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Post Magazine Claims Club Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould, editor-in-chief, Post Magazine Board: - Steve Eckhardt, director, senior cla...
DAS suspends senior managers
At least two senior staff members at a major legal expenses insurer have been suspended, Post Magazi...
EC flood directive concerns market
The Association of British Insurers has slammed a proposed European flood directive that it believes...
La Playa launches three-year policy
Broker La Playa has launched a three-year policy, designed to put a health and safety outlook onto f...
Appointment at Health Sure
Health Sure has appointed Matthew Ward as senior business consultant. Prior to joining Health Sure, ...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed former Royal and Sun Alliance director Les Brewin, pictured, as distrib...
Zurich: third MD departure
Zurich lost its third divisional managing director in 21 months this week, with the resignation o...
Lawyers will not escape claims firm crackdown
Thousands of claimant lawyers will be targeted in the upcoming Compensation Bill as the government ...
Lie detectors: warning over reliance
Insurers that refuse fraudulent claims may be forced to pay up anyway, due to an over-reliance on...
Mortgage brokers "optimistic"
A total of one-third of mortgage brokers that adopted appointed representative status for general in...
Appointment at Multiassistance
Alex Kilpatrick has been appointed to the role of head of national accounts at Multiassistance. Mr K...
Wellington Underwriting increases capacity projection
Wellington Underwriting has increased its capacity projection for 2006, in the wake of Hurricane Kat...
Broker Network celebration
Broker Network this week celebrated its first year listed on AIM, by giving its 250 employees an ext...
Willis creates Katrina claims web site
Broker Willis has created a website designed expressly to provide claims support and information resources specific to clients impacted by the hurricane.
Rita may become Category Five hurricane, warns meteorologist
Rita has strengthened to a Category Four status hurricane, amid insurer fears it could accelerate further. It reached 135mph as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas and Louisiana.
Kynixa appoints Salvage director
Rehabilitation specialists Kynixa has appointed Martin Hynes as a director and chief operating officer.
UK government set to outline insurance outsourcing strategy
The UK government will outline its thinking on the implementation of VAT on outsourced insurance services at Post Magazine’s conference – Outsourcing; hard facts for a soft market – on the 26 October in London.
Insurers warned Rita will "probably" strengthen into category 4 hurricane
After hitting the Florida Keys, Hurricane Rita gained power on Wednesday and headed across the Gulf of Mexico on a course that could take it to Texas and Katrina-battered Louisiana.
S&P downgrades Advent
Late yesterday S&P it lowered its public-information (pi) Lloyd's Syndicate Assessment on Advent's syndicate 0780 to '2pi' (high dependency) from '3pi' (average dependency).
Axa identifies surge in crime related business pay-outs.
Nottingham is most at risk from business crime says an Axa survey which also discovered that 50% businesses believe lack of police presence and security systems to be the root cause of crime.
Wellington outlines new 2006 business plan
Wellington has increased its capacity projection fro 2006 in the wake of Hurruicane Katrina.
Post Office hires new insurance boss
The Post Office today announced five new appointments to its financial services team, including a new head of insurance.
Winlow quits as Zurich MD
Zurich has announced that Mark Winlow, managing director of its UK Personal Lines business, has decided to leave the organisation.In a statement from the insurer, zurich said neither the company nor Mr Winlow will be discussing the terms or background to…