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Appointment at Kennedys.
Spanish lawyer Miguel Gallardo, who is legal adviser to the commercial office of the Spanish Embassy...
Crawford coup.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has won the contract to supply desktop and traditional claims handl...
We are meeting consumer needs.
Your article 'Miller chief blames insurers for job cuts and closures' (PM 8 June, p9) does not accur...
Lloyd's procedures.
Lloyd's Policy Signing Office has introduced procedures to mark the closing of registered risks. Man...
Online jobs cut off.
US-based online insurer InsWeb is to cut its staff of 300 by about 40% over the next six months. Las...
Snowball effect.
Patrick Snowball, managing director of new composite CGNU's UK general insurance operation, Norwich Union, talks to Jonathan Swift about his plans.
A much-needed shot in the arm for the industry.
For the optimists in the insurance industry there was some good news this week. A new report claims ...
If's no buts on Eva.
Nordic property and casualty insurer, If, has appointed Eva Cederbalk to develop and co-ordinate its...
RSA's AA- rating.
Royal and Sun Alliance group's below average operating performance has led ratings agency Standard &...
Exclusive deal.
Berkeley Morgan has won a major contract to exclusively market household insurance to the one millio...
Stop the cheats.
Malingering claimants are an expensive problem for insurers. So how can you catch them out? What should you look for in medical reports? Dave Cottam gives his views.
Potential claims.
Shifts in political attitudes and changes to the funding of the legal system were driving some of th...
Online travel cover.
NPIB, the independent insurance intermediary arm of the Norwich and Peterborough building society, h...
£2bn Alliance buy.
Alliance Capital, a subsidiary of Axa Financial, the French insurer's main US operation, is to acqui...
X makes its mark.
Web X has launched a new component-based framework, Underwriter Cafe, which allows the entire insura...
How Pru brought estate agency in house.
The annual house hunting season is now in full swing, and 15 years ago the Prudential made waves whe...
Appointment at Joslin Rowe.
Joslin Rowe has made two new appointments to its insurance and pensions divisions. Louise Bousfield ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was out and about in her party dress again this week at the mirror-clad Mirabelle restaurant i...
Merger will create largest Lloyd's agency.
Lloyd's members' agents Hampden Agencies and underwriting agents Sedgwick Oakwood are to merge. T...
When is a solicitor dishonest?
Mortgage Express v S Newman & Co Chancery Division 20 October 1999 The court was required to...
Chinese wall falls to City firms.
Two of the UK's leading insurance practices have become the only UK law firms to be awarded new lice...
PXRE's new system.
Lloyd's managing agency PXRE is using a document management system from technology firm August. It w...
PIA's strong action.
The Personal Investment Authority has prohibited David John Watson of Arthur Brown Insurance Brokers...
Devitt Insurance signs deal.
Devitt Insurance has signed a deal with CGU and Mondial Assistance to launch a new travel insurance ...