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Shipping team weighs anchor.
Bournemouth-based law firm Lester Aldridge has recruited a shipping and marine insurance team from S...
Panel review drops three.
Loss adjusters Carmichael & Co, Ellis May and Miller Pycraft have all lost out following Churchill I...
QBE puts Iron Trades retail into run-off.
Australian insurer QBE has placed Iron Trades' Retail Division into run-off, with the potential loss...
Axa panel settled.
Axa will announce its new loss adjusting panel in the next week, according to director of resourcing...
Kennedys plans Indian presence.
City law firm Kennedys has announced plans to open an office in India next year. The move follows...
One year on.
David Worsfold reports on the second Rehabilitation First conference, which was held last week, and looks at the great strides forward the campaign has made since its launch just a year ago.
Red-line risk from deluge of flood claims.
The continuing onslaught of storms and floods in the UK poses a huge challenge to the insurance indu...
Appointment at Ace Tempest Re.
ACE Tempest Re has recruited Stuart Shepley as senior vice president and casualty actuary to establi...
1000: right on Cue.
Composite Legal Expenses has signed up its 1000th agency to its computerised insurance quotation sys...
Time for a review.
In reassessing their loss adjuster panels many insurers have taken a closer look at changes in the traditional supplier/client relationship. Anthony Gould asked insurers about their recent review processes.
Flood claims: help at hand.
The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is set to meet with the Association of British Insurers to d...
Zurich banks on net.
Swiss insurer Zurich is set to launch an internet banking service Zurich Bank later this month. Zuri...
Cracking up.
Subsidence is unsettling for homeowners and insurers alike, and the freak weather conditions the UK has been experiencing of late are likely to exacerbate the situation. Preventative measures are the key to averting a landslide of claims, says Simon…
Mills recruitments.
Mills & Reeve has made two new appointments to boost its insurance practice. Carolyn Boyd has been r...
Beddis plans ahead.
Birmingham-based broker Beddis Hobbs & Partners has announced details of a long-term succession plan...
InsurE-com: new tailored internet connections from Impeganet.
Internet specialist, insurE-com, has opened a new internet service business division ImpegaNet that ...
... a Lloyd's underwriter.
John Collyear is lead underwriter at Euclidian syndicate 1243 at Lloyd's. Marcus Alcock spent a day with him and discovered that the role involves much more than simply underwriting. The emphasis is on team work, although as active underwriter, John is…
Cigna targets expats.
Expatriates now living in the US have been targeted by healthcare provider Cigna International throu...
Clarke cover-all.
Canterbury insurance broker Clarke Cooper has launched a new insurance package for self-employed con...
Motor database to take to the road at last.
It might have taken a lot longer than expected, but this week, the insurance industry finally took a major step towards tackling the problem of uninsured driving that is expected to cost the industry £215m this year alone. Jonathan Swift reports.
New Leeds practice for Pinsent Curtis.
National law firm Pinsent Curtis is establishing a new insurance practice in Leeds. Pinsent Curti...
Carrying the can.
Product recall is every manufacturer's worst nightmare, but the market is ripe for development by creative brokers and underwriters, argue Chris Lemar and Tom Battell.
Lloyd's look to China
Lloyd's has received permission by the Chinese authorities to set up a representative office in Beiji...
CGNU predicts floods will cost it £200m as it announces loss
The UK's largest general insurer CGNU said it expects to pay out less than £200m in insurance claims ...