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Start-up insurer gets green light.
The Primary Insurance Group has been granted permission to establish a new insurance company and is ...
Focus widens insurance scope.
Focus Business Solutions is to widen its scope into the general insurance market. The company's prod...
Ritchie moves on.
Stuart Alexander director Ian Ritchie, above, is to leave the company to work on a risk management p...
A first for BDMA.
Melanie Rowley of Belfor-Relectronic has become the first female technician to be accredited by the ...
Lloyd's inquiry over.
Lloyd's has been informed by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York that the...
Innovation soars.
The Innovation Group has posted a pre-tax profit increase of 365% to £17.7m for the year ended 30 Se...
Message of openness and co-operation Re P (A Child) (Court of Appeal
This was an unsuccessful appeal of an order that the claimant could not hold a conference with a joi...
Wallis to head Foil.
Tim Wallis, senior partner of law firm Crutes, has taken over as president of the Forum of Insurance...
Lloyd's ups terror costs.
Lloyd's has dramatically increased its estimate of net losses relating to the 11 September terrorist...
A store-studded event.
The supply of financial services in the retail sector is growing in popularity with insurers but Simon Threadgold asks whether they are risking alienating brokers through these links and indeed whether they are a profitable source of business.
Please mind the gap.
The demise of the i2i-link initiative recently has left a huge chasm in the market for an electronic interface between insurers and brokers, and while it was a good idea in principle, perhaps the industry was not ready to fully commit. Edward Murray asks…
Who will check liability cover?
We check that our contractors have adequate liability insurance and that the cover is provided by an...
New survey by AA Insurance Services.
Perth is the cheapest city centre for motor insurance, according to a new survey by AA Insurance Ser...
Pipe dreams?
With the threat of recession in the pipeline, businesses are searching for ways to cut costs, however, Phil Godwin warns engineering firms against compromising on safety and says with help and advice from insurers, things will start to look up.
Aneco Reinsurance v Johnson & Higgins.
Aneco Reinsurance Underwriting v Johnson & Higgins (House of Lords - 18 October 2001).
Report highlights unprofitable Irish motor
A report on the profitability and pricing of Irish motor insurance by actuarial consultants Tillingha...
Sherwood seeks recovery of £3.3m lost in legal decision.
UK-based insurance software provider Sherwood International has had to payout £3.3m to a customer fo...
Appointment at Lloyd Bolam.
Cheshire-based Lloyd Bolam has appointed Paul Beaumont as broking manager. He has been in the indust...
Cuts loom at Axa.
Axa is understood to be planning further staff cuts as part of plans to streamline its UK operation,...
ISS to buy disaster recovery firms.
Danish facilities management giant ISS is set to buy two disaster recovery companies by the end of t...
Airmic calls for action on lack of property terrorism cover.
David Gamble, executive director of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers, has called on in...
No profit for wrongdoers.
Stace & Francis v Ashby & another (Court of Appeal - 7 November 2001).
Two snub Lloyd's.
Lloyd's insurers Goshawk Insurance Holdings and Wellington Underwriting have spurned the market, wit...
Teacher comforts.
In a profession where more and more court cases are being brought for claims resulting from allegedly inadequate levels of education, it may be a comfort for teachers to have the protection a professional indemnity policy can offer, says Veronica Cowan.