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ARCS Lite portable estimating system.
Insurance engineers can now have data on up to 377 vehicles in the palm of their hand following the ...
Government accused of PMI failure by Bupa chief.
Delegates in Cork last week for the Insurance Institute of Ireland's annual conference heard that the industry is far from rosy. Jonathan Swift was there to hear why.
Euro/US alliance.
London law firm Hextall Erskine has joined French and US firms to form a multi-national insurance li...
£1.5bn tornado bill.
Insurers in the US are expected to pay out up to $1.5bn in property damage losses following the rece...
Sponsors upbeat as teams go down.
The link between insurance and the world of football grew stronger this week as Friends Provident an...
Appointment at Rowe & Maw.
The insurance and reinsurance group of Rowe & Maw law firm has appointed two new partners. Keith Lyo...
Made to measure.
Risk Management Solutions and Oliver, Wyman & Co have teamed up to provide an integrated set of meas...
Policy for the City.
IT company Policy Master last week opened a City office to serve its broker, insurer and independent...
Appointment at Beckett Commercial Insurance Services.
Simon Wilding, Paul Wisbey and Alan Patching have all been made divisional directors of Beckett Comm...
Is ban on Sedgwick the shape of things to come?
The Chinese government's decision to ban Sedgwick's broking operation is believed to be the start of...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Liz Nicholson has joined Norwich Union to become assistant press officer. Previously she was recruit...
City relocation.
The Claims Management Group has relocated its specialist division, St James Claims Management, into ...
Loadsamoney.
That's what the UK's wealthiest have and what Lloyd's syndicates can make from them in the high net worth sector. Krish Shastri reports.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Some delegates to the Life Insurance Association conference in Birmingham last week didn't know if t...
Generali's UK outlets to shut.
Generali is to close its UK domestic retail business. Eastgate has been appointed to manage the ru...
Grey area pay outs.
Insurance companies will be more likely to pay out over so-called 'grey area' claims if the customer...
Perils of hitting the stop-the-press button.
Lloyd's is right to feel it is not so much in the public eye as it used to be, and therefore that pr...
It's their round.
Claims providers are moving to cash in as large corporate companies increasingly look to outsource their claims handling needs. Anthony Gould reports on some of the latest initiatives.
Lloyd's hires Sema.
Lloyd's of London has ditched ICL as its desktop and network services supplier in favour of Sema Gro...
Riding on the winds of change.
David Fanning discovers how legal expenses insurers are coming up with new products on the back of the legal aid and Woolf reforms.
Survey backs compulsion.
Consumers and pension providers support compulsory stakeholder contributions, claims the Life Insura...
Aegon's £210m.
Dutch insurance group Aegon said last week that increased life insurance and pension sales in the UK...
On-line marketing and advertising can bring benefits to insurers.
Paul Griffith finds out how companies can exploit technology to its maximum effect.
IFAs business on the up.
Independent financial advisers have reported a surge in new business over the last quarter and are f...