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Two-year wait for new government flood system
Insurers have welcomed the government's announcement of a new streamlined system for flood manageme...
Testing times in an unhealthy sector
Asbestos-related deaths are mounting and with them, the volume of compensation having to be paid out to claimants and their dependents. Andrew Morgan asks whether insurers can cope with the continual drip, drip, drip of claims coming through.
Regulation gets down to the bottom line
At long last, the Financial Services Authority has outlined its thinking on broker solvency require...
Think-tank tackles ATE
Insurers and claims management companies came face to face last week under the auspices of an ind...
Appointment at Chaucer
Richard Scholes has become a non-executive director at Chaucer. Mr Scholes has worked in the City s...
Penny Black's insurance week
With the deteriorating situation over Iraq, Penny's thoughts turned to the loss adjusters still in ...
Data flaws lead to MASS disc call
The new chairman of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society Ian Shovlin has called for windscreen ins...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
There is something quite reassuring about the use of the bold orange colour on the front page of th...
PI Direct seeks boost via acquisition
The chief executive of underwriting agency PI Direct Michael Wood has led a successful management b...
Appointment at Thomas, Carroll Group
Wales-based broker Thomas, Carroll has appointed Julie Mackie and Gareth Cotty, reuniting them with...
Appointment at Cooper Gay & Co
Lloyd's broker Cooper Gay & Co has appointed James Hamilton-Grant and Andrew Hitchings in its marin...
Rural brokers face threat from new regime
Rural towns and villages could be left without any local broker presence in the wake of the new Fin...
Delta Lloyd goes live with Fineos' system
Aviva subsidiary Delta Lloyd has gone live with UK insurance software specialist Fineos' multi-chan...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Colin Janes has been made development manager at Allianz Cornhill's Maidstone branch. Mr Janes join...
Appointment at Intech Solutions
Intech Solutions, the London-based software solutions and services provider to the insurance indust...
ALP acts on CD delays
Abbey Legal Protection aims to use technology to speed up payments to Claims Direct's clients, afte...
Broker Bray Wintour Patis opens new office in Exeter
Broker Bray Wintour Patis has opened a new office in Queen Street, Exeter, as part of its expansion...
Why insurers fail: lessons to be learned
Poor management practices and operational weaknesses have played a big role in the failure of some 270 UK and European insurers in the past five past years. And it's those companies that take heed now that will weather the current storm, says William…
FSA plans spark cash flow worries
Brokers this week expressed concern over the Financial Services Authority's plans for prudential requ...
Broker Endsleigh teams up with MU Finance
Broker Endsleigh has teamed up with Manchester United's financial services arm MU Finance to launch...
Ascot Underwriting names David Trezies as consultant
Ascot Underwriting, the AIG-backed Lloyd's managing agency has named David Trezies, immediate past ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Paul Rowley has joined the Heath Lambert Group as executive director in charge of its Manchester of...
Ministers told to embrace radical EL reform
Ministers heard calls for a radical reform of employers' liability insurance at a meeting in the Ho...
Boncaster to become official supplier of Harley Rider Insurance
Cox Insurance's broking arm Boncaster is to become the official supplier of the Harley Rider Insura...