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Screen-driven cover.
Crowe Insurance's motor Syndicate 963 has unveiled a new screen-driven private car policy for broker...
Sparks fly over electrical fire liability terms.
Not infrequently, recovery actions are brought against electricity companies following fires. The re...
The price is right.
English Matthews Brockman, the consulting actuary, has launched a pricing software package for the w...
Club Direct online.
Travel insurer Club Direct has gone live with online sales from its internet site, www.clubdirect.co...
ABI investigates tribunal bills.
The growing confusion over who should be picking up the bill for employment tribunal claims has prom...
Brand protection.
Willis has unveiled a new insurance service, Brandsaver, that combines insurance and consultancy pro...
Miller heads Marsh.
Heidi Miller has been appointed to the role of vice chairman of broking giant Marsh. She takes over ...
Risk unit expands.
The special risk unit of Combined Insurance is to expand its medical lines of business to offer pers...
The Underwriter plans to branch out.
The Underwriter Insurance Company is looking to open a new office and expand into employment practic...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has made three board-lev...
Appointment at Fire Protection Association.
The Fire Protection Association has appointed Chris Mounsey as deputy managing director. A major par...
News appointments at Willis.
Willis has strengthened its driver assistance and accident management service Drive, with a series o...
Acting on issues of employment law.
Last year, over 100,000 employment tribunal actions were filed, and compensation levels for unfair d...
Insurers play part in bodyshop crisis.
The European vehicle body repair industry is in crisis, with insurers playing a major part in the in...
Contract for Donns.
Colonnade Insurance Brokers has awarded a new three-year contract to Manchester law firm Donns Solic...
Joint chairmen of the LMP2001.
Stephen Riley, managing director of CNA Re (left) and Stewart McCulloch, UK IT director of Willis, a...
Land of promise.
As the Irish economy has picked up, so,too, has its job market. With major global insurers represented, opportunities have never been so good. Paul Cotter reports.
Airlines take up long-haul risks.
Airlines are being forced to adopt new risk management techniques to deal with the threat of deep ve...
Reliance sell-off benefits Bristol.
Troubled US insurer Reliance Group Holdings has sold two of its non-standard motor insurance operati...
Experian goes for brokers.
Software giant Experian is set to go up against the likes of Misys's i2i and Rarrigini & Ross's 24 7...
Delivering the goods.
The ABI claims code has re-established the subject of replacement goods at the top of the claims agenda. While some companies prefer to offer cash, others see replacement as an opportunity to deliver what the customer wants, says David Fanning.
Means to an end.
The Lloyd's Claims Office has moved its aviation claims activities to Box 121 on Gallery 1 of the Ll...
Missing out on risky business.
Brokers and insurers are failing to grasp "considerable opportunities" by not expanding their commer...
Appointment at Accidentcare.
Andrew Day, Mark Lauterburg and Gareth Terry fill the new roles of business development managers at ...