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Axa site proves big is not always best.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Size matters to Alan.
Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers is to move into a larger office, reflecting its recent growth. The No...
Getting a grip on complaints.
The Financial Services Authority's proposals for the new Ombudsman scheme, unveiled last week, have ...
Bid to bar merger.
Polish Insurer PZU has taken steps to stop the merger of the country's two largest banks. It is beli...
At breaking point.
As we approach the end of the 20th century it seems a good time to ask just how far the claims manag...
£30m pain in Spain.
Dutch insurer Aegon has announced that in the first nine months of 1999 its total earnings were up 2...
Zurich IFA Group staff support Crisis.
Zurich IFA Group staff have been getting their knickers in a twist in support of homeless charity Cr...
IBM updates insurance system.
IBM has updated its operational client management system, CIIS for Insurance. CIIS consolidates i...
Denver deal is done.
Insurance software provider Policy Master has acquired Denver-based Insurance Business Solutions for...
Room service.
An IT supplier to the insurance industry has a policy of recruiting before a new contract is secured...
Women banned from kitchen.
The Royal Marines were entitled to refuse to engage a woman as a chef even though under European Uni...
Lloyd's facing black hole in space market.
Aviation and space markets at Lloyd's face a perilous future, with heavy losses hitting hard and lit...
Shutting out deja vu.
The 80s housing crash sent professional indemnity claims rocketing. Sarah Grant asks if the same thing could happen again.
Online to save.
Everybody accepts that e-commerce is the way forward for businesses in the 21st century, so with the technology there for the taking, how much use are insurers making of new innovations? Richard Griffiths finds out.
Broadside fired at ship industry.
A culture of blame and a decline in standards are major causes of concern for the ship repair indust...
ABI highlights need to train company car drivers.
Despite the fact that company car drivers have more accidents than private motorists, most employees...
Carrying out stamp duty.
I ought to solve the whodunit of the missing postage (Penny Black, PM 11 Nov, p56). It is not Primar...
Exclusive - Subsidence claimsbuster group set up.
A new organisation committed to the early settlement of subsidence claims will be unveiled next week...
Limit buys Torch for £10m.
Lloyd's-listed Limit is to acquire Torch, the Lloyd's motor group, for £10m. The move, announced ...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Lisa Walden has been made broker communication manager for Axa Insurance. She joins Axa from Maritz ...
Folgate joins panel.
Folgate Insurance will join HSBC Select's extended panel of household insurers, bringing its full cy...
Bigger picture of adjusting.
The loss adjusting sector, along with the rest of the insurance industry, is undergoing rapid change...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Imagine Penny's surprise when a routine question to Saracens Rugby Club about sports insurance was a...
New Year shutdown? It's business as usual.
Your article 'New Year Shutdown' (PM 4 Nov, p8) stated claims processing in the London market will c...