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Appointment at Axa Nordstern.
Adam Golder has been appointed chief executive of Axa Nordstern Art. He was previously head of Marsh...
RJ Kiln seeks rises.
Lloyd's managing agency RJ Kiln & Co is seeking substantial rises in capacity for the 2002 year of a...
ING: 16% profit rise.
Dutch financial services group ING has recorded a 16% rise in group operating net profits to £3.8bn,...
Cover vital for permanent duty of care.
Merrett v Babb (Court of Appeal - 15 February 2001).
Positive news for IFAs.
Positive Response, the call centre that specialises in appointment setting for the independent finan...
Market awaits slips.
Plans to introduce new slips for the London market under the aegis of the London Market Principles 2...
Marlboro lighter.
The California Marlboro smoker who won a record $3bn (£2.1m) verdict against Philip Morris in a frau...
Appointment at Room Solutions.
Room has boosted the strength of its management team with the appointment of Kevin Curtis to the new...
Stormy reception.
Loss adjusters have had a stormy time with fierce competition for business and pressure to deliver, and now, a new breed of claims handler has met with raised eyebrows among the established players. David Fanning wonders what they'll find at the end of…
Crawford in TSR tie-up.
Loss adjuster Crawford and Company has formed an alliance with the Tropical Risk Consortium to reduc...
Treasury responds to Indie concerns.
Thank you for your letter of 27 June about Independent Insurance (see below: 'Time to make your voice...
Equasis launches CD.
Equasis, the international database covering the world shipping fleet, has produced a CD-rom detaili...
Appointment at Comverse Infosys.
Comverse Infosys, provider of digital recording software for multimedia contact centres, has made fi...
California sues.
Insurers Allstate, State Farm, Farmers, Firemans Fund and 21st Century are being sued by the State of...
GE begins travel.
GE Insurance Holdings subsidiary WorldCover Direct has launched a fully-transactional travel insuran...
NU ups pressure.
Norwich Union, which plans to impose special conditions and higher rates on household policies in hig...
Building up weather problems.
Pressure on the government to tackle the issue of climate change has been reignited by a new report a...
Future of school trips threatened as teachers fear repercussions.
Press reports concerning recent tragedies on school trips have sparked debate about the future of su...
Scaffolder rigs payment claim.
Molloy v Shell UK (Court of Appeal - 6 July 2001).
Point of order.
Independent's collapse has fuelled the policyholder compensation debate - not least the need to pin-point where the responsibility for cross-border policies lies. Jeremy Mather looks at the legislation that may hold the answer.
Appointment at Cornhill Schemes.
Cornhill Schemes has recruited Mark Bryan to the newly-created role of compliance manager. His main ...
Mould threat to US homes.
US homes that have had water damage are becoming uninsurable as a result of the growing threat of mou...
Insurers eye tribunal growth.
Insurers are set to exploit the growing employment tribunal market, as the Confederation of British ...
Insurance cover for tourists to Iran.
Tourists entering Iran will be covered by insurance from 23 September, as part of a World Tourism Or...