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Chain reaction.
Fraud means big losses for insurers, which leads to higher premiums. But the industry is waking up to the fact that a proactive and co-operative approach is the missing link needed to root out fraudsters and break the chain, say John Beadle and Peter…
Appointment at Jacksons Solicitors.
Mandy Baker, matrimonial lawyer and Mark Foster, employment lawyer at Jacksons Solicitors in Stockto...
Experiencing a loss of direction?
Volume claims handling and other cost-cutting exercises have put the future of loss adjusting in serious doubt. There is, however, no substitute for experience, skills and qualifications, asserts David Fanning.
Claims suffer in dumbing down.
A combination of dumbing down by insurers and a shortage of resources in claims departments are key ...
Exclusive Wren deal for ATD.
Manchester-based underwriting agency ATD General has signed an exclusive agreement to write general ...
Capita eyes insurance growth.
Outsourcing specialist Capita last week said revenues from its insurance operations were £160m a yea...
Pressure mounts over lack of terrorism cover.
Terrorism cover, or rather the lack of it, was in the news again this week. As the Association of In...
Commentary - In protection of payments.
An increasing number of construction disputes are being referred for adjudication and a consequentia...
Rating agency Standard & Poor's ...
Rating agency Standard & Poor's this week said its single 'A' insurer financial strength rating on L...
JLT plans to accelerate move to outsourcing.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is set to grow its outsourcing operation, which already accounts for 21% of i...
Greater unity should be the common goal.
I was impressed by Paul Spencer's view from the top (PM, 14 February, p11). He argues for greater un...
ABI chief calls for IPT cuts.
Peter Vipond, the Association of British Insurers' new head of financial regulation and tax, said he...
Insurers to benefit from trucker ruling.
Insurers that offer road hauliers cover could be in for a financial windfall after the government wa...
Happy Birthday.
The Lloyd's Choir, one of the oldest in the City of London, plans to celebrate its 80th anniversary ...
Practical justice for yachting case - Virginia Goode v Hugh Martin.
(Court of Appeal - 13 December 2001) The claimant sustained a near fatal head injury while sailing...
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has established Ecosse ...
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has established Ecosse, a Glasgow-based subsidiary, to write a range of comme...
Appointment at Enterprise.
Enterprise Internet Services has appointed Neil Flynn as sales director. This new position has been ...
Schools in the clear over off-site bullying - Leah Bradford-Smart v
(Court of Appeal - 23 January 2002) The claimant was pursuing damages for psychiatric injury and c...
Taking precautions.
UK insurers are currently being hit by an influx of asbestos-related claims, with RSA recently being forced to substantially increase its reserves. Jonathan Swift reports on how asbestos is now as hot a topic in the UK as in the US.
Pedigree Livestock Insurance has been sold ...
Pedigree Livestock Insurance has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Nottingham-based IGI. Kevin Hor...
Think-tank opts for Europe.
A report commissioned by the European Financial Services round table (EFR), claims the completion of...
Thomas Miller plans managing agency under Dex project.
Thomas Miller & Co, the London market marine and transport mutual, aims to establish a Lloyd's manag...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Smart and Cook has promoted Lorraine Phillips to the position of group personal lines manager. Mr Ph...
Hannah Stowe was last week presented ...
Hannah Stowe was last week presented with the Peter Morley prize, sponsored by the One-Fifty Associa...