movement should take a leading role ...
Insurers spend a night on the tiles.
A sponsored sleep out in the capital's Leadenhall Market involving 90 London insurance market worker...
Brokers must seize this chance.
The whole insurance industry should welcome the planned debate on broker regulation which is due to ...
Generali denies merger rumour.
Generali is at the centre of large scale merger speculation in Italy after stock market regulator Co...
Pensions set for overhaul.
The pension market is heading for a 'radical' upheaval as it tries to meet stakeholder standards, ac...
Anti-piracy drive.
The Federation Against Theft has reported an increase in members adopting its Audit Certification pr...
Fresh fears over security after documents are found in gutter.
Insurers have been alerted to to the dangers of disposing of confidential documents in the public ar...
Green Paper unease.
The government has been told its Green Paper pensions proposals could "sink without trace" if there ...
Commentary - Be ready for Woolf or else.
A major objective of the Woolf reforms is to reduce costs. This will happen with claims which go as ...