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Penny Black's insurance week
Penny is, frankly, exhausted following her endeavours at the Biba conference in Bournemouth last we...
Union puts pressure on Churchill
The white-collar finance union Amicus has called on Churchill to come clean about whether its Swiss p...
Long-term CFA solution needed
The Court of Appeal's ruling last week that the practices of personal injury intermediary The Accid...
A Little matter of the right name
With regard to your recent news story, GAB liability boss quits for Crawford role (Post Magazine, 2...
FSA may bring in insurer service standards rules
The Financial Services Authority may bring in rules for insurers regarding service standards, after...
Bupa denies Indian growth will affect UK
Private medical insurer Bupa has denied that the trebling of its staff in India will adversely affe...
What are the odds?
Should a claim's probability at succeeding directly affect the eventual success or failure of a claim of negligence? Hugh Price reports.
Lord Levene calls for more creative discipline
Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd's, has issued a call for more creative discipline in the European in...
Appointment at N&P
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has appointed Lance Jones as head of regulated sales. Mr ...
Hamilton Fraser Insurance launches online package.
Broker network Hamilton Fraser Insurance Solutions has launched an online compliance package to help...
Highway chairman criticises motor insurers
Speaking at its annual general meeting last week, Highway chairman Ross Dunlop criticised some moto...
RSA pulled back from the edge
Andy Haste, group chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, plans to implement an aggressive review ...
St Paul given appeal boost over Ladbroke Grove claim
St Paul has been given a substantial boost by the Court of Appeal in its battle for compensation fr...
What the papers said this week
METRO A wife, scared of losing her looks, has insured her face for £100,000. Nicola Jones took ...
Portillo urges UK idealism
Michael Portillo MP outlined the qualitative and moral importance of the UK general insurance indus...
Adjusting to a change of scene
It has been a busy first month for the new president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, Belfast-based Michael Burnett, who has had to hit the ground running. He talks to Anthony Gould about his plans for the year.
Montpelier Re gets ratings boost
Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded Bermuda-based Montpelier Re's financial strength rating from 'A-'...
Global reinsurance market still gloomy, says S&P
The outlook for the global reinsurance market remains negative, according to a new report from rating...
Hannover Re unveils Q1 profit
Hannover Re has announced that it made a €71.2m profit in the three months to the end of March 2003, ...
Police career: injury payout
Herring v Ministry of Defence (Court of Appeal - 10 April 2003).
CILA fire plans
Michael Burnett, newly-installed president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has called ...
Appointment at Sirius
Insurance technology provider Sirius Financial Systems has recruited Greg McBride as broking sales ...
Warranties proposals wide of the mark.
The Competition Commission's proposals over the sale of extended warranties are onerous and ill-thou...
Warranty shake-up to lead to premium hike
Proposals for a radical change in the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold were fi...