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Imagine cancels rebranding plans
Bermuda-based reinsurer Imagine Group has ditched plans to rename itself Vision Re. The group first a...
German court backs Gerling reinsurance sale
A Frankfurt court has found that the German financial regulator has no right to block the proposed sa...
Helpline says winter trading continues strongly
Accident management specialist Helphire said this week that winter trading has continued strongly, ...
Appointment at Markerstudy Group
Markerstudy Group has recruited Simon Clayton as chief executive of the recently-acquired ASA Insur...
Fraud-spotting
Insurance fraud is a fact of life and one that insurers cannot afford to ignore if they want to protect their bottom line. However, it is vital that claims handlers are trained how to spot the fraudsters without ruffling the feathers of genuine claimants…
"Polluter pays" must prevail in liability debate
Common sense is not always something Post Magazine feels the Association of British Insurers, or sh...
Appointment at Forbes
Forbes, the North-west-based law firm, has made three new appointments to its defendant insurer tea...
Good mileage?
Insurers are driving back the boundaries when it comes to non-standard motor, but how far will they go on-screen to provide a competitive quote? Simon Threadgold pulls up to the bumper of this challenging sector and finds out how the incomers are faring.
HR discussion gets personnel.
PM's recent human resources round table, in association with IBM, threw up some interesting issues - most notably those of relocating call centres overseas and the current skills shortage. Jonathan Swift reports.
TT Club rules out demutualisation
The TT Club, the transport insurer covering 70% of the world's container fleet, has ruled out demut...
Housing benefit can be off-set against PI loss of earnings claims
Clenshaw v Tanner and others (2002) is an important case for defendants' in personal injury actions...
Liberty Syndicates reports profit of 1%
Lloyd's managing agency Liberty Syndicates has reported a profit of 1% on capacity of £112.5m for S...
Police assault raises the issue of capacity
Weir v Bettison (sued as the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police) (Court of Appeal - 29 January 2003)
The House of Lords upholds earlier decision
The House of Lords substantially upheld an earlier Court of Appeal decision in finding that the rel...
Ace European Markets creates two new divisions
Ace European Markets has created two new divisions, Ace Financial Solutions Europe and Ace Financia...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
Even though the company behind it sells motor insurance policies, this website is clearly not aimed...
Fellows left out in the cold?
As an FCII, I was most distressed to read that the president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (...
More action needed to cut injury claims
The insurance industry must start a public debate if there is to be any respite in bodily injury claims inflation, says Mike Brockman.
Liability Watch - Where now for employers' liability insurance? Have your say
The future of employers' liability insurance is one of the main issues facing the general insurance...
Post Events
27-28 March Reinsurance claims and collections (Eurolegal) Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hote...
Norton Rose staff stay put
Dear Penny, We read your diary in Post Magazine 20 March, p48, with great interest. It is not, howe...
Lloyd's pays to use black cabs in advertising campaign
Lloyd's has paid to have 250 London black cabs branded with its new advertising campaign. Lloyd's s...
Folgate linked with Heath Lambert acquisition
The Folgate Partnership is believed to be in talks with the Heath Lambert Group over the potential ...
RSA in contractor panels shake up
Royal & Sun Alliance this week stressed it had still not reached any decision regarding how many of...