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Right on CUE.
Veronica Cowan found some sensitivity about the 'F' word when trying to discover what brokers and loss adjusters are doing about fraud.
Appointment at Misys Interactive Trading.
Misys has made several appointments. Nick Caplan joins from California-based Walker Financial Soluti...
Canada Life bond.
Canada Life has unveiled a new income bond, The Platinum Income Bond, to IFAs. The bond is being iss...
Minimum pension age to rise.
Life insurers and industry commentators have given a mixed response to the government's plans to enc...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Alison Kirkpatrick has been appointed as a consultant in the insurance division of Joslin Rowe. Befo...
Appointment at Munters.
Lawra While has been made a marketing executive with property damage restoration firm Munters. Previ...
Appointment at NMG.
Financial consulting group NMG has recruited two new management consultants. Chris Hubbard joins ...
The rocky road to loyalty.
Can the motor market turn the corner? Of course it can, but there will be casualties left behind. Th...
Risk management into the 21st century - 25 May, London.
The challenges facing the modern risk manager are huge. Risks are becoming more complex and, as the ...
The sky's the limit.
Premium rates for motor fleets have experienced a huge turnaround. The market has swung from under-capacity to over-capacity and rates are still rising as Simon Threadgold discovers.
Banks benefit in India.
The liberalisation of India's previously state-monopolised insurance sector made another small step ...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance.
Mondial Assistance has appointed two new business development managers to its corporate and financia...
London market phases reforms.
The introduction of a single, unified system of placing and claims procedures for the London market ...
Appointment at Universal Salvage.
Anne Thomas has joined Universal Salvage as company secretary. Prior to this, she held a similar rol...
Amey solves IT.
A new outsourcing company, Amey IT Services, has been launched to provide businesses with IT infrast...
Policy has rights.
Insurance software provider Policy Master has secured the rights to distribute the Polaris ProductWr...
Industry lacks loyalty.
We are all aware of the losses that have bedevilled general insurance over the last few years and mo...
GE makes Alliance.
GE Financial Services has secured a five year deal with Alliance & Leicester to provide payment prot...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Anil Berry has been made new business manager for Euler Trade Indemnity's small business unit based ...
CIS battles in last 16.
The match of the tournament so far took place at Wormwood Scrubs last Thursday as Co-operative Insur...
Liability in Crisis: insurance in the litigious age - 22 June,
One of the biggest issues facing the insurance industry is the explosion in liability, both in terms...
IBM solution.
IBM has teamed up with software provider Versata to develop VisualAge Application Rules. They claim ...
TIFCO defends Dury ad.
Penny Black chided TIFCO (Post Magazine 13 April, p64) for continuing to run with an ad campaign tha...
Another Gerling.
Credit insurer Gerling has opened a new company, Gerling International Credit Insurance Services in ...