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Industry ups exam spend
Insurers have been more supportive of staff taking exams and professional qualifications than in 20...
Claims management trade body launched
A new cross-industry trade body for the claims management sector, the Personal Injury Association, ...
Costs negotiators vetoed
One of the central means of settling personal injury cases has been kicked into touch by the judici...
Crawford set for personal launch
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company is close to unveiling a new personal lines system, which it claims...
Floods: insurers must do more than just basics
I agree with most of what John O'Roarke says (View from the top, Post Magazine, 20 February, p13) h...
Limitations placed in context of child abuse
KR and others v Bryn Alyn Community (Holdings) (in liquidation) (1) and Royal & Sun Alliance(2) ...
Russell Scanlan takes over FS Ulyatt business
Nottingham broker Russell Scanlan has taken over the personal and commercial general insurance busi...
EL hot spot
With the employers' liability crisis at boiling point, insurers feverishly await the findings of a report that is likely to determine whether government steps in to reform EL, with a pool for long-tail disease claims. Lynn Rouse gauges feelings across…
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
Russell Tavener has been appointed as account executive by UKI Partnerships. His new role will invo...
Zurich's Centre moves into loss
The Bermudian specialty (re)insurer Centre made an operating loss of $130m in 2002 following an opera...
Mapfre profit up in 2002
Spanish (re)insurance group Mapfre made a profit after tax of €191.4m in 2002, up from €168m in 2001....
Swiss Re hit by investment market slump
Downturns in investment markets have led Swiss Re to forecast a loss of SFr 100m ($74m) in 2002. In 2...
Annuity & Life stops underwriting
The Bermudian company Annuity & Life Re has stopped writing new business and has warned of "significa...
Regulator blocks Gerling's sale of reinsurance business
German's financial regulator Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) is believed to h...
Troubled Arig cuts losses
The Arab Insurance Group, which owns Arig Re and insurance subsidiaries, said that its gross reinsura...
Awac makes profit in first year
In its first full year of operation the Bermudian (re)insurer Allied World Assurance (Awac) of Bermud...
Trenwick faces New York stock exchange delisting
The troubled Bermudian (re)insurer Trenwick has six months for the average price over 30 days of its ...
Smart and Cook completes acquisition
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has completed the acquisition of rival Oughtred and Harrison (PM, 1...
SVB Syndicates buys reinsurance policy on behalf of Syndicate 1212
SVB Syndicates, the managing agency subsidiary of SVB Holdings, has bought an adverse development r...
TIA Systems wins lengthy battle to secure contract
TIA Systems has won a lengthy battle to secure a £1m contract to implement its software for persona...
The Consumers' Association adds its voice
The Consumers' Association has added its voice to those urging the government to regulate travel in...
FSA plans broker risk assessment strategy
The Financial Services Authority has started to provisionally plan how it will carry out the risk a...
CII sanity as cases reconciled.
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in the Scottish and Newcastle v GD Construction (St Albans) ca...
Cameron Taylor Group steps in to save liquidated Casenet
The Cameron Taylor Group, which owns Cameron Durley Consulting, this week stepped in to save claims...