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Green Flag to the rescue.
Sometimes you win when you lose and Nottinghamshire league side Blidworth Welfare were finally given...
A question of timing.
The Law Commission has finished a comprehensive review which put limitation periods in all claims under the microscope. Andrew Parker examines the commission's findings and proposals.
Damage limitation.
That's what the uninsured loss recovery market is currently involved in. Ruth Addicott examines what companies are doing to halt falling premiums and standards and ride the 'cowboys' out of town.
Gamble's support vow.
David Gamble, the new executive director of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC),...
Going up down under.
The market down under is pretty buoyant on the back of next month's flotation of Australia's biggest...
Word Cup travel alert.
Failure to provide a Green Card could mean being issued with a red card and being denied cover shoul...
Appointment at Bevan Ashford.
Bevan Ashford has appointed Mark Lomas as a partner. Mr Lomas will continue to head the company's sp...
RSA restructures into three.
The sweeping re-organisation of Royal & Sun Alliance under new chief executive Bob Mendelsohn has co...
Direct Line takes on AA and RAC.
Direct Line has stormed into the motor breakdown service market and launched a confident double boas...
Survey confirms fears.
Fears that economic growth is on the downturn have been confirmed by Trade Indemnity's quarterly fin...
LIRMA/ILU members to vote for new body board.
Elections are to be held next month to the 16-strong governing board of the new trade body to be cre...
Yuppie flu not to be sneezed at.
The controversial so-called 'yuppie flu' virus has become a very real ailment to Canadian insurers f...
No substitute for experience.
I have read Derek Armstrong's reply (Let adjusters repair damage of assessors, PM, 9 April, p18) to ...
Weather rains on insurers' parade.
Freak weather worldwide resulted in heavy losses for General Accident and Commercial Union prior to ...
Boost from acquisition.
New York firm Towers Perrin has seen the size of its current risk management capacity rocket by 70% ...
Decision to give Taylor the boot was a sure thing.
It hardly made the news, so inevitable was the Association of British Insurers' decision to replace ...
Club gives brokers a boost.
The future of high street brokers looks rosier following the launch of an exclusive club designed to...
Qualified staff bound to be best.
I believe I am uniquely qualified to comment of the current assessor and adjuster debate, as for the...
Appointment at Maritime Insurance.
Vincent Emms, ACII, has joined Maritime Insurance as a hull underwriter. He has considerable experie...
Is this the countdown to the end of the IBRC?
It is just a week to go before the submissions on the future regulation of general insurance selling...
Bosses get year 2000 warning.
Company directors' personal liability and exposure to litigation due to year 2000 failures could run...
Workers flee mob-rule Jakarta.
British firms Crawford-THG and Commercial Union have pulled out their staff from strife-torn Indones...
Norwich Union joins in the 'why are we waiting?' chorus.
Norwich Union has joined the growing chorus of disapproval over the government's failure to produce ...
Appointment at Weightmans.
Tony Summers has stepped down as senior partner with Weightmans, and is being replaced by his deputy...