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French market shares world downturn.
Not deviating from the general negative downturn in global premiums, the latest figures from France ...
Appointment at Orion.
Orion Insurance has appointed Andre Dean as a non-standard underwriter in a bid to expand its underw...
Adjusting to a change in claims.
I find myself in the somewhat unusual position of being in agreement with at least part of Jeffrey S...
Law firm tackles credit hire crisis.
An insurance practice is to set up its own specialist credit hire division in an effort to join insu...
Uninsured drivers face heavier penalties.
The Government has announced plans to review the penalty structure for people caught driving uninsur...
Appointment at Forte Software.
Forte Software has announced the appointment of Tristram Spencer, a former pre-sales consultant to H...
Latest statistics cause gloom for marine underwriters.
Gloom was the theme when the American Institute of Marine underwriters unveiled its latest statistic...
PIA's £126k in fines.
The Personal Investment Authority has hit 34 small IFAs a total of £126,000 in the latest action res...
Hurricane thunders towards the Caribbean.
Loss adjusters were on standby this week as the most ferocious hurricane for almost a decade thunder...
Cash crisis hangs over Congress.
Delegates at the 19th conference of the East Asian Insurance Congress were in sombre mood this week ...
Exclusive - Crowe launches bid for RHA deal.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe is to launch a double business assault with the opening of a new Italian opera...
MBO at Lonham group.
Marine underwriting agent the Lonham Group has undergone a management buyout. The new team, of Micha...
Service critical as Crawford staff go.
Crawford-THG has sacked its London-based marketing department putting three employees out of work - ...
Firms warming to pro-active risk strategies.
New research has revealed companies are increasingly recognising the importance of pro-active risk i...
War of words declared on Millennium bug.
I see the jargon surrounding the Year 2000 problem is already moving on to acknowledge that many com...
Appointment at Eurobase Systems.
Chris Geary of Eurobase Systems has been promoted from project leader to project manager. Formerly r...
Appointment at Chartwell Underwriting.
Chartwell Underwriting (formerly Archer Underwriting Limited) has strengthened its management team w...
Going bug-eyed over Y2K.
If year 2000 brings the chaos predicted, insurers are in for a flood of claims. Resolving these claims will not be easy, but in the first of a two-part analysis, Anthony Charlton says help is at hand.
Pet policy.
Retired greyhounds can rest their weary paws in comfort knowing they are set to benefit from a new p...
Ombudsman tells insurers to speak up.
The Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Bureau has urged the insurance industry to make its opin...
Watching the eye of the hurricane.
Your editorial comment Why there is a storm brewing for loss adjusters (PM, 3 Sept, p23) asks an int...
Brokers barred.
Shanghai has barred 38 insurance brokers from plying their trade for irregularities. Most of those p...
When science fiction becomes science fact.
The days of insurance engineers travelling to inspect a crashed car are over. Steve Banner examines the technology that allows them to work from their desks.
New marketing group.
Former Albany International and Irish Life International chief executive Vincent Patterson has revea...