News
Mutual benefits.
Friends Provident might be regretting its decision to demutualise after announcing a flotation price...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny heard this week that the fall out at Independent appears to have claimed another victim, with ...
Methodist claims standard on BTE.
I was interested to read the editorial comment (see below: 'RSA idea could change the event') on the ...
Crutes: special claims unit.
Newcastle-based law firm Crutes has established a special claims unit to deal with people involved i...
Belfast joins paperchase.
Belfast-based content and document management company Meridio aims to target the insurance, governme...
Commentary - Contemplating the risks: the scope of public liability
The national media has recently reported a decision that undoubtedly received copy because of its ne...
Footman James sponsors classic car run.
Specialist motor broker Footman James sponsored the all-party parliamentary classic car run in aid o...
MP ups pressure on FSA.
Barry Gardiner MP has vowed to keep up pressure on the government to overhaul the Financial Services...
Before the editorial.
We had legal expenses insurance as standard in all our broker household policies BTE (before the edi...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has made two new appointments. Iain Thomas has been promoted to national sales manager of the pe...
Pension investment is on the up.
Figures released by the Association of British Insurers show that £500bn was invested in insurance-a...
New md at Garwyn.
Peter Haran has been appointed managing director of Garwyn Ireland following the resignation of Ciar...
RSA buy to hit adjusters.
Loss adjusters could face competition from one of the UK's largest insurers following the sale of Ind...
CGNU goes quiet.
The UK's largest insurer CGNU has decided to change the communication of financial and operating inf...
Business-risk.com quotes on first risk.
Business-risk.com, which was sold by Independent to Axa last week, has quoted on its first risk afte...
Insurers act to calm clients' fears.
Following the collapse of Independent Insurance, despite a high profile and good ratings, clients ha...
Pension deadline.
Over half of small businesses with fewer than 20 staff still have no pension arrangements in place f...
Darling resolves not to appeal.
The Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Alistair Darling, has decided not to appeal the decision ...
Fraud 2001: catching and prosecuting fraudsters.
Identifying and catching fraudsters remains a top priority for the insurance industry. This managemen...
Court in the crossfire: Unisys result still pending.
The result of United Assurance's £14m High Court dispute with Unisys might not be known for some tim...
Looking after its own.
The Lloyd's market is renowned for operating as a small community and has often been likened to an exclusive club. Jonathan Swift speaks to those loss adjusters that have managed to make a name for themselves.
Appointment at AT Kearney.
Global management consultant AT Kearney has boosted its services by recruiting Mark Winlow to head i...
GISC forced to put back deadline on F42.
The General Insurance Standards Council has put back its deadline for the transitional period of rule...
Wellington to raise £15.6m
Lloyd's insurer Wellington Underwriting is to raise just over £15m through the issue of 6 356 450 sha...