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Evolution appoints commercial underwriter
Commercial underwriting specialist Evolution Underwriting has appointed James Curtin as a commercial underwriter working within the new business team.
Antares appoints non-executive director
Antares has appointed Ewen Gilmour as non-executive director of Antares Holdings, the group's Bermuda-based holding company.
One Group assists charity with £25 000
Travel claims specialist One Group has backed the Willow Foundation, a charity set up by football legend Bob Wilson and his wife Megs to provide special days for seriously ill 16 to 40-year-olds, and pledged to raise £25 000 in 2010.
Time to test yourself: A selection of topical questions from the question banks of ED.Learn - The CII's online training resource
Whether studying for Chartered Insurance Institute exams, or just to test yourself, see how you do. The following is a selection of self-test questions fro mIF1, the certificate in in surance, within the ed.LEARN online learning module. For more details…
Career development & CSR news: Salary offers fall back as vacancies climb higher
The number of positions that employers are seeking to fill within the general insurance sector has risen to its highest level since December 2009, according to recruitment firm Reed.
Career development & CSR news: 40 artists make up Catlin Art Prize shortlist
The shortlist has been announced for the 4th annual Catlin Art Prize, celebrating the work of recently graduated artists.
Five is magic number for benchmarking
Challenged as to whether there is a an ideal number or critical mass of companies that need to take part in external benchmarking exercises to render them effective, Jeff Rieder, president of the Ward Group, suggested five is the magic number.
Lowest common denominator curb
Although modern software systems can potentially track and monitor an almost infinite number of metrics, the ability to externally benchmark these against competitors will always be constrained by the "lowest common denominator effect", said Eugene Lee,…
External comparisons can create unexpected outcomes
External benchmarking can deliver unexpected and additional results, it emerged during a question and answer session. Jeff Rieder, president of the Ward Group, said experience has shown that, when looking at the top quartile of performers, those…
Flaws found in current evaluation methods
The three methods UK insurers typically use to evaluate their performance relative to industry peers all have failings. That was the key message of Paul Tomlinson, director at Deloitte UK Consulting, who outlined the major benchmarking challenges…
Beware of benchmarking pitfalls warns Axa chief
Axa Canada has been benchmarking for years — the only problem was that none of its three measures were giving the insurer what it needed to improve both processes and costs.
Lorega hires ex-CILA head for new adjusting arm
Lorega has vowed to tackle the lack of new blood entering the loss adjusting sector after recruiting former president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, Angus Tucker, to spearhead its own skills academy.
Industry rails against SMS claims farming
Insurers have reacted angrily to the growing number of unsolicited claims farming text messages being sent by claims management firms.
New IFB director seeks new income streams
Generating more income for the Insurance Fraud Bureau will become the top priority of newly appointed director Glen Marr, according to IFB chairman David Neave.
One Call strikes Malta deal
Doncaster-based broker One Call insurance has become the latest intermediary to set up its own risk carrying captive insurer, Post has learnt.
Co-op offers claims service
Co-operative Legal Services is to target small and medium-sized brokers with its first outsourcing product.