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Commentary - Propping up the Bar.
In recent months, newspapers have been full of articles about 'fat cat lawyers' and 'fat cat barrist...
WIDs enlisted to help fight fraud.
Pressure from industry for action over car insurance fraud mounted this week following a call by mag...
Profits on the up - Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
Broker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, reported a 1998 turnover of £232m, up 3% on 1997. Its operatin...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
Peter Chart has joined McLarens Toplis as a full board director. Mr Chart, who was previously with a...
Lloyd's Y2K checks.
Lloyd's has updated its desktop technology in readiness for the millennium. All corporation membe...
TIFCO to cut rates in mid-March.
Premium finance provider TIFCO said this week it plans to reduce its rates in the next fortnight. ...
New Arnott branch.
Independent intermediary Arnott Insurance this week opened a new branch in Scarborough - taking its ...
Appointment at Davies Wallis Foyster.
Rob McKee and Dave Young have joined the specialist insurance team of Davies Wallis Foyster....
Storms blamed for £3m fall in GA profits.
Underwriting losses and a fall in investment income saw the pre-tax profits of General Accident, CGU...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Those generous chaps at Independent Insurance held their annual broker beano for industry hacks last...
Exclusive - Torch company set to ignite outsourcing.
A new Chelmsford-based claims handling company aims to become a leading light in outsourcing. The...
Fraud case ends up in Lords.
An employer would only be vicariously liable for losses from a fraud in which an employee was involv...
Canada Life rate cut.
Canada Life is set to cut term rates by up to 21% from 8 March. The reductions in its class 1 term a...
Gan's new rates.
Gan has drawn up a new household rate guide after reviewing the 100 variables it uses to rate risks....
Lender v surveyor.
A mortgage lender which sued surveyors for negligently overvaluing property was found to be liable f...
IIB furore over merger vote.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has reacted angrily to suggestions that its members should vote o...
Davox Ensemble.
Call centre solutions provider Davox is to launch its latest integrated call centre management softw...
Broker admits deceiving client.
The managing director of a West Midlands insurance broker used a client's money to reduce his compan...
AIRMIC 99 exhibitors.
We invited most exhibitors to provide details of their companies and stands. Here are the replies we received.
Survival instinct.
The insurance world of the 1990s has left loss adjusters as an endangered species. Andrew Westgate says the profession must go back to its roots to avoid extinction.
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Two of a kind.
Adrian Leonard finds both Lloyd's and the London company market going from strength to strength.
Sowing seeds of discontent.
Jeremy Rifkin introduces this month's Lunch Forum debate on the liability issues surrounding GM crops.
Making waves on the Internet.
Mark Birrell explains how Lloyd's underwriters set their sights on a virtual cargo market.