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Body blow for natural justice?
This week's victory for insurers in the Court of Appeal over asbestos-related claims for compensation...
David Botell picks up award.
David Botell, e-commerce project manager at AA Insurance Services, picked up the award for the Best ...
Gorna merger on.
Law firm Hill Dickinson, whose head office is in Liverpool, is to merge with niche Manchester-based ...
Scott aids JLT.
Former CGNU group chief executive Bob Scott is set to resurface at broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson as ...
Unisure system dispute settled.
IT giant Unisys and The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society have settled their £14m long-running l...
Gibbs to head Axa.
Axa UK has confirmed that Keith Gibbs will be appointed chief executive of Axa PPP healthcare. He wi...
Cost of risk keeps getting cheaper.
For the second consecutive year, the overall cost of risk has declined to the lowest point in over a...
Irish Life sale.
Financial services group Irish Life & Permanent has sold its industrial branch business to mutual in...
Just a blur?
This year may have been a bit of a blur for some brokers. Although hit by a series of shocks - from September's US terrorist attacks to the collapse of Independent and Andrew Paddick's shock victory against GISC - the sector is still running on a full…
BIBA and GISC are a disgrace.
Last year, we were appointed as brokers to a client that had sacked its existing broker mid-term. Th...
On the right track.
Fundamental changes in the market this year have meant a bumpy ride for loss adjusters. With panel shake-ups, outsourcing, insourcing, closures and reshuffles, they have had to cling on tight and think in terms of strategic repositioning to avoid coming…
Inreon catastrophe sale.
Online reinsurance trading platform Inreon is to shake up the UK and European property & casualty ma...
Clal buys Broadgate.
Israeli insurer Clal Insurance Holdings has completed the acquisition of Broadgate Underwriting, Llo...
Regulation for regulation's sake not the answer.
In PM on 15 November, there was a juxtaposition of views in the View from the Top by Martin Long, ch...
Bankart planning takeovers.
Broker Bland Bankart intends to double its turnover by 2005 through an aggressive expansion policy, f...
Win a trip to Japan and South Korea next summer.
Play your part in the insurance industry's definitive annual salary and workplace survey and enter ou...
Clients face dangerous exposure.
Companies have found themselves "dangerously exposed" because insurers have failed to communicate op...
Cape of £20m hope.
Solicitors acting on behalf of South African miners suffering from asbestos-related diseases are tho...
Baldwin joins AWAC.
Ex-Chubb Europe senior vice president Michael Baldwin has been appointed to manage the London office...
Rubicon in Lloyd's Link-up.
Rubicon, the insurance services provider, is set to acquire Link Insurance from Lloyd's managing age...
Voice Over net protocol rolled out at Lloyd's.
Xchanging Claims Services has become the first company to adopt Lloyd's new phone technology. The...
Highway robbery.
The expected recession is likely to spark a rise in fraud and the most lucrative area in which to make a fast buck is motor insurance. Just how many vehicles on our roads could be involved is unclear, but insurers need to tackle the problem now, says…
Opinion: Exposure rights.
Chris Phillips, whose firm represented one of the defendants in this week's landmark Court of Appeal case on asbestos-related claims, outlines the implications of the ruling for insurers.
ABI rejects calls for insurers to step into breach.
The Association of British Insurers has rejected calls for insurers to step in to fill any gap in co...