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Football competition lucky prize winners
The winner of the second Avon-sponsored Post Magazine football ticket competition (PM, 12 December ...
Zurich instructs specialist division for claim
Zurich has instructed Capita McLarens' specialist Complex and Major Loss Division to handle a £20m ...
New recruits needed for 'robust' sector
Gloomy economic conditions have put recruitment on the back burner but this must change to ensure the industry stays in robust health and avoids a skills shortage, says Mark Stephens.
Rooting out problem areas
Flooding may be top of the claims agenda, but the risk of another subsidence event year - with the main culprits being trees on clay soil - cannot be ignored. New predictive techniques are proving valuable, but failure to act on findings could see…
RSA sets out terror stall
Royal & Sun Alliance has struck a deal with its reinsurers to use the same definition of terrorism ...
What the papers said this week
FINANCIAL TIMES A two-pronged crack-down on misleading financial statements by companies has be...
TUC survey of workplace safety
London workers face the worst health and safety conditions in the country, with only 38% of the cap...
New Perkins Slade set to go it alone
Birmingham-based broker Perkins Slade has been bought by its new umbrella company Perkins Slade Forre...
Cox buys NMT assets
Cox Insurance has bought the assets of IT service provider NMT, following an initial decision not t...
Kentish travel insurer in expansion drive
Kent-based Travel Insurance Facilities has won a two-year contract to open a UK branch office for G...
Insurance focus as jobs axed
IT consultancy Michaelhouse is set to wind up its non-insurance business. The company said it plann...
Thaw point
As the floods and snow once again caused chaos across the UK, national and local governments contro...
St Paul looks set to withdraw UK personal from Lloyd's
US insurer St Paul is set for a £135m withdrawal of its UK personal lines business from Lloyd's this ...
Insurance industry should stop complaining
The insurance industry should stop complaining about a 'mythical' compensation culture and instead ...
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I read with interest the comments put forward by Jacci Taylor regarding supplier management (Post Ma...
Marching to the banks' tune?
Post-CP121 and Sandler, UK insurers will face increasing competition from banks. A bancassurance partnership can help to address some of the new challenges, but rather than feeling brassed off, says Christine Delany, insurers must ensure they are in tune…
Haste move could pay off
The City may have reacted with indifference, and the national media with apparent incredulity, at t...
Aon recruits Evans as it eyes new markets for business
Broker Aon aims to break into new business areas, following the appointment of Alun Evans as its ne...
King Lears wait in the wings for their cue?
I was interested to see the back page of the 26 December/2 January issue of Post Magazine, and the s...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny feels somewhat sorry for those boys and girls on the financial side of PR firm Weber Shandwic...
Audatex signs contract
Audatex has signed a contract to implement a vehicle damage estimating, imaging and communications ...
Spanish firm eyes Manchester
The Spanish insurance company Ocaso, which specialises in household business, is looking to open a Ma...
Major loss for Capita as Whiteside exits adjuster
Capita McLarens is understood to have suffered another major blow, with the loss of its complex and...
Appointment at Chaucer Syndicates
Chaucer Syndicates has appointed John Fowle to underwrite the specialist lines account on behalf of...