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Case management success.
A diversification into healthcare management four years ago has paid off for the UK arm of loss adjuster Crawford-THG. Alex Broad visited the head office to find out more.
Commentary - Mixed reaction to judgement.
On 10 December 1998, the House of Lords issued a judgment which will be welcomed by commercial prope...
Euro pundits can now sleep easier.
The Euro conversion weekend seems to have gone smoothly enough to disappoint those parts of the medi...
St Paul picks up PI from NU.
Norwich Union has sold the IFA professional indemnity portfolio it acquired with the purchase of Lon...
Dawn of a new era.
Everyone's talking about EMU, but how many are preparing for it? Cyril Lewis explores the reasons why so many UK insurers are reluctant to prepare for the euro.
Scottish Widows embarks on customer fact-finding mission.
Scottish Widows is to utilise the latest technology to learn more about its two million customers an...
Party funsters or poopers?
Christmas is a time for lost inhibitions, excess alcohol, mistletoe, carols and work parties. Post Magazine decided to find out which insurance companies entered the festivities in the intended manner and which acted the scrooge.
Ex-RSA HQ up for sale.
Royal & SunAlliance has instructed a City estate agency to put its former headquarters at number One...
GAB put on the market as owners want out.
The turbulent year for loss adjusting has ended with a bang with GAB Robins put up for sale. The ...
Betting on South Essex.
The race to arrange cover for members of the British Equestrian Trade Association, the professional ...
E-stablishing e-trading.
Lloyd's is working with the reinsurance and insurance NETwork to establish a London pilot for an ins...
Permanent Insurance offers on-line quotations.
Permanent Insurance is offering a 24-hour service featuring on-line quotations, exclusive to IFAs, t...
Eagle Star to scrap proposal forms for commercial business.
Brokers are to be spared the arduous task of ploughing through paperwork now that Eagle Star has dec...
Petrol shortage is good news for insurers.
In the wake of the Arab-Israeli conflicts of the early 1970s, the oil price shot up and supplies to ...
Choosing a bond.
More construction companies are heading to insurance companies for their bonds. Keith Baxter explains the decisions behind choosing a bondsman.
Santa stunt ends in disaster.
Parachuting Santa Nigel Rogoff's Aston Villa charity dive nearly ended in tragedy when he fell 100 f...
What the papers say.
THE SUN A husband who tried to hire a hitman through a magazine, to kill his wife, was jailed for...
Appointment at R.L. Davison & Co.
Bob Crothers has joined the wholesale account team of specialist Lloyd's broker R.L. Davison & Co. P...
Canada Life lines up trio to lift profile.
Canada Life's IFA division is set to launch an initiative aimed at IFAs which will include three cam...
Ruffling the feathers of the legal eagles.
Under the heading 'Commission to Solicitors Given by Life Assurance Offices', a fierce debate was ra...
Insurers react with caution.
Insurers have reacted with caution to a new move by the government to make buying a house quicker an...
Tackling a changing landscape.
Devon and Cornwall have seen many insurers flee the region. Francis Higney visited those who have stayed to assess the state of play.
Axa's contractor policy.
AXA Insurance has launched a policy designed to meet the requirements of a wide range of contractors...
Hike in car premiums.
The Slovenian government said it is set to increase car insurance policies by up to three per cent f...