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Restorex not a disaster.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Legal look at risks.
Law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert will be hosting a seminar examining the issue of risks arising from e...
ABI members not in the cold.
In last week' s issue (Cold-callers in hot water, Post Magazine 3 February, p1), you reported that t...
Airtours flies solo.
Travel operator Airtours Group is to set up an in-house insurance company to underwrite travel polic...
Standard Life stands its ground
Standard Life, the Scottish-based mutual life insurance company, is to fight to defend itself against...
Fire disrupts evening prayer.
Evening prayer was disrupted as a fire broke out at St Nicholas's Church, Hornchurch, Essex, last we...
Bounding ban.
Australia is experimenting with dummy roadside kangaroos in an effort to slash the number of acciden...
Industry calls for high-profile pension awareness scheme.
The government was called upon to provide a public education campaign on the need for pension provis...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A young man who faces a lifetime of hormone injections after his one testicle was remo...
A selection of claims management specialists.
COMPANY NAME TOWN/CITY TELEPHONE FAX/E-MAIL Accident Assistance ...
Cox buys more.
Cox Insurance has strengthened its retail division with the acquisition of West Midlands-based Argen...
Maximising potential.
In his spare time Eastgate Assistance's chief executive Max Carruthers is a sailing addict, and Alex Broad discovers he has plans to make waves in his professional world as well.
Gold fever strikes.
A feud between eight insurers and the recoverer of a sunken gold cargo worth millions of dollars has...
Appointment at Co-operative Insurance Society.
CIS has appointed Laverne Picart and Rosemary Francis to its investment team as corporate affairs in...
Logging healthy response times.
Ambulance services could face a huge increase in claims from patients if they fail to respond prompt...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Buffy Stock has been appointed as director of Joslin Rowe's insurance division. She joins from City ...
No duty of care for loss of gutted building.
Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner & Sons 28 January 2000 Court of Appeal The claimant ...
Ready for take off.
Brendan Lawlor says that firms in the credit and trade finance market should have their staff ready to deal with a boom in the sector.
Newcomer's gain.
Insurance intermediary BDML Connect has concluded its first full year of business with the announcem...
Claimant fails to beat payment into court.
Burgess v British Steel and another 19 January 2000. Court of Appeal The claimant failed to bea...
Trusted facts.
Pension fund trustees can access their own portfolio information via their fund manager's website, b...
Primary Insurance warns of "slope rage".
It is not always smiles on the slopes according to travel insurer Primary Insurance. The insurer war...
Scandal in the air.
General insurance is heading for a potential mis-selling scandal, according to the Institute of Actu...
Appointment at The Loss Recovery Group.
The Loss Recovery Group has promoted Emma Viney ACII to the position of development manager....