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Ignorance not bliss for producers.
Ignorance of a defect does not protect a producer if the defect is discovered, the Court of Appeal r...
What the Papers Say.
Financial Times The increasing numbers of mountain bikers suffering serious injury has raised fea...
Urge for quality not quantity.
A key issue for brokers is quality of people, said Nigel Roberts, managing director of Aon Specialit...
Appointment at ItemPlus Consulting.
ItemPlus Consulting has recruited Mike O'Hehir to its team. He joins from CGNU and also gained indus...
Supporting age-old scourge of uninsured drivers.
Twenty five years ago, an attempt to was made to stop the scourge of uninsured drivers as reported i...
Claims to face the biggest changes of all.
Some of the biggest changes in market practice are in the area of claims, the conference heard. M...
Wragge rises.
Law firm Wragge & Co has increased its turnover for the year ended 30 April 2001 by 40% to £76.3m. T...
Off-road campaign.
Universal Salvage has collected over 1000 signatures for its petitition as part of a campaign launch...
UK boosts Allianz income
German insurer Allianz, reporting its first quarter profits for the first time, said premium income ...
Benefits backlash.
Insurers have been saved millions of pounds in personal injury payouts, following an historic decisi...
Customer focus sacrificed at IT altar.
Insurers were branded as lacking in customer focus and not being innovative enough, while failing to...
Groupama rejects doubters.
French insurer Groupama this week stressed it is fully committed to the UK market, after comments by...
Film finance suffers a repayment blow.
Film finance insurers received a blow last week when the Court of Appeal ruled that HIH was not enti...
Retail gear shift.
Non-traditional players could soon move towards underwriting their own motor insurance policies, mar...
Hamilton snaps up British Bloodstock brokerage.
Niche broker Hamilton & Partners has bought the insurance broking arm of the British Bloodstock Agen...
Banking on French life.
French banks have found that a friendly alliance with insurers can make all the difference when it comes to counting up their profits at the end of the financial year. Jeremy Golden reports on France's bancassurance experience.
New NU rates as duo split.
Norwich Union has introduced new rates across its motor portfolio, which it hopes will stamp out "un...
Devitt rescue deal.
Winterthur subsidiary and specialist motorcycle broker Devitt Insurance Services has launched Devitt...
Aujard steps down.
Chris Aujard, who set up Lloyd's captive programme, has stepped down as head of the insurance market'...
Inside information.
With the IT focus firmly on the global reach of the internet system, the value of intranets as business tools is often overlooked. Richard Adams tries to redress the balance.
E-tailored to fit.
Buying on the net is fast becoming a way of life, but with the ever-widening array of forms cybercrime can take, most insurers are finding the most effective way to cover their e-risks is to provide clients with a bespoke service, says Veronica Cowan.
Self-examination.
Maureen Gaffney, chairperson for the National Economic and Social Forum, warned that insurers needed...
Playing on the same team.
Contrary to popular belief, Rachel Gordon finds that in today's ever evolving market loss adjusters and brokers are finally realising they are on the same side. By pooling their resources and concentrating on their clients they can only come out ahead of…
Appointment at JST Mackintosh.
Liverpool-based commercial and insurance law firm JST Mackintosh has made two new appointments. Jona...