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US Senate rejects bankruptcy reform provision
The US Senate voted last night to remove a provision from a bankruptcy reform bill that would have ha...
Galileo satellite likely to get EU approval
The European Union is likely to give the go-ahead on 5 April to a proposed Euro 3.25bn European satel...
Space companies reject calls for higher rates
Dr Boris Antoniuk, director general and chief executive of the Russian Satellite Communications Compa...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Lee Turner has taken on the role of regional sales manager at Independent Insurance's Reading office...
Fraud service launched.
The recent storms have resulted in a deluge of claims and has hit many insurers profits - with Royal...
Inflating risks?
The severity of professional indemnity claims against brokers has ballooned over the last couple of years and for any intermediary not to take precautions is pure madness. The warnings are not just a load of hot air, says Lynn Rouse.
Beat the claim strain.
Rising claims costs continue to dog the insurance industry, and a burgeoning compensation and claims...
Industry must act to save its name.
Open letter to the insurance industry: Following the appalling collapse of Chester Street Insuranc...
Paisner keeps insurance arm.
City law firms Paisner & Co and Berwin Leighton have rebuffed suggestions that insurance law will no...
RSA intelligence.
Royal & Sun Alliance has gone live with an intelligent underwriting system for its Progressive Prote...
Appointment at Primary.
The Primary Insurance Group has recruited a new managing director and operations manager to manage i...
PIA crack down.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended the investment business of three firms. Allied Finan...
RSA allays job fears.
Royal & Sun Alliance has allayed fears it will reallocate more UK jobs to India, after it opened a g...
New office for Brownsword.
Brownsword Nationwide Motor Claims Services has moved to a new head office in Denton, Manchester. Af...
Docklands office for Allen & Overy.
Allen & Overy looks set to become the first UK law firm to establish an office in London's Docklands...
Trade bodies merger is "possible".
The Association of British Insurers has reiterated a future merger with the British Bankers' Associa...
Assessing the damage.
The jury is still out on loss assessors - an efficient one can make a claim run smoothly and benefit all involved, but a bad one can do more harm than good, says David Fanning.
Cancelled race meetings affect AIG.
Underwriters are paying out millions for the cancellation of horse racing in the wake of the foot & ...
ABI reveals storm damage.
The insurance industry was hit by just under £700m of claims in the wake of the storms last autumn, ...
AA in talks.
AA Insurance Services has confirmed it is in talks with Kinetic Underwriting Concepts, a new venture...
MS buying spree.
Soon-to-float software and services provider Marlborough Stirling will use the capital raised from t...
Lastminute cover.
Lastminute.com, the heavily-marketed online leisure and travel retailer, is looking to increase its ...
Working out staff cover.
Merrett v Babb; Court of Appeal; 15 February 2001.
Bells ring over insurance loan.
The case of Cannon Lionel Webber, who failed to repay borrowed money after building a Millennium bel...