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Mediquote set to expand and push into consumer market.
Mediquote, the comparative private medical insurance portal owned by software provider Sirius, is se...
Crunch time for Lloyd's.
Marcus Alcock reports on the Association of Lloyd's Members' national conference held in London last week.
Axa bosses under investigation.
Henri de Castries and Claude Bebear, present and previous chief executives of French insurer Axa, we...
Appointment at SMG Risk Managers.
Smithson Mason Financial Services has appointed two new account executives. Phil Dixon and Carol Cli...
WISe and ACORD to merge.
Standards bodies for the insurance industry WISe and ACORD are to merge and create a single non-prof...
Experian partnership.
Information solutions company Experian has entered into a strategic partnership with eCRM provider A...
Miller waits on Pearl.
Churchill has acquired the underwriting portfolio of Pearl's existing general insurance business in ...
Independent brokers look set to struggle to replace cover.
Fears were expressed this week that Independent Insurance's brokers might struggle to find replacemen...
Culture of blame and distrust.
I read with interest the article Turning up the heat (see below), in which some of the great and good...
QGP: five adjusters.
Liability and loss adjuster The Quest Gates Partnership has appointed five adjusters to its nationwi...
Asbestos claims to soar in US.
Asbestos claims and costs in the US will total $200bn (£126bn), according to consultant Tillinghast-...
Eagle Star defends website.
Eagle Star Insurance has attacked claims that its web-based insurance site is one of the worst perfo...
Appointment at Deloitte Consulting.
Deloitte Consulting has recruited Andrew Power to its UK Insurance Practice, where he will be workin...
The wire brigade.
Insurers and brokers are understandably cautious when it comes to committing themselves to new technology, but will the ASP model, now being touted by software houses as the most efficient and cost-effective way to wire them up for better business, catch…
A very different assessment.
Loss assessor Henry Harris tries to set the record straight regarding the current argument over whether loss adjusters can fill assessors' roles competently.
Throwing out of three-year accounting system inevitable.
Getting rid of the three-year accounting system is an inevitability, according to Charles Harbord-Ha...
New .claims portal.
Internet software house InsurE.com has launched a new claims portal, insure.claim, which it hopes wi...
Zurich launches new risk analysis service.
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new risk management consultancy, Zurich IC2, aimed at corpo...
DVT poses bankruptcy threat to aviation.
Deep vein thrombosis could bankrupt the aviation market, according to a leading Lloyd's underwriter. ...
Independent fails to answer to liability claims.
I am currently pursuing a liability claim against Independent Insurance. I submitted the claim on...
Virtual start-up targets big brands.
A new virtual insurance operation, Rubicon, is set to be launched this week, with an initial acquisi...
US on storm alert after floods.
US forecasters have increased their estimates for tropical storms from 10 to 12 for the season that ...
Insurers fight new US health Bill.
Health insurers in the US are fighting new legislation that would give policyholders more rights to ...
Indie hid at least £62m of claims
Independent Insurance failed to record at least £62m of insurance claims in its accounting systems, i...