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Appointment at Zurich London.
Seynabou Ba has joined Zurich London's environmental underwriting team. Prior to this appointment, M...
DSS: government sees sense.
The insurance industry must have breathed a sigh of relief this week as the government was finally fo...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Personal Insurances has appointed Barry Hawkins as knowledge manager, with responsibility f...
Self-control.
Many risk managers are following the trend towards greater self-insurance, as playing the numbers game in-house gives organisations more control over all aspects of claims, says Lynn Rouse.
Self-regulation failed.
Staged in Kilkenny, this year's Insurance Institute of Ireland annual conference concentrated on the industry's need to prevent complacency within the industry threatening the advances already made. Edward Murray reports.
Bruce to aid ZSP.
Zurich Strategic Partners has seconded Richard Bruce to help its clients meet the General Insurance ...
Government plans for Irish e-hub.
Addressing this year's annual conference, Minister for Science Technology & Commerce Noel Treacy cla...
A better solution?
New legislation has given alternative dispute resolution a much-needed boost in the UK. However, for some the jury is still out on the acceptance of mediation as a way forward, says David Fanning.
A Day in the Life of... a restoration specialist
Jamie Nash has won royal acclaim for his work as a restoration specialist for Munters. Richard Adams spent a day with him and discovered that even faced with the worst flooding in Kent for many years, it all came out in the wash.
LG turnover up.
City firm Lawrence Graham has recorded a significant increase in turnover for the last financial yea...
Claims managers of many talents.
In today's workplace, claims managers need a whole new set of qualities to help cope with their increasingly demanding roles, and top-level candidates are hard to find, says Richard Adams.
Turn to PeopleSoft.
PeopleSoft is to launch the PeopleSoft 8 Customer Relationship Management Beta Customer Programme. U...
Law courts put in the picture.
O'Shea v MGN and Free4Internet.net (Queen's Bench Division - 4 May 2001).
Tough lessons to learn on school staff liability.
Lister v Hesley Hall (House of Lords - 3 May 2001).
New risks must be addressed.
The trend towards increasing reliance on self-insurance among risk managers should be setting alarm b...
No win, no fee spotlight.
The massive changes promoted by the Woolf Reforms are still being felt right across the insurance in...
London Market faces call for reform.
The London Market is facing a water-shed as David Worsfold discovered at last week's Post Magazine conference.
Appointment at Crutes.
Louise Dack, who had worked as a secretary for Crutes for 10 years and then switched to work on the ...
DLA may drop PI.
Law firm DLA is considering ditching its current professional indemnity arrangements in the commerci...
Exaxe to attack UK market.
Irish IT consulting and software development company Exaxe is gearing up for an assault on the UK ma...
Legal focus on real world of risk.
The landscape of the risk environment is changing as newer speculative risks replace the older more traditional ones. Maurice Pullen looks at the legal impact of this.
Axa makes outsourcing deal.
Axa has said no job losses will result from its decision to outsource the day-to-day management of i...
Good to talk.
With the Airmic conference only days away, Anthony Gould takes a look at the main topics up for discussion and explains why communication is the key to successful risk management.
Adjuster Resolve sold to consultancy.
Loss adjuster Resolve International has been acquired by Charles Taylor Consulting, a publicly-traded...