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Crawford eyes Quote and Buy for helpline link-up.
Loss adjuster Crawford is in talks with online insurance intermediary Quote and Buy to provide a 24-...
The wheel thing.
Fleet motor is set to move into profit for the first time in years, reports Rachel Gordon, with risk management approaches and advances in technology by insurers and loss adjusters a major factor.
Inspop talks with ISP may lead to London takeover.
Internet insurance intermediary Inspop.com is in discussions with a London-based internet service p...
Appointment at Wessex Group.
Christopher Smy joins the Wessex Group as business development manager. He was formerly with Norwich...
Animal rights and wrongs.
As animal rights organisations step up their attacks on biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, ...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group has made four new appointments to its motor trade division. These include David...
Power crisis sparks claims.
The power crisis in the US state of California is not expected to lead to major claims in the Lloyd'...
CTC branches out.
Software and services provider CTC has opened new offices in Birmingham and Bristol. The Croyden-bas...
Fifthmoon: the dawning of the third age?
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Ground control.
New laws force polluters to clean-up contaminated land - and that includes gradual pollution from previous owners. Standard liability policies are not enough. Insurers must redevelop a variety of solutions to the exposures faced. Simon Threadgold digs…
Virtual value.
Selling insurance over the internet has its critics and several net intermediaries have bitten the dust lately. However many predict that e-value will soon become apparent as net trading rises sharply. David Fanning is virtually convinced.
Appointment at Carr Greenwood Smith.
Senior loss adjuster John Williams joins Carr Greenwood Smith's Leeds office. He will have responsib...
FSA defends new regime on professional standards.
David Jackman, head of training at the Financial Services Authority, defended its decision to drop s...
Care and care alike?
The government's decision to pay only for care delivered by nurses in nursing homes has raised many hackles because of the implications for long term care. Richard Thomas looks at the key issues and opportunities for insurers.
Motor database targets not naive.
Hubert Green's letter (Post Magazine, 11 January, p12) suggests that I may be somewhat naive regardi...
RSA offers Foresight.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to offer a free business continuity management tool to its brokers. Called F...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Andy Beddall is the new personal lines underwriting and marketing manager at Allianz Cornhill, and w...
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society.
Helen Matthews has been recruited to the newly-created role of group marketing director at Wesleyan ...
Underwriter in BIBA access deal.
The Underwriter is to distribute its products to brokers outside its 100-strong network, after strik...
CIRC drafts rules for foreign-funded insurers.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission is believed to have drafted its proposed rules for foreign...
Law firms merge and go national.
Law firms Pinsent Curtis and Biddle are to merge, creating a 157-partner national firm with a combin...
Aon signs up to new quality mark.
Broker Aon has launched the first of its pilot schemes encouraging contractors on its home assistanc...
Rising flood claims.
Property restoration company Munters' claims figures for 2000 reveal a dramatic rise in flood claims...
Budget staffs up following deals.
Acquisitive broker Budget is looking to recruit 60 staff, following several deals last year. It is a...