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The claimant's view: denial and delay from a major insurer
Our client was injured at work in August 2006. A lack of proper kitchen facilities at her workplace ...
Homer reassures market after largest deal to date
Towergate's boss has moved to reassure competitors following the acquisition of Open International, ...
Time for action
The long-awaited emergency protocol agreement has been announced after it was first mooted in Post m...
Appointment at Arthur J Gallagher
Arthur J Gallagher has appointed Dominic Scarlett as human resources and development director. Mr Sc...
Appointment at St Paul Travelers
St. Paul Travelers has appointed Trevor Meadowcroft as professional indemnity underwriting manager, ...
New CSC application expands Collosus database
CSC is expanding its Collosus database with the release of a new application designed to better asse...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Hamish Roberts as global practice leader for its power business. In this role, Mr ...
New Evolution launch
Evolution Risk Services, part of the Evolution Underwriting Group, has launched a new bespoke lead g...
Towergate seeks £200m for financial services division launch
Towergate has declared itself to be immune to current market turmoil and is seeking £200m to finance...
Oamps acquires KJ
Oamps has acquired Keith Johnson and Company. David Barrett, managing director of Oamps, said: "They...
Deloitte teams up with Reading Uni for extreme weather research
The University of Reading’s Walker Institute for Climate System Research and Deloitte have announced a joint initiative to provide scientific research and analysis into the implication of local and regional changes in climate and weather extremes on…
Direct Line launches SME insurance
Direct Line announced that it is launching four new commercial insurance policies. The products will be launched over September and October.
US P&C 1H net income up 10%, but competition intensifies
The US property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes rose 10.7% to $32.6bn in first-half 2007 from $29.4bn in first-half 2006, according to figures from ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).
FSA publishes latest findings on PPI
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published the findings of its latest review of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) selling standards.
FSA "extremely dissapointed" by continued PPI failings
The Financial Services Authority has today published the findings of its latest review of Payment Protection Insurance selling standards which it claims show improvements in some areas. However, it added that many firms are still failing to treat their…
Claims People reports profit
AIM listed loss adjuster Claims People, this morning reported it had moved into teh black for the 12 month period ending 30 June.
SFO goes in for the kill
The prosecution didn’t pull any punches as its lead barrister, Andrew Ballie QC, started his closing speech. David Worsfold reports.
Building society opens broking arm
Monmouthshire Building Society has created a new specialist insurance broking subsidiary.
Airmic agrees with EU Commission's support for transparency
Airmic has strongly welcomed the EU Commission’s support for full transparency in the disclosure of broker remuneration.
Munich Re opens Malaysian retakaful office
Munich Re has opened a branch in Kuala Lumpur which is entirely devoted to Shari’ah law-compliant retakaful business.
IUA welcomes EC comments
The International Underwriting Association has responded to the publication of the European Commission’s sector inquiry into business insurance
Biba: "pointless" inquiry throws up no surprises
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has said it is pleased that the findings of the Competition Commission's investigation into business insurance have been restricted to just two broad areas.
European Commision competition enquiry releases report
The European Commission competition enquiry today issued its final report on business insurance sector.
EC enquiry pulls punches on subscription market practices
The EU Competition Commission has issued its final report on the business insurance sector and raised concerns about the operation of two areas of business insurance