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Claims body in two-year warning
Regulation of claims farmers could take another two years despite government efforts to rush legisla...
Airmic meeting postponed
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers' meeting with the Financial Services Authority over ...
Heath Lambert to open in East Midlands
Heath Lambert National has appointed two former Oval employees to open a new East Midlands commerci...
Lloyd's reforms menace market
Regulations handed down by Lloyd's corporation to its members could be a bigger threat to business t...
An informed insurance Question Time
Contract certainty, transparency, the Compensation Bill, regulation and industry reputation - whatev...
Brokers revenue streams valid
Regional brokers are unlikely to stop using - and have no need to give up - revenue streams, such a...
Vega Insurance Services appoints an IT Manager
Vega Insurance Services, part of the Primary Group, has appointed Stephen Edwards to the role of IT ...
Aascent warned it may face prosecution
Premium finance company Aascent has been warned it will face prosecution if it does not file its lat...
Liability breaks even for first time in 20 years
Combined ratio for the UK liability market has fallen below the all-important 100% for the first tim...
Marsh exec speech comes under fire
Embattled Marsh UK retail chief executive Toby Foster was at the centre of an extraordinary row ove...
Appointment at Huntswood
Huntswood has made Clive Williams, former chief executive officer of Capgemini UK and Ireland, its n...
Defra head's inside track on liability plans
Cuthbert Nestor, head of the UK government's implementation of the European Union Directive, will a...
Industry comments
Building a stronger relationship with customers is one of the key issues that must be tackled, if th...
Events
2-5 October Federation of European Risk Management Association's risk management forum Lisbon Cong...
QBE Insurance signs agreement
QBE Insurance has signed an agreement to acquire the specialist marine insurer, British Marine Holdi...
Appointment at Medisure
Medisure has appointed Alix Seymour as marketing and communications manager. In this newly created p...
Industry makes six-month fraud pledge
The insurance industry this week committed to launching a crime-busting anti-fraud database by next...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has promoted Rob Chapman and recruited Chris Dee to senior underwriting roles. Mr C...
Middle East insurance briefing
Insurers, reinsurers and brokers in the London market will be able to get a major insight into the b...
First scheme sanctioned since BAIC
The High Court has sanctioned schemes of arrangement proposed by a pool of 18 Dutch insurance compa...
Katrina proves need for certainty
The inability of insurers to provide accurate loss estimates following Hurricane Katrina is the clea...
Football cover is "realistic"
A worldwide insurance scheme to compensate football clubs when their players are injured on internat...
Appointment at Moscow Re
Reinsurance executive Charles Catt has joined Russian reinsurer Moscow Re as adviser to the manageme...
MMA Insurance enhances its Master Tradesman Plus
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has added several trades and enhanced the cover available under it...