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Helphire plans growth as it returns to profit
Formerly beleaguered accident management company Helphire has returned to profit and is intent on e...
Telematics firm flies high
Telematics and fleet solutions provider Cybit has reported first half revenues of £2.2m for the six...
Loss adjusters in the dock over sewer subsidence
Loss adjusters have been accused by the water industry of regularly trespassing and potentially dam...
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Munters in new national business push
Fire and flood damage restoration specialist Munters is looking to expand its involvement in the UK...
Appointment at Autoglass
Autoglass has appointed a new manger to its Bath branch. Neil Godden, who began his career at Autog...
Settlement rules feel the winds of change
Two reports published last week will result in changes to the use of settlements in personal injury cases, says Duncan Rutter.
Do your homework and take the strain out of the working week.
With people spending more and more time commuting to work, and flexible employment legislation in the pipeline, it makes sense for businesses to consider introducing the option of working from home now, says Jane Bernstein.
Adjusters welcome railway accident investigator plans
Measures unveiled in last week's Queen's Speech to establish a new Railway Accident Investigation B...
Tightening up on liability
The employers' liability issue has impacted particularly badly on the engineering sector - unfairly so, many believe. Richard Adams looks at how businesses are tightening up on health and safety and risk management to tackle the problem.
Lloyd's insurer Hardy agrees credit facility
Lloyd's insurer Hardy, which could be mounting a take-over bid for rival Atrium, has agreed a syndi...
Broker head buys back Bassett business
Ambitious City broker Stuart Alexander is to sell back part of its recent acquisition Foreman Basse...
MP John Greenway to urge US legislators
MP John Greenway is due to urge US legislators to reform insurance regulation across the US's 50 st...
India calling?
Outsourcing call centre operations overseas is a very attractive solution for insurers trying to cut costs. However, the unions are up in arms about a practice that poses a huge threat to the security of thousands of jobs in the UK, says Hugo Cranmore.
Appointment at Staffware
Staffware, a global provider of business process management software, has appointed Jerry Gilroy as...
Appointment at Hays Inter-Selections
Daniel Musson has joined Hays Inter-Selections Birmingham office as a general insurance recruitment...
IBM: E-market warning sounded
Technology giant IBM has claimed commercial lines insurers could reduce their expense ratio by betw...
Appointment at Rainbow International
Disaster restoration company Rainbow International has recruited Doug Astle as national account man...
Lloyds TSB boosts high-street reach in HHH deal
Lloyds TSB Insurance has boosted its insurance offering by signing its first ever distribution deal...
Appointment at PlanView
PlanView, producer of integrated project, service and resource management software, has recruited R...
The CII publishes new literature
The Chartered Insurance Institute has published new supporting literature for its 2003 examinations...
Reversal of fortunes?
When Groupama was taken off the market, tongues began wagging across the industry and beyond. However, Pierre Lefevre, chairman and chief executive of the UK arm, is keen to show he means business, as he tells Lynn Rouse about his plans for the company.
Appointment at Amlin Underwriting
Amlin Underwriting has made Miles Taffs an underwriter in its aviation division. Mr Taffs began his...
Benfield Group redomiciles
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield Group has ended months of speculation by redomiciling from the U...