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Appointment at Lumley.
Coventry-based Lumley Insurance Consultants has added to its team. Shaune Worrall will be developing...
A speedy recovery?
Absenteeism is costing British business billions. Insurers are encouraging clients to take a proactive approach, with prevention and rehabilitation key to achieving a return to health. But whether their advice will be put into practice is another matter,…
Getting back on your feet.
When it comes to returning to work after a serious accident, it is vital for the injured party to receive early support. Norman Cottington suggests job coaches, with local knowledge of the claimant's environment, may be the answer.
Avoid the penalties.
As fleet costs and premiums continue to rise, insurers, brokers and clients need to look at new ways to control risk and avoid paying the penalties now, before the situation gets worse. The meter is ticking, says Ian Greenwood.
Zurich profits continue to slip.
Zurich Financial Group last week recorded a 33% dive in net profits for the first half of the year, ...
Broker suspended.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended the investment business of Jacobs Insurance Brokers ...
CII conference is taking stock.
Next week's Chartered Insurance Institute annual conference comes in the wake of what has undeniably ...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph Cinven, the venture capital group, is backing the consortium that has looked...
Thomas Miller in CGU acquisition.
London market mutual Thomas Miller, the parent company of the UK P&I Club and the TT Club, has agree...
Coface rebrands.
The UK business of trade credit insurer Coface Group, Coface LBF, has been rebranded Coface UK. The...
NHS misses £100m recovery target.
The NHS has confirmed it will not hit its target to recover £100m a year from insurers for treatment...
Alwen appointments.
Lloyd's broker Alwen Hough Johnson has made three senior broking appointments. Nick Barve joins f...
Well-thought-out site to help you pay.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Moody's predicts substantial losses for Lloyd's.
Rating agency Moody's is predicting substantial losses for Lloyd's, with £1.7bn forecast for 1999; £...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Harrogate-headquartered Smart and Cook has made Ken Popplewell managing director. He has been with t...
Mediolanum expands.
Bancassurer Mediolanum plans entry into France, according to chief executive officer Ennio Doris. Th...
ING lifts sex ban.
Dutch financial services giant ING bank has lifted its ban on sex workers opening business accounts....
A-P quits London.
Personal injury specialist Amery-Parkes is pulling out of London to focus primarily on litigation fr...
Xmas card orders.
The Insurance Charities Christmas cards, based on designs from children who won a recent Post Magazi...
Angling for cover.
The solicitors' professional indemnity season has kicked off and several big fish have taken the plunge. While rates increase as they jostle for position, Simon Threadgold assesses the impact of the resulting rate rises across the whole PI sector.
Appointment at Chaucer Syndicates.
Chaucer Syndicates has taken on Andy Robinson as class underwriter for its non-marine syndicate 1096...
Axa posts strong half-year results
Results released by French insurer Axa for the six months to 31 July 2001 have shown a jump in both e...
Appointment at Rubicon.
The Rubicon Corporation has made seven appointments to its management team. Tony Sherman, who moved ...
JLT rebranding.
The US reinsurance subsidiary of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Jardine Sayer, has been rebran...