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Crisp, Pallet and Pettet in new venture
Ex-Independent Insurance assistant general managers, Kevin Pallet and Geoff Crisp have joined up with...
Lincoln looks to intermediaries for new business
Lincoln Financial Group, which recently transferred its sales force to Inter-Alliance, has announced ...
Appointment at Trenwick International.
Paul Tester, formerly director treaty underwriting, has been appointed underwriting director with re...
Annual PI seminar.
City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain is today hosting its fifth annual professional indemnity s...
Claims code creates challenges.
Winning or losing a position on an insurers' panel can have a real impact on a loss adjuster's viabi...
Williams: no rules were bent.
The article in "Penny Blacks' insurance week" (PM, 14 September, p64) has, at last, has been drawn t...
Berkeley to take on 100 new staff.
The Berkeley Morgan Group expects to create 100 new jobs in 12 months after moving four of its subsi...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Pains Fireworks, Britain's oldest and biggest firework display firm, has stop...
Appointment at Marsh.
Broker Marsh, a provider of insurance and risk management services, has appointed Liz Taylor as head...
Rehab needs understanding.
Too few claimant solicitors and claims departments have a broad understanding of the benefits of reh...
Wildnet joint net venture targets insurance sector.
New media company Wildnet, and technology specialist Software AG, have targeted the insurance sector...
Blinding solutions.
The introduction of online blind bidding systems to speed up the claims settlement systems is taking the insurance industry by storm, and it could save millions of pounds in claims and legal costs too, says Anthony Gould.
FSA: new task force.
The FSA is establishing a new task force to examine the use of past performance in the advertising o...
EasiEst launched.
Motex EasiEst, which specialises in computerised estimating and management systems for the motor rep...
Dispute on awards.
The Centre for Dispute Resolution is holding its fourth biennial awards on Thursday 30 November at t...
Eastern promise.
India is becoming an interesting prospect, with new regulations, such as the nationalisation of life insurance business, opening up the market and offering opportunities for foreign insurers and brokers to find their niche, says Saibal Dasgupta.
Sadhu appointment.
Accident management group Auto Indemnity has appointed David Sadhu as operations director. Mr Sadhu ...
Eagle sites take off.
Eagle Star, Zurich's general insurance arm, is redesigning its websites and hopes to go live sometim...
Claims to success?
A new claims code for the general insurance industry is being launched on 21 November. John Parker explains the main principals of the new document.
Call the shots.
Call centres look poised to play an increasing role in the insurance industry, in particular the detection of fraudulent claims. Jonathon Swift reports on the mechanisms that have been put in place in order to catch potential fraudsters.
Road to recovery.
The personal injury sector has recently seen massive changes that are now being felt across the insurance industry. Laura Wilkin takes PM through these developments and explains how insurers can tackle their implications.
Willis in Drive for greater motor share.
Broker Willis has made a play for a greater share of the UK motor market, with the launch of a new d...
Carole Nash: new Claims Service for motorcyclists.
A new personal injury claims service designed for use by motorcyclists has been launched by Carole N...
Aon to axe 500 UK jobs.
Broker Aon is set to axe around 500 jobs in the UK, as part of a global business review that is expe...