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Adjuster boasts of threefold increase
Loss adjuster GAB Robins this week claimed it could treble the number of claims settled within 10 da...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson
Hill Dickinson has appointed Jamie Taylor, former head of insurance claims fraud at DLA Piper Rudnic...
Alleged breach may cost brokers
Brokers may face a significant hike in compensation levy payments after a travel insurance provider ...
Appointment at Aascent
Aascent has made Stephen Bottoms business development manager for the north and north-west of Englan...
Heath keeps pressure on
Heath Lambert Group has repeated its service challenge to competitors after opening a new commercial...
What the papers said this week
THE GUARDIAN AIG, the world's largest insurer, has cut $2.7bn (£1.4bn) from its net worth and detai...
Heritage board mulls takeover approaches
The Board of Lloyd's managing agent Heritage Underwriting was due to meet yesterday afternoon to dis...
Zurich ballot blues
Voters headed for the ballot box today as Tony Blair sought to become the first Labour premier to wi...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert has made Lee Warner managing director of its Kuala-Lumpur-based unit. He is currently ...
RSA axes 100 in repairer restructure
Royal and Sun Alliance has axed a third of its body-shop partners, after completing the restructure ...
Biba looks to help ex-cons
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is launching a campaign to give ex-convicts access to mot...
EC unveils insurance proposals
The European Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to the single market and to a regulatory break...
ABI urges TUC to get involved
The Association of British Insurers has urged the Trades Union Congress not to "sit on the sidelines...
Dial4aloan selects Plus One
Loan broker Dial4aloan has selected third-party administrator Plus One as its general insurance prod...
Zurich could face postal ballot bill
Zurich Municipal could face a hefty claim following today's election, after thousands of faulty post...
Appointment at Working Partners
Paul Ashcroft has joined Working Partners from Mellon Human Resources and Investor Solutions. As cli...
Brit wins in cloning case
A trend of car cloning is being blamed for contributing to rising claims costs and legal fees. The ...
Aon changes plan, with LMA backing
The London market this week said it was confident of agreeing further broker transparency models aft...
Utley to wipe out PLC costs in private move
Former Cox chief executive Neil Utley has branded the insurer's recent time as a listed vehicle a fl...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be a guest interloper at the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' AGM last ...
Appointment at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made insurance specialist Ali Sallaway a partner. Based in the di...
London banks on goodwill
The group charged with leading the London market towards contract certainty will rely on goodwill an...
Folgate Warren Hill agrees partnership
Broker Folgate Warren Hill will provide small and medium-sized commercial customers of the Co-operat...
The roots of subsidence
The inability of policyholders to differentiate between the natural movement of buildings and subsidence has prompted industry calls for better customer education. Simon Threadgold reports on ideas aimed at cracking the problem