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Liability scourge will not go away.
I agree strongly with Neil Harris (PM 19 April, p12) that liability claims stimulated and supported ...
Prompt axing of Tifco staff.
Premium finance provider Prompt has confirmed that it will axe 40 jobs as a result of running down r...
News in brief.
Insurers have rejected renewed calls to offer aviation passenger cover against economy class syndrom...
Penalties unchanged.
Government minister Lord Whitty this week turned down a request to increase penalties given to unins...
Air France offers £1m to relatives.
The insurers of the Air France Concorde that crashed last year have made a record-breaking compensat...
Donns' new role.
Manchester-based Donns solicitors has been appointed by West Midlands intermediary Bennetts to opera...
Prudential sees sales hike of 29%.
Prudential recorded a 29% increase in total insurance sales to £5bn for the first three months of th...
Appointment at Compensation Claims.
Former president of the Insurance Institute of Leeds, Bernard Thornton, has established a new busine...
News in brief.
Labour MP Helen Brinton (Peterborough) has called for third party liability insurance to be made a s...
Appointment at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Mark Batten has been appointed head of Pricewaterhouse Coopers insurance restructuring group. Mr Bat...
Rainbow to change.
Legal & General has amended its Rainbow home insurance following feedback from intermediaries. Chang...
RSA axes jobs in restructure
RSA is to cut jobs across its broker and corporate business as part of a restructure of its UK person...
What the Papers Say.
Daily Telegraph Three million Twix bars have been destroyed after common flour beetles were found...
Rehab available for anyone over 16.
Your story, Rebab for mature sports people, Post Magazine 12 April, p11, refers to the launch of a n...
Lloyd's plays host.
Lloyd's will host trade fairs in Manchester and Birmingham later this year. The Manchester event wil...
NU threatens the luddites.
UK insurer Norwich Union plans to focus on "key brokers" according to Patrick Snowball, executive di...
Better late than never? Cheque it out.
"Cheque issued today: should reach you within five working days". This is what a major company has w...
Silence from JLT over sale.
Lloyd's broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has refused to comment on speculation it could be sold off by ...
Appointment at Silver Shield Windscreens.
Silver Shield Windscreens has made several appointments as part of a campaign to target the insuranc...
Appointment at ECGD.
Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) has taken on two non-executive directors for its manageme...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance.
Nicola Burchell joins Mondial Assistance as marketing manager. Prior to this appointment, Ms Burchel...
Holman to take on Scandinavia.
Holman Insurance Brokers is set to extend its operations into Scandinavia on the back of its warrant...
Fortis ups anchor on yachts.
Fortis is to cease underwriting yacht and pleasure craft business from 30 June. It will transfer the...
Railtrack to fork out extra £200m.
Railtrack could be facing an extra £200m in compensation claims from train operators due to a contra...