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Appointment at Weightmans.
Weightmans has taken on work-related injury specialist Steve Woods in its Manchester offices. Mr Woo...
Humana verdict.
A Florida appeals court has thrown out a $79.6m (£55m) verdict levied against Humana for cutting off...
US attacks: art claims may be huge.
Art insurance specialist Axa Nordstern, which was rebranded Axa Art this week, has estimated that th...
Motor insurers lambasted for refusing thousands of valid claims
Axa Direct , Allianz Cornhill and other motor insurers have been lambasted by the Consumer Associatio...
Henderson buyouts.
Henderson Insurance Brokers has completed two acquisitions as part of the strategy to establish its ...
Aruna reaches the IT Pinnacle.
Pinnacle Insurance has signed up to use software developer Aruna's information access platform Aruna...
WTC claims on fast track.
With an enormous litigious battle looming, UK insurers have welcomed the US government's initiative ...
Insurers on alert over WTC fraud.
Following September's terrorist attacks, UK insurers are anticipating the added burden of identifyin...
Untangling technology.
The role of technology, and in particular e-commerce, in the evolving insurance market was tackled at the Post Magazine/Kennedy's round table event this week. Lynn Rouse and Jane Bernstein report.
Life after Woolf for defendants' solicitors.
With statistics revealing an 85% drop in multi-track cases, and a reduction of a third in fast-track...
Shipshape probe.
Hong Kong shipowners could ask the European Commission to probe UK underwriters that have cancelled ...
Appointment at Bollington Group.
Cheshire-based intermediary the Bollington Group has made seven new appointments. Wendy Davenport an...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny tripped down to the House of Lords last week for Groupama's splendid Parliamentary reception. ...
Changes to Bar Council proposed.
The Legal Services Consultative Panel has backed the Bar Council's proposals to allow in-house barri...
Police owe escaping criminals no duty of care.
Vellino v Greater Manchester Police; (Court of Appeal - 31 July 2001).
Insurers in bullying row.
Insurance companies accused of victimising vehicle body repairers, who publicly support the Body Rep...
Appointment at GE Mortgage Insurance.
Laurence Wale has been made vice president and managing director of GE Mortgage Insurance, Europe. H...
Xchange services.
Intermediaries are being offered a range of online services from Berkeley Morgan, the insurance and ...
Affinitas targets forces personnel.
Recently-established financial services company Affinitas has launched a suite of personal insurance...
Members urged to spurn GISC.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has added its voice to the call of the Institute of Insurance B...
Eureko: stakes are rising in PZU control race.
Pan-European insurer Eureko has moved a step closer to taking a controlling stake in Polish insuranc...
Insurers told to reveal gross losses.
Lloyd's estimate of its exposure to the World Trade Center attacks has been widely condemned as too ...
Mixed fortunes for CGNU and Standard Life.
The UK's leading insurer CGNU has been granted permission to enter the Chinese life market, as the c...
A competent effort.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.