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Golden Eagle sues.
Liberty Mutual subsidiary Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation is suing the California Insurance Depar...
Networking in Oz.
OpenNetwork Technologies, the UK-based developer of web single sign-on and access control security s...
Independent club broker confusion.
Confusion as to the status of brokers arguing over the return of commission on cancelled Independent...
Appointment at Ansvar.
Colin Toppin has become the new underwriting manager at Ansvar. He joins the specialist insurer for ...
Breach therapy?
Security breaches are costing unwary companies billions of pounds, but are traditional methods of protection enough - particularly with rapidly evolving net technology and the fact that many transgressions come from within - asks Graham Ashley.
Joint accounts.
Popular in the US, account aggregation is now drawing a lot of attention from UK financial service providers keen to benefit from all the advantages of a captive audience. But, asks Mark Loosmore, what about the legal aspects?
UIA: court benefits.
Mutual affinity insurer UIA Insurance has been appointed by AMO, the trade union for magistrates' co...
Age concern.
Since its introduction, stakeholder has not enjoyed the success many predicted and opinion is split over whether the scheme will gather momentum. However, pension products generally have experienced a surge in interest. A sign of the times, perhaps, says…
Initiative needs "strong" leader.
The insurance industry's recent Raising Standards initiative would only succeed, said John Browne, d...
DVT cases gain pace.
The test case against airlines over deep vein thrombosis has gained pace, with the number of clients...
Appointment at Wilco.
Tom Wooders joins Wilco International as sales executive, North America, based in the company's New ...
MP in ABI flood row.
Labour MP Richard Burden slammed insurers for "arbitrarily putting up premiums and red-lining proper...
Eureko profits sink.
Pan-european insurer Eureko blamed the "global economic slowdown" for a drop in income and profits f...
Appointment at Trenwick International.
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Trenwick International has taken on David Clark, who joins the comp...
GISC: FSA takeover is not a done deal.
The Treasury has poured cold water on mounting industry speculation that the draft EU directive on in...
FSA plans to extend scope of regulation.
The Chartered Insurance Institute's Society of Fellows' inaugural Breakthrough Lecture, supported by Post Magazine, saw three different speakers throw down the gauntlet to the insurance industry. Anthony Gould reports on last week's proceedings, which…
Database on track.
A database of individually insured drivers, designed to combat the problem of uninsured drivers, is ...
Appointment at Bartlett & Co.
Leeds-based Bartlett & Co has made Ian Roberts a director. He joined the broker in 1994 and spent 15...
RI3K gets to work on poor cash flow.
Poor cash flow in the reinsurance industry is being attacked by the RI3K Exchange, which was launche...
Profits rise at Fortis
Belgo-Dutch bancassurer Fortis has posted an increase in net operating profit for the first three qua...
Cost of regulation too high?
Writing as an employee of a recently accepted member of the General Insurance Standards Council, I w...
Doubts over Bermuda rush.
The chief executive of a leading reinsurer has described the recent stream of companies setting up r...
Appointment at QBE Insurance.
QBE International Insurance has taken on Edward Rawnsley, who will be working on the launch of a com...
E-djuster puts UK arm on hold.
Canadian-based e-djuster, the software provider for content assessment and claims handling solution...