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Why a claims standard?
According to Harry Roberts, representing the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, the insurance in...
Dual Corporate Risks announces exclusive partnership
Dual Corporate Risks, has announced an exclusive partnership with Arch Insurance Company (Europe) to...
Satellite tracking 'can pinpoint at risk drivers'
How would you feel if your monthly insurance statement included an analysis showing 95% of drivers w...
Appointment at Rainbow International
Restoration and recovery specialist Rainbow International has recruited David Carr to its team of na...
Cybersettle 'has saved New York State £3.2m'
The State of New York, the largest defendant in New York, has saved £3.2m in a 90-day trial of the C...
Number-plate readers could cut estate crime
Automatic Number-Plate Recognition technology, if used properly and tied into a range of other datab...
US network sets out 2009 insurer target after UK launch
US motor repairer network Fix Auto has set an ambitious target of being on "most insurers'" approved...
Action not words
The Post Magazine Claims Club has agreed to champion efforts to create a new customer-focused claims...
Elite Incident Management compiles database
Claims services firm Elite Incident Management is compiling a database of accidents involving fleet ...
Open House
A total of 4000 people visited the Lloyd's building (above) and 7000 the Swiss Re tower across the r...
Fraud pilot rolled out
An anti-fraud service has been launched for small and medium-sized personal lines insurers that lack...
RSA: talk of orphan business is overstated
Royal and Sun Alliance is unconcerned by the low number of secondary intermediaries applying for gen...
Club vows to create a new industry 'claims standard'
The Post Magazine Claims Club agreed to take up the challenge of championing efforts to create a new...
SVB claims provision to be tested by November
The £103m claims provision set aside by Lloyd's insurer SVB could be tested in November if the outco...
Hercules Property Services confirms takeover talks
Hercules Property Services has confirmed it is in takeover talks with a potential bidder for its ent...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has appointed Mark Callahan as chief actuarial officer of its insurance operations. Mr Ca...
Events
29 Sept - 1 October International Underwriting Association - International Marine Claims Conference...
Tesco Personal Finance delivers profit
Tesco Personal Finance delivered an £84m profit for the 24 weeks ended 14 August 2004. The retail gi...
The IOMA group sets up new company on Gibraltar
The IOMA group has set up a new general insurance company on Gibraltar to write its after the event ...
Deadline sparks CFA fears
Regulations governing conditional-fee arrangements will be implemented in March next year, but lawye...
ABI hails House of Lords report
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed a House of Lords report on gender in insurance, whi...
MDU keeps faith with Converium
The Medical Defence Union has promised to retain Converium as capacity provider of its indemnity sch...
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans put on hold
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans have been put on hold until the New Year. Mr Wade's firm,...
Conflicting Voices: How claims policy has lost its clarity
Jonathan Clark of the Faculty of Claims was very clear about the claims sector's problem: "There hav...