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S&P downgrades Independent.
Beleaguered insurer Independent has had its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength rating...
Accessing your ThinkingCap.
London-based software development company, ThinkingCap Technologies, claims it will save insurers up...
Rehabilitation First takes to the road.
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A matter of the public interest?
Loutchansky v Times Newspapers (Court of Appeal - 3 April 2001).
Are loss adjusters unfairly attacked on skills?
Once again, Alan Wiseman is tilting at the windmills of loss adjusters that represent policyholders (...
Thousands wasted on the buses.
Insurance company engineers are wasting thousands of pounds a year on poor valuations of special veh...
Premium point from survey results.
Insurers could do better on service standards, premiums are too high but risk management advice from brokers, insurers and consultants is on the whole satisfactory. This is the message from Post Magazine's recent survey of risk managers. Jane Bernstein…
Equitable rebels fail.
Eleven rebel policyholders failed in their attempt to be elected to the board of troubled insurer Eq...
GAB Eyes up its customers.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is set to launch a new internet-based claims management service in partnersh...
Litigation: a risky business calling for generous success fees?
The question of the recoverability of success fees, where a case is settled before proceedings, has ...
NU set to unveil adjuster panel.
Norwich Union is expected to wield the axe on several adjusters, when it unveils its eagerly-awaited ...
New roots for Plant.
Surrey-based loss adjuster Specialist Plant Investigations has opened two new offices in Bristol and...
InsurE-com total up.
Insurance software house insurE-com has claimed the registration of 278 more intermediaries followin...
St Paul legal stretch.
The St Paul has extended its free partnership replacement plan to all its 2-15 partner firms. Under ...
IMR helps CBS.
US-based IT company, IMR Global, has delivered a new e-commerce application for Cheshire Building So...
Appointment at NIG.
After 39 years at NIG, Geoff Tooby has retired as manager of the commercial division - Lyn Carslake ...
Axa acquires Markel Hong Kong
Axa Corporate Solutions has continued its ongoing expansion plan with the opening of an office in Hon...
Not so Goodfellows on disability site.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Turning up the heat.
At last week's Post Magazine round table meeting of brokers and insurers, some of the controversial issues surrounding the current state of the commercial lines sector were thrashed out. Jane Bernstein watched the sparks fly.
London market continues to fail in IT.
The London market is "focused too much on itself rather than on client value", said Stephen Riley, j...
The bigger picture.
Risk management training has many advantages to offer brokers but to get the most out of it they should adopt a less superficial approach and go back to the drawing board, says David Fanning.
Appointment at Zurich London.
Seynabou Ba has joined Zurich London's environmental underwriting team. Prior to this appointment, M...
DSS: government sees sense.
The insurance industry must have breathed a sigh of relief this week as the government was finally fo...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Personal Insurances has appointed Barry Hawkins as knowledge manager, with responsibility f...