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Lawyer says he concedes on inflation.
Criticism of the legal profession and legal fees pervaded the conference, but of the few law firms p...
Master Hurst undertakes to resolve recent issues.
Senior costs judge Master Hurst has undertaken to resolve the recent issues surrounding the enforcea...
Appointment at GE Employers Reinsurance.
GE Employers Reinsurance has made some executive changes. The Caribbean team will be led by James Gr...
Appointment at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young has recruited Tim Curry as an executive consultant. Mr Curry has more than ...
25 years ago.
The industry's image is a perennial problem and was top of the Chartered Insurance Institute Confere...
Gerling future in doubt as Scor pulls out.
The future of Gerling's substantial UK-based reinsurance operations has been thrown into uncertainty...
Lincinsure acquires Stamford Insurance Brokers.
Lincinsure, a Henderson Insurance Broker subsidiary, has acquired Scunthorpe-based Stamford Insuranc...
View from the Top - Patrick Snowball
Patrick Snowball, UK chief executive, Norwich Union As the current liability crisis deepens, there ...
Brit Insurance Holdings posts pre-tax loss.
Brit Insurance Holdings has posted a pre-tax loss of £4.3m for the first six months of the year, com...
Counting the cost of US claims.
Fraudulent claims cost US property-casualty insurers $27.6bn (£17.8bn) in 2001, John Swedo, vice pre...
Sergon signs DIY deal.
Sergon, GAB Robins' standalone building repair management business, has signed a multi-million-pound ...
Insurers and loss adjusters must tackle fraud.
Insurers and loss adjusters must have a dedicated resource for tackling fraud, said Mike Boon, pictu...
Identifying fraud in arson cases.
Nick Young of Davies Arnold Cooper said one of the keys to identifying fraud in arson cases was to g...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs.
Simon Godsave, former head of strategy for Old Mutual's life business in the US, has been taken on a...
Swiss Life puts UK arm up for sale.
Following a strategic review, Swiss Life has decided to put its UK arm up for sale. No immediate tim...
Lawyers are vital in fight against liability costs.
Well done to Post Magazine (EL: who stands to gain?, PM, 29 August/Lawyers are winners in EL crisis,...
Appointment at BiB Underwriters.
Agricultural underwriting agency BiB Underwriters has appointed four new employees to its expanding ...
Appointment at Kiln.
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has appointed William Berkley and W Robert Berkley Jr as non-executive director...
BH buys into Lloyd's deal.
Berkshire Hathaway last week extended its involvement in Lloyd's through a deal with Bermudian insur...
Wilby rules out full merger.
Halifax-based broker Wilby has ruled out a full merger with independent financial adviser Yorkshire ...
FSA acts to correct its ignorance.
The Financial Services Authority knows little about the fraud problem facing insurers and will meet ...
Broker headhunter launched.
A new recruitment company will open next week aiming to provide headhunting services for the provinc...
EL: reform is illogical and a red herring.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is looking at the debate over employers' liability insura...
FSA looks to banking for new director.
The Financial Services Authority has decided to appoint someone internally with a banking background...