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Paul Jardine appointed chief executive of Catlin Underwriting
Paul Jardine has been appointed chief executive of Catlin Underwriting Agencies, which manages Syndi...
Snowball: personal warning
Norwich Union chief executive Patrick Snowball has warned of increasing competition in the personal...
Appointment at Veitch Penny.
Exeter law practice Veitch Penny, which specialises in defendant personal injury work for insurers a...
Apathy threat to industry
It is hard to believe, but despite regulation being at the top of most brokers' and insurers' agend...
What the papers said this week
The Metro A fraudster went to the police station to report that her expensive ski trousers were...
There's many a slip ...
Local authorities have witnessed a staggering increase in the number of slip and trip claims. Mira Butterworth finds out how the insurance industry is dealing with the stumbling blocks caused by claims farmers and fraud, and paving the way to a greatly…
Broker unveils Lloyd's Access
Broker Goss Group has launched Access Underwriting Agencies, which is aimed at providing intermedia...
Allianz Cornhill implements EFT software
Insurer Allianz Cornhill has implemented Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) software from eTransaction...
Lloyd's set for profit rise
Lloyd's insurers are predicting substantial profits for 2002, with significant rate increases and a...
Sirius Financial Systems strikes deal with Annan Insurance Group
Insurance technology provider Sirius Financial Systems has struck a deal with Wolverhampton-based b...
NU set for Asda tie-up
Norwich Union is close to announcing a major tie-up with supermarket chain Asda to sell general insur...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Catherine Dixon has been made packages account manager at Allianz Cornhill. She has been with the in...
Rubicon Corporation acquires rights to telebroking software
Outsource service provider Rubicon Corporation has acquired the rights to the telebroking software ...
InsurE-com contracted by Cooke & Mason
Broker solutions provider InsurE-com has been contracted by commercial broker Cooke & Mason to impl...
Appointment at Stuart Alexander.
Dick Tucker has joined Stuart Alexander as group compliance and process improvement manager. Mr Tuck...
Just click your name
Signing your name on a document at the touch of a button is one of the latest technological developments used to tackle security over the internet. Jim Leason assesses digital signatures.
The AA teams up with Europcar
The AA has teamed up with Europcar to provide all its new and existing customers with a courtesy ca...
ABI: pressure on renewals
The Association of British Insurers has come under renewed pressure to introduce defined notice per...
Appointment at Chartered Insurance Institute.
Kevin Mills has been appointed as the new IT manager of the Chartered Insurance Institute's computer...
Events.
7 March BILA lunchtime lecture - Contaminated land Lloyd's Old Library London Tel: 020 73...
Appointment at XL London Market.
XL London Market, an XL Capital company, has taken on Julian Bowen-Rees as global practice leader fo...
A move in the right direction
The clocks are ticking as CP 166 heralds the imminent arrival of depolarisation and with it, potentially rich rewards for pro-active providers. Paul Thornton believes the process will bring the industry's offerings into sharper focus and calls for…
NCorp set for ABI fraud-busters
Fraud detection software provider NCorp this week said it was "quietly confident" it will become pa...
The reality of virtual risks
As the threat of virtual risks grows more real by the day, insurers are expanding their cover for cyber-exposure. They are increasingly confident that even smaller businesses that currently have budget constraints on insurance spend, will eventually be…