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Insurers play part in bodyshop crisis.
The European vehicle body repair industry is in crisis, with insurers playing a major part in the in...
Contract for Donns.
Colonnade Insurance Brokers has awarded a new three-year contract to Manchester law firm Donns Solic...
Joint chairmen of the LMP2001.
Stephen Riley, managing director of CNA Re (left) and Stewart McCulloch, UK IT director of Willis, a...
Land of promise.
As the Irish economy has picked up, so,too, has its job market. With major global insurers represented, opportunities have never been so good. Paul Cotter reports.
Airlines take up long-haul risks.
Airlines are being forced to adopt new risk management techniques to deal with the threat of deep ve...
Reliance sell-off benefits Bristol.
Troubled US insurer Reliance Group Holdings has sold two of its non-standard motor insurance operati...
Experian goes for brokers.
Software giant Experian is set to go up against the likes of Misys's i2i and Rarrigini & Ross's 24 7...
Delivering the goods.
The ABI claims code has re-established the subject of replacement goods at the top of the claims agenda. While some companies prefer to offer cash, others see replacement as an opportunity to deliver what the customer wants, says David Fanning.
Means to an end.
The Lloyd's Claims Office has moved its aviation claims activities to Box 121 on Gallery 1 of the Ll...
Missing out on risky business.
Brokers and insurers are failing to grasp "considerable opportunities" by not expanding their commer...
Appointment at Accidentcare.
Andrew Day, Mark Lauterburg and Gareth Terry fill the new roles of business development managers at ...
Appointment at The Leisure Consortium.
Lloyd's-based The Leisure Consortium has taken on Jane Todd as deputy underwriter in the contingency...
CII meets over title.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is to hold a special general meeting on 28 March to invite members...
Law firms merge to create Pinsent Curtis Biddle
Law firms Pinsent Curtis and Biddle are to merge, creating a 157-partner national firm with a combine...
Storms cost RSA £200m
Royal & Sun Alliance has forecast an exceptional fourth quarter loss of up to £200m as a result of t...
Retailer plans insurance move.
Discount clothes store Matalan is considering a move into insurance, although no plans have been for...
Rapidinsure set for relaunch.
Online intermediary Rapidinsure is set to be relaunched by Berkeley Morgan next month after being bo...
Working up to pensions.
The government's new campaign to prompt the public to part with some of their hard-earned cash and use it to secure their future has to be good news, but it also misses a big opportunity. The real gateway to getting contributions into an individual's…
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Don Oakley has returned to Independent Insurance to become manager at its Ireland office in Dublin. ...
Blackmore makes internet drive.
Alfred Blackmore is looking to launch several web-based motor products on its new site www.alfredbla...
Xerox hit by belated Y2K bug.
American Guarantee and Liability Insurance, a subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, has won a cou...
Appointment at QBE.
QBE International Insurance has appointed Paul Moss, formerly chief claims officer at Axa Corporate ...
Dirty work.
Royal & Sun Alliance sacked staff, while law firm Norton Rose accepted an apology: companies are adopting different strategies when dealing with the dissemination of lewd or inappropriate e-mails. Jane Ashton explains how the law is also split.
Barclays: next stop general.
Barclays Bank has refused to rule out the possibility of rebranding its general insurance operations...