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Common ground on rehab
Last week's Rehabilitation First conference in London focused on how far the campaign has come. David Worsfold reports.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has had a busy week as ever, which started with the Association of British Insurers annual medi...
SFO considers Indie charges
The Serious Fraud Office has completed its questioning of senior executives at Independent Insuranc...
Montpelier Re share offering raises $201m
Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings has raised $201m through an initial public offering of sha...
RenaissanceRe unveils earnings predictions
Bermudian (re)insurer RenaissanceRe said its operating earnings for the full year would be $3.95-4.10...
Capita to cut staff in wake of Smith departure
Capita Insurance Services is to lay off 38 staff at its Colchester-based uninsured loss recovery di...
Water sport sites could face water quality checks
Water sites used for sport and recreation could be facing similar water quality checks to those for...
South African miners win Gencor reprieve
Lawyers representing 1600 former South African miners suffering from asbestos-related diseases have...
AMP denies UK exit
Australian insurance giant AMP has hit out at speculation that it is set to quit the UK life and pens...
Life can learn from general
Graham Spittles talks to Jane Bernstein about the UK's emerging rehabilitation culture and says that the claims process is key to success
Eurobase signs up with Acord
Eurobase has signed a membership agreement with Acord - the non-profit, industry funded association...
Managing direct of insurE-com quits
Ralph Ehlers, managing director of insurance business system provider and internet specialist insur...
NIG makes £100 service pledge
Broker-only insurer NIG has introduced a guaranteed claims service standard for private car custome...
Tracking the high-flyers
As British companies make even greater technological advances, the challenge for insurers is to keep up with the new types of risk that result, argues Sian Fisher.
Health reform necessary
Addressing a PPP Healthcare sponsored breakout session at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It seems Independent Insurance's head office in Edenbridge could be...
Healthcare choices welcomed
We welcome the proposals set out by Liam Fox at the Conservative Party conference this week, which ...
Sunderland City Council head serves second term as chairman of Alarm.
David Fleetwood, head of procurement and risk management at Sunderland City Council, has become the ...
Axa staff may face further job cuts
Axa has not ruled out further UK job losses after announcing it will exit commercial non-motor and ...
Allianz Cornhill teams up with Trade Group
Allianz Cornhill and its approved repairer partners have teamed up with the Trade Group to launch a...
Motor and household rates stabilise
Motor and household rates are stabilising, according to the AA's latest British Insurance Premium I...
SOFA welcomes new FSA proposals
The Society of Financial Advisers has welcomed the inference in the Financial Service Authority's f...
"Oppression" in the life market
Speaking at the Chartered Insurance Institute's annual conference in Birmingham, Laurie Edmans, dir...
Discrimination fears
The government must introduce legislation to prevent genetic discrimination by insurers, argues Dr Helen Wallace