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Common sense must win the broker debate.
Not for the first time do I find myself in total accord with Simon Arnold (PM, 3 Sept, p??). His ...
No win, no fee? Not quite.
Despite what its nickname says, conditional fees arrangements (no win, no fee) can still result in a losing plaintiff having pay the other side's costs. Steve Banner looks at protections against this.
Chiyoda boss loses fight with cancer.
George Felton, the chairman of the Chiyoda Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Europe) of Japan, pass...
HHH's acquisition plans gather momentum.
Hill House Hammond director Paul Tonkin has announced he expects the company to make a further four ...
Clearing up Stock Market confusion.
I do not believe there is one professional in the City who is in any doubts as to the business of In...
Insurers set for messy fight over Swissair crash damages.
When Swissair flight 111 from New York's Kennedy Airport to Geneva plunged into the Atlantic Ocean l...
Landlord cover boost.
Brian Chubb Insurance has enhanced its Landlord's Choice domestic let insurance policy. The new look...
RSA have missed chance to rebuild confidence.
Royal Sun Alliance is having a bad year. Hopes that the sweeping changes at the very top - with the ...
It's all Greek to ERC.
The close bond between giant reinsurer ERC Frankona and Greek supplier of insurance industry service...
Standards argument stands test of time.
As the arguments regarding standards of professionalism within the industry continue to rage, it's i...
What the papers say.
THE TIMES A police force paid out more than £10m in damages and costs to settle four claims of ma...
In the midst of terror.
When a terrorist bomb ripped through the heart of Nairobi, ex-pat loss adjuster John Miners was caught up in the carnage. Here he gives Post Magazine his account of the day's horror.
Merger puts the cat among broker pigeons.
It is easy to say that the merger between the Association of Independent Intermediaries and the Inde...
Intranet takes the US by storm.
A new report reveals that the intranet has taken the US financial services sector by storm and predi...
Malpractice scheme.
The Medical Insurance Agency is to operate a new optional malpractice scheme for the General Osteopa...
Broker consolidation.
A comment from Larissa Knepper, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.
Broker regulation - Stuck at a stalemate.
That's the position of the major parties involved in the current row over broker regulation row. Francis Higney looks at the effect this is having on brokers and examines ways to break the deadlock.
ABI's code monitoring unit to get tough.
Up to 100 independent intermediaries could have their agencies cancelled by the middle of next month...
Clubbing together.
Commercial Union and Burke Ford Insurance Brokers putted their way to victory in the Bruce Grobbelaa...
IIB members deserve better than 'pathetic rabble-rousing'.
I must say that I am most saddened after reading the latest missive I have just received from Andrew...
Trade bodies to merge.
The two trade bodies launched just over a year ago to represent independent intermediaries are to me...
Farmers badgered by TB cattle fear.
Farmers are fretting over the threat that badgers pose to their livelihoods - and it could mean insu...
Merger will help intermediaries pack a punch.
The merger of the Association of Independent Intermediaries and the Independent Intermediaries Assoc...
Booklet offers checklist for making mergers easy.
The current merger and acquisition culture has left managers struggling to achieve a successful inte...