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Clampdown on 'expert' witnesses.
Manufacturers defending themselves from product liability lawsuits gained a significant victory last...
Appointment at John Kyle Insurance.
John Kyle Insurance, one of the oldest brokers in the UK and the oldest in Ulster, has promoted Nico...
Exclusive - 'Crisis? What crisis,' says broker.
A Lloyd's broker has been burnt following the collapse of an introducing motor broker. Miles Smit...
Ahem, not quite.
I was surprised to read in your front page story ('Axa raises web stakes, PM 25 March) that Axa is t...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL If Sue Bedford ever walks into your house, it might be wise to check the insurance pol...
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
Mark Roberts has been appointed managing director of mergers and acquisitions at Aon Risk Services. ...
Ready, Steady, Go.
Northern Star has rebranded its travel insurance products. From today they will be known as Ready, S...
Abbey OK for 2000.
It's all systems go for Abbey Life next year after CS Rand completed a £2.5m Y2K systems compliance ...
Insurers must be good listeners.
The issues of social and financial exclusion are rising rapidly to the top of the political agenda a...
Solid trading.
Iron Trades, the general insurer, revealed an increase in pre-tax profits of 38.7%, up to £32.6m fro...
Penny Black's insurance week.
He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think the insurance industry needs someone like the colou...
There's a time and a place for adjusters.
I note with interest the response from Chris Miller ('Long live adjusters', PM 25 March, p20) of the...
Appointment at Moore Blatch Solicitors.
Sarah Bell joins Southampton law firm Moore Blatch to head up a dedicated marine insurance departmen...
Fire at restaurant in New Forest.
PCS loss adjusters were called to a fire at a restaurant in the heart of the New Forest after an emb...
Playing your cards right.
Shane Sayers explains why alternative dispute resolution, as embodied in the Woolf reforms, is the key to saving costs on claims.
Union takes up case of excluded IFAs.
Independent Financial Advisers are being excluded from the industry because of ropey references they...
£62m for Cornhill.
Composite insurer Cornhill announced an operating profit of £62.9m for 1998, a modest reduction comp...
Hovver bovver.
One in seven gardens will be victim to a theft this summer, according to the Association of British ...
Nationwide could face ABI probe.
The Nationwide Building Society stands accused of poaching insurance business from intermediaries. ...
Four grade II listed buildings caught fire.
Four grade II listed buildings had their chips when a fire swept along an historic terrace in Headco...
Insurers act in wake of NATO blitz.
NATO air strikes in the Balkans have sent a shockwave through the London insurance markets. The L...
Euro body's all-for-one, one-for-all move.
A pan-European insurance industry trade association has moved to block individual countries negotiat...
Above average for underwriters.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Mainstay secured in Sussex.
A new brokerage hopes to make waves after the coastal consolidation of three Sussex firms. The Ma...