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RPC comments on new asbestos rules
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has urged the insurance industry to see the new asbestos regulations that come in to force on May 21 as an opportunity for business growth, rather than as a potential problem.
FSA raps Universal over Direct Line disclosure
The Financial Services Authority has fined Universal Salvage £90 000 for breaching the Listing Rules and failing to disclose the loss of its Direct Line contract on the day it received the notice of the termnination of the deal. At the time of the loss…
Appointment at The Jelf Group
Sam Ward has joined The Jelf Group as commercial account handler to its Wessex office. Ms Ward was f...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be a guest at the high-powered ABI chairman's dinner this week - the guest li...
Broker M&A activity will not reach predicted levels
A year after declaring the UK broker market would have lost 1000 firms ahead of the Financial Servic...
ABI: lack of cross-border business will continue
The Association of British Insurers has said it expects the lack of cross-border business to continu...
Call for new crime of insurance fraud
Insurers have welcomed the government's proposals to reform the law on fraud, but have warned there ...
FSA is braced for '2005' legal battle
The Financial Services Authority has received fierce criticism after it said it was bracing itself f...
Incoming president warns lawyers
Incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Colin Ettinger, is due to warn law...
Appointment at Ace
Damian Cannings has joined Ace European Group as commercial underwriting manager. He previously work...
Hercules consolidates four
Hercules Property Services has insisted the consolidation of four of its broker subsidiaries into tw...
IOC in WTC insurance warning
The International Olympic Committee has come under fire from the insurance industry for not finalisi...
David Russell joinsLloyd's as head of compliance
David Russell has joined Lloyd's as head of compliance. Mr Russell will be responsible for the corpo...
Appointment at Gaston Whybrew
Insurance law firm Gaston Whybrew has made professional indemnity/liability specialist Tim Francis p...
Wesleyan Assurance Society reviews its product range
Mutual insurer the Wesleyan Assurance Society is reviewing its general insurance product range, with...
DWP sets summer deadline for rehabilitation framework
The Department for Work and Pensions this week vowed to have a framework for vocational rehabilitati...
Heath Lambert wins contract
Heath Lambert Insurance Services, the personal lines division of Heath Lambert, has won the contract...
The Davis Group launches liability product
The Davis Group has launched a skip hirers and waste transfer station liability product, adding to i...
Appointment at EMB
Peter Lee has been promoted to partner at EMB. He has been with the company for six years and has ex...
Cincom launches fraud indication solution
Software supplier Cincom has launched a fraud indication solution, which it says will enable insurer...
Stanmore completes three-way merger
Manchester-based insurance broker Stanmore is expecting its gross written premiums to increase by 25...
Software supplier LST launches M-Track
Software supplier LST has launched M-Track, a tracking and recovery device designed to assist insure...
Appointment at Miller
Greg Collins has joined Miller Insurance as director of the professional risks business unit. Mr Col...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
Finally an insurance site that uses audio for some useful purpose. As I sit here, I am listening to...