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Mind games to bust fraud.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has employed the thought police in a bid to slash fraudulent claims. ...
IPT tax threat to motor insurance
Longford Insurance Schemes claims that millions of motorists would risk driving without insurance if ...
Names claim fraud.
The Lloyd's trial got underway in earnest this week with Names' QC Simon Goldblatt saying they were ...
Appointment at WhiteLight Systems.
Peter Beard has been promoted to worldwide vice president of sales at Whitelight Systems. He had bee...
Lloyd's warned of desertion.
Lloyd's is facing a "devastating" exodus of key players unless its speeds up its process of reform, ...
NU gets 1% less.
Norwich Union last week reported a 1% fall in profits to £768m, but said it had achieved outstanding...
A gift of a chance.
Marcus Alcock explains how the Internet can bring insurers closer to the Holy Grail of selling - one-to-one marketing.
Kiln launch pet travel insurance after introduction of Pet Passports.
No shaggy-dog stories at Lloyd's this week, as Kiln launched the first online pet travel insurance f...
Switched on to the future.
Four providers of technology solutions to the insurance sector share their predictions with PM.
Hackers speak out.
Insurers concerned over the risk of hackers can come face-to-face with the enemy next month. Notorio...
Holbeck Hall Hotel v Scarborough Borough Council.
22 February 2000 Court of Appeal A hotel which stood at the top of a cliff, owned by the local au...
Appointment at Quest Gates Partnership.
Duncan McKenzie has been appointed as an adjuster at Quest Gates Partnership's Harrogate office. He ...
Bad drivers crash RSA profits.
Bob Mendelsohn, chief executive of insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, blamed reckless young drivers for t...
Virtual rush for Net profits.
Axa-owned Sun Life and Provincial Holdings is to announce a major technology investment in its life ...
Scor opens in China.
French reinsurer Scor has opened a representative office in China. Chairman and chief executive Jacq...
Insurer to make £15m satellite payment.
Russian insurers are poised to pay out on the doomed Express-A satellite that crashed shortly after ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
It seems that Royal & Sun Alliance is not the only company suffering due to the bad weather. Shandwi...
Turbulent times.
Eric Alexander discovers aviation insurers are distinctly edgy at the moment and nobody seems quite sure which way the market is going to jump.
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Helen Andrews has become the first female director of the board of Smart & Cook. Ms Andrews was mana...
Law Society opts for broker to provide services.
Broker Alexander Forbes is to provide services to high street practitioners. The Sole Practitione...
Opus leads charge on horse market.
Opus Holdings hopes to prove it is a thoroughbred broker with the launch of a new business unit. ...
Modelling at HHH.
Hill House Hammond is seeking to achieve profit increases at its call centre with the help of a new ...
New standard splits LIA, SOFA.
The adoption of a new professional standard by the Life Insurance Association has signalled the end ...
Tools to quote on the 'Net.
E-commerce specialist insurE-com has launched two systems enabling insurers and brokers to arrange q...