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Zurich claims medical first.
Zurich Life has launched what it claims to be the first critical illness policy which incorporates s...
Balancing for satisfaction.
In the non-stop world of claims handling, striking a balance between all parties offers scope for en...
Personal injury claims to rocket.
The insurance industry has been told to expect millions of pounds worth of backlogged personal injur...
Of course millennium problems are forseeable.
I read Ian Drewer's attack on the Association of British Insurers' exclusions with a certain degree ...
A match made in heaven?
Francis Higney interrupted Cunningham Ellis & Buckle's honeymoon celebrations to talk to Gerry Loughney and Andrew Lund about the new company's plans.
Avon rewards Damien.
Ex-England football legend Frank Worthington attended the recent Blackburn Rovers versus Arsenal mat...
US Bogged down by age-old regulation wrangles.
The issue of Post Magazine for 19 November 1898 contained plenty of news from the United States with...
Zero tolerance approach needed for motor fraud.
The insurance industry has to take a zero tolerance approach to motor fraud, said Richard Fowler, sp...
Kelsh bows out with blast at 'threat' posed by regulation.
Insurance Brokers' Registration Council founder member Michael Kelsh announced his retirement from t...
Pianist's 'dodgy notes'.
Veteran rock 'n' roll musician Billy Preston has been indicted by a Californian court on a £600,000 ...
Dutch courage over Y2K.
While insurers in the UK are still stubbornly holding the line on Year 2000 exclusions, on the Conti...
Scorching times to come?
Product liability claims may not be as popular in Europe as they are in the US, where lawyers go all-out to find cases, but the signs are that they soon could be, says Christopher Hodges.
Lifetime Lloyd's ban.
A woman found guilty of forgery in the Lloyd's market has been banned for life - the first time a fe...
Now turn talk into action.
There is no doubt that the insurance industry is determined to face up to the challenge of fighting ...
Cash splash after buy.
Liverpool Victoria has paid over £1m for a 'Millennium GS795' processor to manage an estimated 250,0...
To demutualise or not to demutualise.
The recent announcement by National Provident Institution that it intends to demutualise and put its...
Lambourn takes a human interest.
Outsourcing provider Lambourn Insurance Services has set up a new human resources consultancy to tar...
Technology the key to fight new brands.
The managing director of Lloyd's TSB General Insurance has warned the industry that it has to face t...
Rand's EMU service.
Rand Information Systems has launched a European Economic and Monetary Union service. the service is...
Dennis Thorpe of GAB Robins saves the day.
Her Majesty the Queen and guests including pop stars All Saints were almost denied an after show par...
What the papers say.
THE SUN A girl who was left severely brain damaged after an operation to remove a birth mark when...
AIA signs deal with Citibank.
The relationship between US banks and insurance companies took a step closer last week with the anno...
Good press dries up in floods.
The recent flooding gave the industry an opportunity to present itself in a positive light, but a survey of press coverage suggests it did not fully seize this chance. Mark Bishop calls for a more co-ordinated PR approach.
Kiln/BHIL merger.
The "over competitive" motor market has led to Lloyd's insurers Kiln merging part of its back office...