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Big insurers worst at hitting medical payment deadlines
Treating customers fairly and insurer relationships with medical reporting organisations were discussed at the first claims Club meeting of 2008, as Jonathan Swift writes
Zurich's politics play
Zurich's emerging markets unit has announced it is boosting its political risk capacity to $125m (£6...
Post Claims Club - Advisory Board 2008
Chair: Anthony Gould, group editor in chief, Incisive Media Board: Steve Agutter, regional claims m...
ESR enters administration
Troubled Lloyd's broker ESR has gone into administration following a fraud investigation into its tr...
Allianz wins WPS contract
Allianz Commercial has been appointed as sole supplier for WPS Insurance Brokers' book of small busi...
Oxygen open Glasgow base
Oxygen Insurance Brokers' UK corporate risks practice has opened a new office in Glasgow. The existi...
Lockton makes SME pledge despite sale
Lockton has insisted it remains committed to the small to medium-sized enterprise market, despite Cu...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was impressed to hear a broker boss speak about a fellow intermediary boss' appearance last we...
Airmic satisfied with EU stance
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has said it is satisfied with the EU Commission's sta...
Towergate purchases broker
Towergate has continued its expansive growth strategy with the acquisition of £8m gross written prem...
Lloyd's' election results
Lord Levene has been re-appointed as Lloyd's chairman by its council and franchise board. Chaucer ch...
Australian giant looking for deals despite snub
Australian broking giant Oamps is hoping to significantly increase its presence in the UK market thr...
Meeting allows managers to debate topical issues
The packed Claims Club meeting allowed claims managers to debate a range of topical issues. The next...
Omega in takeover talks
Omega Insurance, has confirmed it is "in discussions with a number of parties who have expressed an ...
Snowball makes first Towergate swoop
Towergate Financial Services has launched its initial assault on the independent financial adviser m...
Burke gets UK and Eire role
Former Crawford UK and Ireland chief operating officer Benedict Burke has been named chief executive...
Appointment at Beachcroft
Beachcroft has appointed Howard Dean as head of its claims validation team. ...
Appointment at Woodgate and Clark
Woodgate and Clark has expanded its loss adjusting division in the north of England with four appoin...
No signs of UK terror respite
The risk of terror attacks is likely to increase in the UK in the next two years, according to polit...
ABC commercial launch
ABC Insurance has announced the launch of three new commercial packaged insurance products: property...
What the papers said this week
Manchester Evening News Unshredded documents containing the personal details of insurance claim...
Biba to play matchmaker
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is looking to develop a confidential matchmaking facility...
Aon: no UK cuts from restructure
Broking giant Aon has announced a massive restructuring of its global operations that sees it integr...
TAG settlement reached
Insurers and solicitors have agreed an out of court settlement of £30m resulting from The Accident G...