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Rating agency Standard & Poor's ...
Rating agency Standard & Poor's this week said its single 'A' insurer financial strength rating on L...
JLT plans to accelerate move to outsourcing.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is set to grow its outsourcing operation, which already accounts for 21% of i...
Greater unity should be the common goal.
I was impressed by Paul Spencer's view from the top (PM, 14 February, p11). He argues for greater un...
ABI chief calls for IPT cuts.
Peter Vipond, the Association of British Insurers' new head of financial regulation and tax, said he...
Insurers to benefit from trucker ruling.
Insurers that offer road hauliers cover could be in for a financial windfall after the government wa...
Happy Birthday.
The Lloyd's Choir, one of the oldest in the City of London, plans to celebrate its 80th anniversary ...
Practical justice for yachting case - Virginia Goode v Hugh Martin.
(Court of Appeal - 13 December 2001) The claimant sustained a near fatal head injury while sailing...
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has established Ecosse ...
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has established Ecosse, a Glasgow-based subsidiary, to write a range of comme...
Appointment at Enterprise.
Enterprise Internet Services has appointed Neil Flynn as sales director. This new position has been ...
Schools in the clear over off-site bullying - Leah Bradford-Smart v
(Court of Appeal - 23 January 2002) The claimant was pursuing damages for psychiatric injury and c...
Taking precautions.
UK insurers are currently being hit by an influx of asbestos-related claims, with RSA recently being forced to substantially increase its reserves. Jonathan Swift reports on how asbestos is now as hot a topic in the UK as in the US.
Pedigree Livestock Insurance has been sold ...
Pedigree Livestock Insurance has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Nottingham-based IGI. Kevin Hor...
Think-tank opts for Europe.
A report commissioned by the European Financial Services round table (EFR), claims the completion of...
Thomas Miller plans managing agency under Dex project.
Thomas Miller & Co, the London market marine and transport mutual, aims to establish a Lloyd's manag...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Smart and Cook has promoted Lorraine Phillips to the position of group personal lines manager. Mr Ph...
Hannah Stowe was last week presented ...
Hannah Stowe was last week presented with the Peter Morley prize, sponsored by the One-Fifty Associa...
Overseas aid.
As the costs of setting up pan-European claims operations look set to fall, UK companies with European motor insurance exposure are looking at the options which are becoming available to them. Les Walker reports.
Appointment at CNA Insurance Company (Europe).
CNA Insurance has recruited Warren Jones to its financial lines team in London. He will specialise i...
Claims case strategy vital.
The Woolf reforms and other legal changes have had a huge impact on the processing of claims. All involved must keep their eye on the game, according to Nigel Roden and Andrew Pieri.
What the papers said this week.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A council has drafted in a team of SAS veterans to weed out troublemakers who...
... and complacency come from profit.
As the results season gets into full swing this week, the mix from insurers and brokers should not o...
Convergence must not be at cost of core skills.
The Chartered Insurance Institute this week underlined its ambitions to promote and reflect both the...
Rolf Huppi, embattled head of Zurich Financial Services ...
Rolf Huppi, embattled head of Zurich Financial Services, is to step down as the group's chief execut...
Prudential plans retail partnerships.
Life insurer Prudential said it plans to develop partnerships with retailers and other distributors ...