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Employers' stress.
Employers could be inundated with claims from stressed workers following this week's landmark award ...
Legal expenses were tax deductible.
A stockbroker incurred fines and legal expenses in respect of disciplinary proceedings against him f...
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond took to the sky to donate money to NCH Action For Children...
Altris lightens load.
London Market Claims Service has invested in an information management solution from Altris Software...
Ignore IT @ your peril.
Insurers are ignoring the IT implications of the industry's consolidation, according to new research...
Smap, brand, wallet.
French mutual Azur-GMF is to go into partnership with Belguim's SMAP to create a 'multi-network, mul...
Legal cover.
An insurance scheme to help people pursuing 'no win, no fee' libel actions has been launched by Brad...
Heads you win.
Marcella Cronin gives some dos and don't on how to get yourself headhunted.
The Insurance Benevolent Fund.
Notice is hereby given that the seventieth annual general meeting of members of The Insurance Benevo...
Hail to Joe Public.
For years insurers have been saying the customer is king, but Paul Kerley argues that future profitability depends more than ever on this being true.
BBN buys defunct's books.
Independent financial services and broking group Berry Birch & Noble has aquired the personal financ...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS A mother is to sue Asda after an 8ft-long piece of glass at a counter in the Bristol ...
Crime database.
The Business Crime Check Database - www.crimecheck. co.uk - was launched this week by the Home Offic...
The Wright stuff.
Lorraine Wright, director of Cendant claims plus, challenged insurers to be innovative in setting hi...
Travel price cuts.
Travellers with medical conditions or disabilities can now get cheaper cover from broker Hamilton Ba...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black takes no pleasure in the thought of all those industry bigwigs suffering throbbing hango...
Merricks lashes out over complaints.
Insurance companies need to make huge improvements in their approach to complaints according to Insu...
Insurer takes stand against ULR conmen.
A Lloyd's insurer has called for a concerted industry-wide campaign to drive fraudulent uninsured lo...
Changing patterns of tartan law.
In the week after the Queen officially opened the Scottish Parliament, Andrew Ireland explains why insurers must make their voices heard as the country prepares itself to catch up with changes to the legal system.
All-systems-go date for Bankhall's IFA network.
Bankhall Investment Associates new giant financial adviser network, which was created following its ...
Appointment at Eurobase Systems.
Mike Putt has joined software and consultancy supplier Eurobase as market manager. He has previously...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Barry Smith has joined Axa Insurance to become director of customer service. Previously he was execu...
Warm reception for FSA's regulatory paper.
Lloyd's Names and managing agents have welcomed the Financial Services Authority's response paper on...
This Boots was made for straight-talking.
Improving standards of claims handling starts at the point of sale, Mike Cranfield, head of travel i...