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Challenging the element of surprise.
When it comes to high-risk business, the insurance industry is increasingly cautious. Having had the...
Sugar losses leave a bad taste in the mouth - James Budgett Sugars v
(QBD Commercial Court - 15 May 2002) The claimant (Budgett) supplied Kerry Ingredients (Kerry) wit...
Appointment at Composite Legal Expenses.
Composite Legal Expenses has appointed Alan Walters as claims operations manager. He joins from Zuri...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Chris McSpirit has joined Manchester law firm James Chapman & Co as finance director. He previously ...
Appointment at The Exchange.
Ian Noble has been made portal operations manager at The Exchange, part of Marlborough Stirling. The...
GE Employers Re launches Project Safeguard.
GE Employers Re this week launched Project Safeguard, which aims to draw public attention to child s...
Commentary - Appealing advice on the lifting of automatic stays.
The Court of Appeal's decision to lift stays in the recent cases of Woodhouse v Consignia and Stelio...
MIIC set to open data in drive against uninsured.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre has softened its stance over third-party access to its databa...
Royal & Sun Alliance to be fined by FSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to be fined by the Financial Services Authority for failing to hit certain d...
Broker networks - panacea or not?
"Joining broker networks is not the total panacea many smaller brokers hope it will be, in terms of ...
Chaucer Syndicates expands into financial institutions arena.
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer Syndicates has expanded into the financial institutions arena, with the appo...
Appointment at Experian.
Global information solutions company Experian has recruited Gary Wood as managing director of its fr...
M&SFS to segment market with Cedar.
Marks & Spencer Financial Services has signed a three-year deal with Cedar Knowledge Solutions to he...
Axa Art publishes 2001 financial results.
High net worth insurer Axa Art has published its financial results for 2001, showing profits of £2.9...
Broker unveils training academy.
Specialist motor broker Footman James is due to unveil its training academy tomorrow. The academy, w...
Amlin to raise £80m.
Listed Lloyd's insurer Amlin, the third largest business in the market, is to raise approximately £8...
Marlborough in European push.
Software and services provider Marlborough Stirling has opened offices in Milan and Madrid. The move...
The way to go.
The answer to combating the challenges faced by the insurance industry does not lay in increasing premium rates, says Rachel Gordon, but in making risk management a core part of an insurance policy.
RSA put under the regulatory spotlight.
The Financial Services Authority has admitted it is keeping a closer eye on Royal & Sun Alliance tha...
Beneath the work surface
Since last year's workplace survey, the insurance industry has been on a roller coaster ride with the demise of Independent Insurance, 11 September and changes to the regulation of both insurers and brokers. These, and other events, have all had an…
Industry must keep up with changing landscape
The idea behind the first Post Magazine Insurance Industry Workplace Survey, introduced last year, was to create a forum where people in the business could compare experiences regarding everything from salaries to stress. This time the survey gives us a…
Show me the money
How satisfied is the industry when it comes to clocking up the hours, wide-ranging salaries, the highs and lows of bonuses and those typical company benefits being dished up?
Insurance industry workplace survey 2002
This second annual workplace survey provides an invaluable annual snapshot of the insurance industry, says Anthony Gould.
Facts of life
Employees reveal why they choose to move on, while stress-busting activities are up on last year, but lunch breaks remain unpopular.