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Appointment at Rosling King.
Solicitor Rosling King has made Peter Lewis and Helen Thurkettle partners and Madeleine James an ass...
QBE puts syndicate 318 on the market.
Australian insurer QBE is set to sell its short-tail property syndicate at Lloyd's, syndicate 318, as...
Bad debts covered.
Online insurance provider coverclick.com, backed by insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, has launched bad d...
Polaris gets InStep.
The Association of British Insurers has transferred the responsibility for its e-commerce department...
Fifty turned down Misys.
Despite an investment of £19m, Misys has closed its business to consumer online sites Screentrade an...
Indie blame Lloyd's insurer.
Wellington has blamed the collapse of Independent for having to raise its reinsurance provisions by ...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group.
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Michelle Burgess as public relations executive, responsible fo...
Insurer moves in on Elcoates.
Ipswich-based Ryan Insurance has acquired Colchester company Elcoates Insurance services for an undi...
Truck case driver cleared.
North v TNT Express UK (Court of Appeal - 25 May 2001) The defendant's articulated truck was be...
Equasis suffering data problems.
Equasis, the web-based database containing quality and safety information on the world merchant flee...
Capital acquisition.
US giant GE Capital plans to acquire UK insurer National Mutual for £570m. The company is also looki...
No DVT hazard.
Suggestions made at last week's Association of Lloyd's Members' annual conference that Deep Vein Thr...
Collapse is EL for Irish builders.
The legacy of Independent's collapse is being felt in Ireland where several construction companies h...
EMB insurance move.
Actuary English Matthews Brockman has set up a company to develop and market general insurance actua...
Huge payout not an insurance worry.
A leading City claimant lawyer has played down fears that insurers should have anything to worry abo...
Alarm on the farm.
Motor insurance repair centre Thatcham aims to lower the incidence of agricultural machinery and pla...
Liabilities hit the roof.
Matalan v Tokenspire Properties and others (Technology & Construction Court - 18 May 2001) The ...
Appointment at Marsh.
Marsh has appointed Judy Jones to its risk consulting team. She joins from chartered accounting firm...
Experts: cause of confusion?
David Worsfold reports from Post Magazine's legal conference.
Direct Line increases European reach.
Direct Line is to further broaden its European exposure, with the acquisition of US insurer Allstate...
Appointment at Royce Appointments.
Faye Cannon joins Royce Appointments as a recruitment consultant. She will assist with the existing ...
MP queries FSA role.
The adequacy of the collaboration between the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority, in light...
Appointment at ABS Bodyshop Services.
Eamonn Dunne has been made Midlands regional director for national bodyshop network ABS. Mr Dunne jo...
Cutting out fraud.
The collapse of Independent has focused attention on fraud within insurers, but for most companies, the main problem is how to reduce fraud by claimants, says David Fanning.