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View from the top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK Our industry is currently being...
The Arson Prevention Bureau.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has welcomed the Home Office report The Economic Costs of Fire and belie...
New venture to buy claims against insurers.
A new company, which is looking to buy claims against solvent and insolvent insurers and reinsurers,...
IFAs caught in Net.
There is set to be a mass migration of business to the internet from the independent financial advis...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph British families who watched their relatives die during live television cove...
DAS: GISC cover.
Legal expenses insurer DAS now offers cover against possible GISC probes in conjunction with its new...
Appointment at GE Financial Insurance.
GE Financial Insurance has appointed James Myatt to the role of general manager, financial instituti...
MP calls for end to unfair rules.
Unfair and inappropriate regulation has to be stamped out if the insurance industry is to recover fr...
Broker title hopes.
Twenty years ago, there were high hopes as the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council was launched, as Post Magazine reported then.
Broker fears over Axa bank influx.
Axa has moved to quell broker fears they could be marginalised, following the departure of chief exe...
Swinton keeps CSC.
Insurance broker Swinton has retained Computer Sciences Corporation as its sole provider of broking ...
Appointment at MMT Computing.
MMT Computing welcomes George Matthews as its new non-executive director. He brings with him 24 year...
Appointment at Holman Insurance Brokers.
Holman Insurance Brokers has recruited a new finance director to coincide with the expansion of its ...
St Paul signals change.
Staff at The St Paul will next month discover whether job cuts and international office closures ar...
CFA service unveiled.
Insurance law firm Davies Lavery has launched a collective conditional fee agreement service. Collec...
QBE boss sells.
QBE Insurance Group chief executive Frank O'Halloran made almost Aus$1m (£370,000) selling shares in...
Making sense of motor.
I am confused by the Motor Insurers' Information Centre's attitude toward the fourth European Union ...
Fearing for insurers reputation.
I fear for the reputation of insurance. One major insurer has been erroneously informing PMI custome...
Greater authority.
The Equitable Life and Independent Insurance debacles have forced the Financial Services Authority on to the back foot. However, from next month, it will have wider powers. Robert Viney explains the implications for insurers.
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison & Co has appointed James Ranson to the post of chief accountant. He former...
Sore point.
Employers are becoming increasingly fed up with Ireland's ever-growing personal injury claims, so much so that the government is talking about setting up a Personal Injuries Assessment Board. Veronica Cowan gives her diagnosis.
Rising damp.
Europe's first National Flood School has just opened its doors in the UK, to help prepare industry professionals for future deluges. Jane Bernstein learnt a thing or two.
Business class.
Business travel insurance is suffering following 11 September and insurers are hoping confidence will be restored shortly. In the meantime, they are scrutinising their policy wordings - paying particular attention to terrorism exclusions, says Lynn Rouse.
WTC: cash call means rebuilding plans out.
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has said the claim by Larry Silverstein, leaseholder of the World Trade Ce...