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Race relations role clarified in court
In this judgement, the Court of Appeal has considered the scope of assessors appointed in race discri...
Aon boss quits amid rumours
Aon executive director Jerry Tollen this week resigned from the multi-national broker, fuelling specu...
Court battles loom over UK boardroom responsibility
UK companies need to take their social responsibilities seriously, or risk laying themselves open to ...
Oasis contract raises eyebrows
Anthony McCarroll v Statham Gill Davis (a firm) (Queen's Bench Division — 28 November 2002) ...
London Bridge rolls out CRM
London Bridge, the IT solutions company, plans to roll out its Vectus customer relationship managemen...
Rehab central
Rehabilitation is at the heart of the government's modernisation agenda, Nick Brown, Minister for Wor...
Primary on lookout for 200 extra broker partners
Underwriting agency Primary Broker Services is aiming to gain a further 200 broker partners by the en...
School arson figures prompt sprinkler campaign
New figures from Zurich Municipal reveal that the cost of school fires more than doubled in 2002 to a...
Allianz pilot gains credit
Allianz-Cornhill and Euler Trade Indemnity, which are linked through their parent, are looking to rol...
People: Legal
DLA Eamon Mooney has joined DLA as a partner, specialising in defending professional indemnity cla...
Time to move on?
As brokers try to save money by continuing to run their businesses on outdated legacy systems, they could be in for some nasty surprises. For their benefit — if not the customers', it is time they cut their losses and invested in new systems. Richard…
People: claim services
Axa Assistance UK Assistance solutions provider Axa Assistance has taken on Rachel Mulheron as busin...
Insurers warned on property
Insurers and small businesses were this week told to address the problem of long-term property damage...
Asbestos victims go back to court
Two cases that could have massive implications for UK insurers came a step closer to being resolved t...
Focus is on enforcement as FSA boosts budget
The Financial Services Authority is stepping up action against financial companies that continually b...
Max Re opens excess general liability unit
Max Re of Bermuda has set up a unit to write excess general liability insurance. The unit will be l...
Reinsurers lack capital, says Benfield
Capital shortages will make 2003 a tough year for reinsurance companies, according to a new report by...
Church fire
Methodist Insurance instructed Lucas Associates Loss Adjusters to handle a £1.8m claim, following a...
RSA puts broker plans on hold
The beleaguered insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has put its investment in brokers strategy on hold for a...
Opus and Peoples Choice set for spending sprees
Brokers Opus and Peoples Choice this week became the latest intermediaries to hit the acquisition tra...
There is no short cut to ACII, insists CII - despite exemptions for some...
I would like to reassure David Arimpur (ACII moves remove the shine from standards, Post Magazine, ...
A rich hunting ground?
A steady stream of new entrants have been attracted to the high and mid net worth markets. However as competition increases, some are discovering to their cost that expertise and quality are still the greatest assets in this sector, says Rachel Gordon.
SVB Holdings plans to sell shares
Troubled Lloyd's insurer SVB Holdings is planning to sell shares later this year, in order to reduc...
Adjusting the profession
George Moss, outgoing president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, talks to Jane Bernstein about the challenges already faced by the sector and those ahead for his successor.