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Metcalfe outlines legal demands.
Stephen Metcalfe, of Beachcroft Wansbroughs, outlined the legal demands associated with interactive,...
Enron collapse sparks worries.
The collapse of energy giant Enron could cost the insurance industry $2bn, with directors' and offic...
Salvage profits up.
Vehicle salvage and services group Universal Salvage has increased its pre-tax profit for the six mo...
GAB Robins director called to give evidence.
Jeff Stagg, a GAB Robins director, was called to give evidence at the Selby train crash trial in Leed...
Paymaster signs 14-year NHS deal.
Paymaster has signed a 14-year deal with the National Health Service Pensions Agency to provide admi...
Processing power opportunity.
The cost of data storage continues to fall, said Helen Brown, insurance solutions, IBM financial ser...
Level of claims service is vital in customer retention battle.
Improving claims service is the key to increasing customer retention, said Stephen Lathrope, a partn...
Litigation site for trade and customers made easy.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Direct approach.
Insurers can cut 50% off the cost of their payment processes by converting customers to using direct...
Guidelines for solvency noted by their absence.
I have just trawled the Interim Prudential Sourcebook: Insurers for some kind of guidance from the F...
Net result of e-recruitment.
As recruiters and job-hunters alike make more use of online recruitment facilities, Edward Murray asks whether the industry is attracting enough high-calibre candidates through this channel.
Run-off sector boom.
The run-off sector is set to boom as increasing numbers of insurers and Lloyd's syndicates close the...
C&C wins contract.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company's UK Corporate Client Service Centre has secured a three-year accid...
RSA set to unveil electronic link for top-end brokers.
Royal & Sun Alliance is set to unveil an £18m electronic link for its top-end brokers, Global Workpl...
Irish motor study.
A report on the profitability and pricing of Irish motor insurance by actuarial consultants Tillingh...
Ruthless cuts vital.
Insurers must be ruthless and cut their support range to the majority of intermediaries if they are ...
N-DEX launched.
IT solutions provider Northdoor has launched its N-DEX data exchange interface for the Lloyd's marke...
LifeQuote teams up with RSA.
Online intermediary Life-Quote has entered an exclusive partnership with Royal & Sun Alliance, in a ...
NU in 2003 online commercial push.
Norwich Union has started work on a new project designed to provide its brokers with online commerci...
Guardian sets up Scalenet.
Disaster recovery firm Guardian iT, which last year saw its web-hosting operation at Heathrow Corpor...
Comverse wins Admiral deal.
Admiral Insurance has selected New York-based Comverse Infosys to provide it with call centre record...
Gallagher aims for top-five position.
US broking giant Arthur J Gallagher & Co has revealed that it aims take a top-five position in the U...
View from the top - Paul Spencer
Paul Spencer, UK chief executive Royal & Sun Alliance. Much has been said and written this year abo...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Times A British tourist, who was savaged by a dingo during a holiday in Queensland, is...