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Gunning for the ageists.
Your article Young guns can be low calibre (PM, 20 July, p24) hit the nail on the head. Employers...
Chubb profits rise.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a 10% increase in its profits for the second-quarter of the year with ...
Drawing the battle-lines.
Post Magazine reported a wake-up call to loss adjusters at this year's CILA conference with the headline "Lawyers pose real threat to adjusters". Veronica Cowan finds out how true this really is.
Calls for LTC rules to cut mis-selling mishaps.
The government must act quickly to introduce new legislation to avoid mis-selling over long-term car...
Audatex: BMW seal.
The new real-time bodyshop management system from estimating specialist Audatex has been approved by...
Scottish Widows' new deal to offset SCC loss.
Scottish Widows is poised to offset the loss of the £700m contract for the Suffolk County Council pe...
Boost for CI sector.
The critical illness market got a boost this week as the Inland Revenue reached an agreement with th...
Sax Riley to take helm at Lloyd's.
Marsh director Sax Riley will be the next chairman of Lloyd's, after the present incumbent Max Taylo...
Ringing the value-added changes.
Andrew Newman looks at developments in call centre training, which must now add a new dimension with the rise of companies outsourcing claims.
LTC ruling opens up market.
The government's long-overdue response to the Royal Commission's report on long-term care in the UK ...
Insurance contribution towards Thames Water's five-phase plan - Up
In the fourth in our series in association with the Chartered Insurance Institute Society of Fellows, Lloyd Clark-Morris analyses the issue of rising water tables and how the industry should respond.
Appointment at Lexington.
Chris Horton, senior vice president of casualty, has been promoted to the position of general manage...
Appointment at Groupama.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has made two new appointments. Peter O'Grady joins as corporate devel...
Halifax in Ireland.
Plans by the Halifax to set up two insurance companies in Ireland (PM, 20 July, p1) have been given ...
Appointment at Gillespie Wallis.
Insurance executive search consultant Gillespie has recently changed its name to Gillespie Wallis....
Appointment at Watson Wyatt.
Watson Wyatt has added to its insurance and financial services practice with the appointment of And...
Insurers stung by increase in PI awards.
Insurers could have to pay out higher than necessary figures for personal injury cases following the...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ian Stirrups has become the appointed actuary for Ecclesiastical Insurance's two life funds. He join...
Cornhill and M&S offer MPPI.
Cornhill has linked up with Marks & Spencer Financial Services to launch a new mortgage payment prot...
PXRe losses confirmed
As it predicted last week, Bermuda-based PXRe has reported a loss for the first quarter to 30 June 20...
Markel reports losses
US-based Markel Corporation has announced a net loss of $17.9m for the quarter to 30 June, down from ...
CGNU general insurance results disappointing
CGNU, formed from the merger of Norwich Union and CGU, has recorded a fall in profits for the first s...
Aon down overall but brokerage and revenue up
The world's second biggest broker, Aon witnessed a fall in profits of 15% in the second-quarter of th...
Egg general insurance site signs up Cox support
A new online general insurance business from Prudential-owned Egg, to be branded Egg Insure and offer...