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SIF gets chance to prove itself.
The solicitors' Indemnity Fund has been given an opportunity to prove itself to the anti-mutual elem...
Navigators & General launches web site.
Yachting and motorboat insurers Navigators & General has launched a web site complete with hyperlink...
Colonia Baltica celebrates.
Colonia Baltica was celebrating after its yacht sailed to victory in the annual Ward Evans regatta i...
NU strikes out to be No 1.
Norwich Union has undergone a dramatic shift in its business strategy and moved into two and three-y...
£60m sale of E&B leaves industry reeling.
In a deal which has stunned the insurance industry, Ellis & Buckle was sold by parent Rutland Trust ...
Committee to study bid.
Cendant's bid for the Royal Automobile Club has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Committe...
Teamwork brings down gang of thieves.
An international gang of plant and equipment thieves and smugglers has been busted following a combi...
Get smart.
In the first of a series of articles from the Across the Millennium programme - a study into the future of the insurance market - Nick Shaw looks at the potential of smart cards.
Fraud cops close in on insurance conmen.
The net is tightening in the investigation of allegations of widespread insurance fraud in the West ...
Lloyd's looking to build on German market presence.
Lloyd's is seeking to increase its involvement within the German market. The message was delivere...
Policy Master poaches Dodds to head City base.
Software house Policy Master is to open an office in the heart of the City and has recruited former ...
Bonus rate for trustees.
NPI has announced the launch of a new Unitised With Profit investment initiative aimed primarily at ...
SCT moves to beat the gloom.
Syndicate Capital Trust has announced its preliminary results and set out a plan to beat pessimistic...
Adjusters: dependent or independent?
Geoffrey Salmon's letter (Independence day is over for adjusters, PM, 17 Sept, p22) highlights the t...
Causation and the role of the forensic accountant.
In the second of his two-part analysis into the predicted Y2K crisis, Anthony Charlton explains why insurers need expert help to determine which claims actually have little to do with the Millennium Bug.
Alarm over lack of accountability.
Disquiet was expressed at what was perceived as a lack of accountability in relation to the operatio...
Co-Operative settles bullying case out of court.
Co-Operative Insurance has settled a claim out of court brought by an employee who alleged he had be...
NHS Trusts must take counter measures to avoid glut of lawsuits.
In order to counter an increasingly litigious society, NHS Trusts are going to have to accept their ...
Satisfaction shock.
Despite the 90s' explosion in call centres, customer satisfaction has plummeted to an all time low a...
Gas blast claims.
The insurance industry is assessing the cost after a serious fire caused massive damage following a ...
Zurich tackles cars of the future.
Zurich Insurance has come up with a product to protect the drivers of the future. Micro Compact C...
Judgement rocks cargo.
A recent English court judgement has driven a coach and horses through the contractual protection given to carriers by British International Freight Association terms, as Nevil Phillips explains.
Unfairly dismissed by new bosses.
The phrase "at the time of the transfer" in the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 was u...
Food for thought as the euro approaches.
The notion that nobody in the UK insurance market cares about the advent of the single European curr...