News
Fastrack for lawyers.
Small Liverpool chambers 42 Castle Street has won the contract for indemnity work worth an estimated...
Appointment at DJ Marshall & Others.
Lloyd's Syndicate 839, DJ Marshall & Others has recruited Simon Abbott to the position of deputy und...
Hiscox to form joint venture with Leon Eeckman.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to form a joint venture with Leon Eeckman of Belgium to tap into that coun...
Grounds for sporting goals hit snags.
As the country looks forward optimistically for what in recent times has seemed completely unattaina...
Scottish acquisition legal advisers named.
Leading law firms Slaughter and May and Linklaters & Alliance are advising on Abbey National's £1.8b...
Sporting take-over.
Knightsbridge Holdings, the provider of financial advisory services to sports professionals, has ann...
Berwin: Drake deal.
City firm SJ Berwin has scooped one of the biggest insolvency contracts of the year, advising on the...
gtilink hits the net.
Internet insurance start-up Global Transport & Insurance Services has received outline commitment fr...
No solution to pension problems.
The pensions industry faces an extended period of uncertainty over minimum funding requirements, fol...
No horsing around.
Westphal (1) Barmer Ersatzkasse (2) v Alexander High Court 28 July 2000 The High Court was a...
Clunk click cuts claims.
Insurers could save millions of pounds in claims if a test case is brought to challenge the present position on seat belts and contributory fault, argue Richard Ellis (left) and Andrew Pieri (right).
Euro u-turn on liability justice.
It appears, this week, that the changes in the climate that so threaten the UK general insurance ind...
Ditching deposits.
Landlords are increasingly taking insurance cover against tenant failure instead of rent deposits, a...
West lambasts law firm abuse of CFAs.
A leading liability insurer has lambasted the abuse of conditional fee arrangements by law firms for...
Chaucer diversifies.
Lloyd's motor insurer Chaucer Insurance - syndicate 587 - is set to move into new personal lines mar...
FundING sale.
Dutch financial services group ING is to sell about 40% of its stake in ABN Amro in an effort to rai...
Mixed outlook for motor rates.
There were mixed signs this week that motor insurers are holding firm on raising premium rates in th...
New work Acts boost for lawyers.
Employment lawyers are enjoying a substantial boost in the number of tribunals, according to figures...
Appointment at Equifax.
David Nicholls has returned to HPI, the Equifax vehicle information business, following a brief stin...
TS targets mid-net.
Towergate Strovers, part of the Towergate Underwriting Group, has launched a new household product f...
Appointment at PJ Hayman and Company.
Philip Watson takes on the role of general manager at PJ Hayman and Company. He was previously direc...
Brokers miss out on cross-selling.
Brokers could learn from direct writers about the huge opportunities afforded by cross-selling, acco...
Towergate Underwriting appoints new accident and travel team.
Towergate Underwriting has appointed a new personal accident and travel team to replace the one whic...
Japanese insurers form alliances
Japan's largest general insurer, Tokio Marine and Fire, this week announced an alliance with Japan's...