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Appointment at Belfor.
Damage management firm Belfor has promoted John Thompson from supervisor at its Nottingham branch to...
Insurers given access to rehab.
Insurers will be given free access to a rehabilitation network focused on returning people to work, ...
National service.
A large number of provincial brokers are making a splash in the market, beating the bigger intermediaries at their own game because of their more flexible approach and personal service, says Rachel Gordon, who discovers that for insurers, standards are…
Appointment at Commitments Protection.
Commitments Protection, the creditor insurance arm of the Lowcost Group, has recruited Peter Westwoo...
Academic achievement.
Zurich Municipal is to provide the University of Oxford's buildings and contents cover. The insuranc...
Treasury no idea on aviation support.
Uncertainty over the future of aviation cover for UK airlines was compounded this week, with the Tre...
Appointment at Chem-Dry UK.
Chem-Dry UK, the claims management company for accidental damage, fire and flood claims, has recruit...
CNA Re makes net operating income.
US-based reinsurer CNA Re made a net operating income of $27m (£17.7m) in the second quarter of 2002...
Standard Life denies PMI rates too high.
Standard Life Healthcare has rebutted claims in the latest Datamonitor report on UK health insurance...
Insurers focused on wrong ATE ruling.
It is interesting, though perhaps not surprising, that the insurance industry claims to find clarity...
SSP set to target commercial.
Software provider SSP is to court the commercial market, with an expansion of its Key Choice product...
Lloyd's first auction starts in September.
Lloyd's first capacity auction for 2002 will start on 17 September. Two further auctions are planned...
Aon U-turn over sale.
Some 2000 of Aon's UK staff face the prospect of a new owner, after the US broker did a U-turn this ...
Wither RSA?
The question on everyone's lips at the moment is what is going to happen to Royal & Sun Alliance. The...
Facing the music.
A consortium of underwriters including Lloyd's insurer Liberty Syndicates looks set for a claim in e...
Seniority a qualified success?
I was very pleased to see your editorial (CII harks back to a bygone era, PM, 1 August, p13) was aga...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Brian Heale has returned to software developer Sherwood International this time as global life produ...
70 jobs created as HGIS moves call centre to Leeds.
Halifax General Insurance Services is to re-house its call centre sales operation for household and ...
Flood defences funding gives cause for concern.
Steve Broughton takes a long hard look at the detail behind the government's spending plans on UK flood defences and does not like what he finds. However, despite the spin, he believes there are some grounds for optimism.
NU capacity push in SME assault.
Norwich Union plans to significantly increase its ability to underwrite commercial lines next month i...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Credit insurer Euler Trade Indemnity has taken on Richard Webster as chief executive officer. During...
Wind of change at CII has left local institutes out in the cold.
Since the arrival of Dr Sandy Scott two years ago, the Chartered Insurance Institute has seen massiv...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This site has been set up by regional broker Waveney Insurance. It is not a large site. The front pa...
Appointment at MCE.
Wellingborough-based insurance broker MCE has appointed Lisa Hunt to the newly-created position of t...