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Lloyd's looking to build on German market presence.
Lloyd's is seeking to increase its involvement within the German market. The message was delivere...
Policy Master poaches Dodds to head City base.
Software house Policy Master is to open an office in the heart of the City and has recruited former ...
Bonus rate for trustees.
NPI has announced the launch of a new Unitised With Profit investment initiative aimed primarily at ...
SCT moves to beat the gloom.
Syndicate Capital Trust has announced its preliminary results and set out a plan to beat pessimistic...
Adjusters: dependent or independent?
Geoffrey Salmon's letter (Independence day is over for adjusters, PM, 17 Sept, p22) highlights the t...
Causation and the role of the forensic accountant.
In the second of his two-part analysis into the predicted Y2K crisis, Anthony Charlton explains why insurers need expert help to determine which claims actually have little to do with the Millennium Bug.
Alarm over lack of accountability.
Disquiet was expressed at what was perceived as a lack of accountability in relation to the operatio...
Co-Operative settles bullying case out of court.
Co-Operative Insurance has settled a claim out of court brought by an employee who alleged he had be...
NHS Trusts must take counter measures to avoid glut of lawsuits.
In order to counter an increasingly litigious society, NHS Trusts are going to have to accept their ...
Satisfaction shock.
Despite the 90s' explosion in call centres, customer satisfaction has plummeted to an all time low a...
Gas blast claims.
The insurance industry is assessing the cost after a serious fire caused massive damage following a ...
Zurich tackles cars of the future.
Zurich Insurance has come up with a product to protect the drivers of the future. Micro Compact C...
Judgement rocks cargo.
A recent English court judgement has driven a coach and horses through the contractual protection given to carriers by British International Freight Association terms, as Nevil Phillips explains.
Unfairly dismissed by new bosses.
The phrase "at the time of the transfer" in the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 was u...
Food for thought as the euro approaches.
The notion that nobody in the UK insurance market cares about the advent of the single European curr...
Lloyd's stalls rumour-mill.
Lloyd's has moved quickly to quash rumours that last week's announced purge of 300 staff is in prepa...
Regulatory system needs an overhaul.
The London market's position as the world's leading centre of financial excellence needs to be prote...
On crash course with Prescott.
Why is it that governments never seem able to control the Inland Revenue? Examples abound of the ...
No case for animal exporters.
An exporter could not recover damages for loss resulting from the decision of a harbour board to ref...
Malicious car fires rocketing.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has produced detailed new research which has found that malicious fires ...
Every home should have one.
Vanguard Insurance launches a renovation insurance scheme today which offers protection for anyone d...
Lloyd's enjoy the sporting life.
Congratulations are in order for the Lloyd's rugby sevens' team that won the Reuters City Sevens at ...
Claims crisis could shake the Big Apple to its core.
The City of New York has been warned that it faces a major claims crisis this year with over 1% of i...
Centres are Cornhill's trump card in bid to stay at the top.
Cornhill Insurance is to set up two dedicated processing centres as part of a radical package aimed ...