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Esure goes live.
Esure, the Halifax-backed insurance start-up from Peter Wood, the founder of Direct Line, went live ...
Sterilisation blunder costs hospital extra - Parkinson v St James &
(Court of Appeal - 11 April 2001) The claimant conceived her fifth child after undergoing a steril...
Reg Brown agrees to place on Kiln board.
Former Lloyd's underwriter and immediate past president of the Chartered Insurance Institute Reg Bro...
Windfall rule hits insurers.
The insurance industry was landed with a multi-million-pound bill by the High Court this week in a c...
Greystoke website.
Greystoke Legal Service has launched a new membership website that will allow solicitors to download...
Insurers knock e-commerce survey.
Insurers have rebuffed findings of a survey of UK insurers carried out by e-commerce software and se...
Appointment at Genesys.
Genesys, a provider of call centre solutions for customer relationship management, has appointed Dav...
Appointment at Crutes.
Crutes has expanded its employment unit, with the appointment of Tim Smith to partner and Emma Cross...
See you in court.
With no test case to rely on, the jury was out on surveillance, following the introduction of the Human Rights Act. The watchword is prudence, with solicitors exercising common sense in its use to guarantee video evidence stands up in court, writes David…
CGNU up 42% on back of strong GI figures
CGNU today announced a 42% rise in first half profits to £977m in the six months to 30 June. It also ...
Brands net damage.
Insurers are worried they may be harming their brands by running sub-standard websites, according to...
Bank's survey builds up structural problems - Frost v James Finlay
(Chancery Division - 25 June 2001) The claimant moved her borrowing to the defendant bank, in orde...
Material losses.
Textiles firm the Worthington Group became the latest company to be affected by the collapse of Inde...
Appointment at Axa Assistance.
Heather Findlay has joined Axa Assistance as financial controller. She previously worked at Cigna Se...
Appointment at Marsh.
Charles Sandison has joined Marsh's Aberdeen offices as a risk consultant, while Patricia Douglas be...
Trinon on target.
HST Financial, formed out of the closure of Sun Life of Canada's direct sales force, aims to target ...
Scottish broker eyes businesses.
Edinburgh's insurance broker Bruce Stevenson is looking to pick up several books of business on the ...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has appointed John Drysdale as director of executive development. He joins from the Haygroup,...
Rebus unveils LMP2001 pilot.
Rebus iS, information technology services provider to the insurance industry, has secured the partic...
FirstCity rebrand.
The FirstCity Partnership has rebranded after announcing brokerage income for the year ending 31 May...
The Health and Safety Commission.
The Health and Safety Commission has demanded a higher level of commitment to workplace safety from ...
Position of trust.
With all the attention surrounding pension mis-selling and now the introduction of stakeholder pensions, scheme trustees have been thrust into the spotlight, says Neil McCarthy.
Direct Line.
Direct Line has become one of the first insurers to express an interest in the Office of Fair Tradin...
Lloyd's set to recoup money.
Lloyd's has conceded that it stands to recoup the £300,000 it has already paid out in emergency heal...