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Beware contrived claims warns FOIL
Ambulance chasing by the legal profession is potentially very dangerous and the industry must beware ...
Endowment mis-selling broadcast
Two-thirds of companies selling endowment mortgages may have given customers misleading advice, the F...
Moody's to rate Lloyd's syndicates
Individual Lloyd's syndicates are to be given financial strength ratings by rating agency Moody's. ...
New FSA blocked again
The government's Financial Services and Markets Bill, which will transfer powers from the nine differ...
CGU invests £200m in bancassurance move in Spain
Insurer CGU is to set up a bancassurance operation in Spain following a £200m investment in Spanish s...
Mynd seals deal with Lloyd's IT Direct
Policy Management Systems Corporation, which is changing its name to Mynd, has entered a partnership ...
Deal opens China wall to European insurers
China is to award seven licences to European insurers in the life and non-life sectors following a gr...
A none-to-Bright comment.
I was amazed and disappointed to read Michael Bright's comments calling loss adjusters "parasites" (...
Captive audience.
Despite attempts to erode the benefits they provide, captives still have a significant role to play in managing risk. Richard Willsher reports.
Exchange grows.
Internet intermediary portal the eXchange Holdings has reported solid growth for the first four mont...
Tempest thinks big.
Tempest Re, Bermuda-based Ace's reinsurance operation, plans to begin writing multi-line business an...
Vizards signs niche merger.
Public law and clinical negligence specialist Vizard Oldham has merged with niche professional indem...
Out of tragedy came pride and professionalism.
The shortlists for the 2000 British Insurance Awards are almost complete and again they tell a story...
Fast-track to the top.
Alan Fleming, head of insurance and risk management at Railtrack, will take over from Mark Butterworth as chairman of AIRMIC on 7 June following a hastily organised promotion. Anthony Gould investigates.
We won't penalise GPs for health cover': CGU.
Critical health insurers have slammed proposals by a rival to exclude or weight premiums against doc...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
Allan Kaufman has been made head of Bacon & Woodrow's insurance division. Mr Kaufman is an Honora...
Ratings - Reinsurers to have ratings lowered.
Rating agency Standard & Poor's is to lower the financial strength ratings of several reinsurers fol...
TLO-online unveiled by Lloyd's.
Lloyd's syndicate 609 has launched a website for the purchase of total loss only reinsurance. The...
The buck stops where?
Janet Edey outlines developments in legislation that corporate risk managers need to keep track of and points to cover available in case things go wrong.
Appointment at Aon Group Claims Consultancy.
Mike Palmer has been made business development director of Aon Group Claims Consultancy....
Carver v Hammersmith & Queen Charlotte's Special Health Authority
28 February 2000 A mother brought a claim for the wrongful birth of her Downs Syndrome child. ...
The name is Oxford.
The broker-only syndicate set up by ex-Link underwriter George Higginson and former Wellington under...
Interest in CGU.
Up to 10 US companies are reported to be interested in acquiring CGU's US property and casualty oper...
IRM reviews exams.
The Institute of Risk Management is reviewing its examination structure and considering options for i...