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FSA offshore visits to begin next week
The Financial Services Authority is to begin inspections of UK insurers' offshore operations in Indi...
Appointment at Audatex UK
Richard Salters has joined computerised body repair provider Audatex UK as commercial director. He b...
Claims centre stage
As 2004 nears its end, the claims sector's leading lights gathered in London for the club's annual dinner
Appointment at Comite Europeen des Assurances
Uwe Breuer, director of R&V Allgemeine Versicherung AG (Germany), has become chairman of the CEA Acc...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to attend the British Damage Management Association fifth anniversary bash last ...
Norwich Union and Zurich's landmark case adjourned
Norwich Union and Zurich's landmark pleural plaque case has been adjourned until 14 December. The 10...
Appointment at EG Solutions
Jon Pyke has become non-executive director of operations management solution provider EG Solutions. ...
Lord Levene of Portsoken to serve a second term
Lord Levene of Portsoken will serve a second term as chairman of Lloyd's of London. Lord Levene beca...
Groupama in PMI push
Groupama is set to make a major push into the private healthcare market early next year after refocu...
NU motor boss fears '1990s-style' losses
Norwich Union's new motor underwriting manager has claimed that the motor insurance market must take...
What the papers said this week
The Times French police have launched a crackdown on a "plague" of skiers - allegedly with British ...
Axa cancels brokers' agencies
Axa has cancelled 150 of its brokers' agencies after they failed to notify the insurer of their regu...
Cybersettle to start pilot schemes with UK insurers
Blind-bidding dispute resolution company Cybersettle has confirmed it is about to start its first tw...
RSA manager unconvinced by fraud move
Royal and Sun Alliance's counter-fraud manager, John Beadle, is not convinced that the government's ...
Aon sells its equity investment in Endurance
Aon has sold its equity investment in Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance company Endurance Spec...
Swiss Re: two more profitable years ahead
Swiss Re has warned that impending regulation and the need for greater transparency will increase pr...
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
UKI Partnerships has appointed Darren Whittaker as head of strategic growth. Before joining the firm...
David Germaine quits GAB Robins UK
David Germaine has quit GAB Robins UK as group marketing director to join legal, technical, training...
DWP details pilot scheme to fast-track EL
The Department for Work and Pensions has set out details of the long-awaited pilot it will start ear...
Liability back under OFT's microscope
Last week's announcement that the Office of Fair Trading would review liability insurance for a seco...
Ofwat's announcement should reduce risk of sewer flooding
The Association of British Insurers said last week's announcement by water regulator Ofwat that wate...
DLA merges with US firm Piper Rudnick
UK insurance specialist law firm DLA has merged with US firm Piper Rudnick, making it the third larg...
One in 10 insurance staff 'will quit within a year'
The insurance industry faces another mass skills desertion, with one in 10 employees between the age...
NU: keep lawyers out of small PI claims
Norwich Union has thrown its weight behind proposed reforms to the compensation system, declaring th...