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Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White Management Consultants, the specialist financial services management consultancy ha...
Axa's ups and downs.
Axa has blamed the restructuring of its motor business for a 2.5% decrease in UK general insurance r...
Slovakian floods.
Slovakia's largest insurer Slovenska Poistovna said last week it would pay almost cr250m (£3.7m) in ...
Swiss net launch.
Swiss insurer Baloise launched its balfolio.com internet financial portal last week offering insuran...
The cost of collapse.
The recent Independent Insurance and Chester Street collapses have sent shockwaves through the insurance industry. But Peter Maguire and Alex Hill-Smith take a legal perspective on insurer insolvency and its wider implications - particularly costs.
PPB could face new £25m Indie hit.
Irish motor policyholders, left without cover by the collapse of Independent Insurance, will be prot...
Motor crackdown.
The New York Insurance Department has enacted a new regulation designed at cracking down on motor in...
Where is flood bargain action?
Last week's flash floods provided a timely reminder to the insurance industry - and the government h...
Allstate in court over agent cull.
US insurance giant Allstate has been accused in Federal Court of dismissing 6400 agents as part of a...
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers.
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers has teamed up with weather risk insurers Weather Direct to enha...
Website warning.
Insurers have been warned to iron out technical glitches from their websites, or face losing custome...
Catching and prosecuting fraudsters - Faud 2001: 11 October 2001 -
Identifying and catching fraudsters remains a top priority for the insurance industry. In this manag...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Engineering.
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has promoted Bob Pow to national business manager. In his new position,...
Appointment at Autoglass.
Autoglass has appointed two new members of staff to its strategic accounts business team. Jeremy Roc...
Database scheme for all UK claims.
A feasibility study into setting up a central, industry-wide, personal and commercial lines claims d...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes, international recruitment consultants to the actuarial, financial services and insura...
Smart and Cook splits management.
Acquisitive broker Smart & Cook has decided to split the management of its operations as part of a m...
Fixed fees for PI claims.
Blind-bidding online claims settlement site eSettle has entered talks with a major UK insurer to agre...
Axa slashes legal panel to make life easier.
Axa Insurance has slashed its general insurance legal panel of solicitors from over 30 to just 14 in...
RSA Asia Pacific benefits from Oz rise
Royal & Sun Alliance's Asia Pacific operations, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Japan, In...
Rehabilitation First - Campaign conference - 18 October 2001 - The
Rehabilitation may be firmly on the agenda, but is it being delivered in reality? This conference wi...
Has ABI set a precedent?
In a new regular column, Post Magazine's panel of industry experts are asked to give their view on an...
Lloyd's sells 50% to US Xchanging.
Lloyd's is to sell a 50% stake in its claims processing office to US-backed outsourcing specialist X...
Advance Thai target.
Thai-based Advance MLC Assurance expects its new Millennium Woman product to help it achieve its sal...