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Playing the blame game.
The public is becoming more litigious and local authorities are increasingly being made to pay up. They must ensure that they have adequate risk management systems in place says David Fanning.
Plans for levels of sports treatment to be standardised.
Insurers are looking to set standards for the level of treatment that injured footballers and rugby ...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Ace has appointed Colin McDonnell as UK sales manager for the multinational risk solutions team. Mr ...
Takeover targets.
Consolidation amongst quoted Lloyd's vehicles is set to continue apace, despite Chubb's failed bid f...
Broker wins endurance contract
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers has been appointed the official insurance broker to the British ...
Poole plots as Sullman walks.
Claims management company Claims Direct intends to plough ahead with plans to establish a nationwide...
Norwich Union admits hiccups.
Norwich Union has denied rumours of downsizing but has admitted experiencing hiccups as it looks to ...
NU to streamline.
Norwich Union is to withdraw commercial facilities PLANet, Connectivity and Downstream as part of it...
Hiscox spurns Chubb.
Hiscox's management this week rejected the overtures of US giant Chubb despite being offered the opp...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Chubb's move for Hiscox last week did not come as a surprise to many in the London market. And certa...
Waters v West Sussex County Council.
Worthing County Court 27 November 2000 The claimant, who was seven years old, was running in the s...
Confusion of risk managers means insurers are missing out.
Insurers who specialise in technology risks are missing out on business because corporate risk manag...
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert defends Clifford Chance.
Transatlantic law firm Clifford Chance has instructed insurance giant Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to defen...
Government responds on Chester Street
Michael Meacher, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, has washed his ha...
Appointment at Orange.
Orange has appointed Vikki Chandler as assistant risk manager. She joins the corporate risk manageme...
Appointment at Impact Plus.
George Bell has been promoted to a director of Impact Plus, the business and technology consultants....
Folgate sets penalty clause.
Broker only insurer Folgate has announced details of a new long-term commercial policy, which includ...
Ignoring Claims Direct "winners".
What a pity that you still ignore the one third plus VAT commission which is taken by Claims Direct,...
Houlder recalls Lloyd's broker.
Houlder Insurance Services is to sit on a government-supported task force which aims to produce a po...
Appointment at Hannover Re.
Roland Vogel has been put in charge of the finance and accounting division of Hannover Re. He was pr...
Scotland as a microcosm.
The insurance experience of Scotland is much the same as the rest of the UK. However, its size means that certain factors are amplified in their effect as Edward Murray discovers.
Kennedys takes on Mills & Reeve partners for NHS legal panel.
City law firm Kennedys has been appointed to the National Health Service Litigation Authority legal ...
Appointment at Combined Insurance.
Martin Bond, formerly of Lloyd's Syndicate 1007, has joined the special risks unit of Combined Insur...
Appointment at Watershed Claims Services.
Yorkshire-based liability specialists Watershed Claims Services has added Neil Courtman and Stephen ...