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GAB Robins reveals £2.7m loss for 2004
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has admitted its internal restructuring in the UK has caused dissatisfactio...
Insurer smoking ban poser
Employers' liability rates for pubs that continue to allow smoking could be set to soar, once a part...
NU declares pleural plaques case is pivotal
Norwich Union this week insisted its pleural plaques appeal in two weeks is fundamental to the futur...
Appointment at Bollington Group
Bollington Group has made three senior appointments. Michelle Bucknor joins as head of Your Business...
XL struck by Hurricane losses
Bermudian reinsurance giant XL Capital confirmed the market's fears this week when it announced a ne...
Hiscox chief challenges brokers to prove their worth
Hiscox has hit out at brokers for failing to add value in areas such as claims and policy servicing ...
Welsh broker challenges nationals
Broker Moorhouse has launched a corporate division with the aim of becoming the first choice insuran...
Treasury set to yield to industry pressure
The government looks likely to delay implementation of VAT on outsourced insurance services, followi...
The FSA appoints Adam Phillips
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Adam Phillips as the vice chairman of the Financial S...
Two new solvent schemes of arrangement have been sanctioned
Two new solvent schemes of arrangement have been sanctioned, taking the number to 21 since the contr...
Credit rehab has insurers worried
MPs have been warned about claims farmers offering credit-agreements for the provision of rehabilita...
Global claims professionals face challenging period
Global claims professionals are facing one of their most challenging periods ever, according to John...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Craig Watson as directors' and officers' underwriter, based in its Glas...
Anglo Pacific Consultants appoints new claims manager
Underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants has appointed Scott Dickenson as its new claims manage...
Lit Comp completes acquisition of Fairmont Holdings
Gibraltar-based after-the-event insurer Lit Comp has completed the acquisition of Fairmont Holdings ...
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer
Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed two new partners: Val Hughes for the Birmingham office and Henry ...
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society
Medical Sickness, part of Wesleyan Assurance Society, has recruited Ian Morgan as national sales man...
Insurers will face audits of their data
Insurers will face audits of their data sent to the Motor Insurance Database to ensure accuracy. The...
Allianz Cornhill opens new office in Cardiff
Allianz Cornhill has opened a new commercial sales office in Cardiff. The base will source and hand...
Equitas singles out RSA row
Equitas and General Motors have reached a settlement for asbestos but the vehicle set up to manage L...
Bird flu sparks bill fears
NFU Mutual has criticised calls for the introduction of a levy on the agricultural industry, in orde...
What the papers said this week
The Times Drivers who kill while talking on a mobile phone or overtaking on a hill will be jailed f...
Appointment at Keoghs
Keoghs has chosen partner John Whittle to succeed chief executive officer Paul Smith. He qualified a...
Marine protocol guide proposed
A leaders' protocol for marine claims professionals was proposed at a conference held in Dublin this...