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Euler Trade Indemnity Fabrice Desnos has become director of finance at credit insurer Euler Trade ...
View from the top - Jon Pain, director of general insurance, Lloyds TSB
What does the future hold in a gloomy world? There can be no doubt that 2003 started with a sense of ...
DVT case fails on definition
In the recent deep vein thrombosis and Air Travel Group litigation action, the first hurdle that the ...
'Lloyd's may wither', warns Charman
Lloyd's needs to get to grips with technology and embrace outsourcing, or the 300-year-old franchise ...
Float on agenda, despite collapse
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield Group this week refused to rule out the possibility of floating in...
Database inflicts injury on fraud
Insurers have welcomed the launch of a new claims database that helps to identify fraudulent person...
Rugby referee held to account
Richard John Vowles v David Evans and others (Cardiff District Registry — 13 December 2002) ...
Stepping up the rehab game
The Association of British Insurers has called for claimants' best interests to be at the heart of a national action plan to improve rehabilitation services for injured and ill workers. John Parker says the ball is now in the government's court.
ACS future set to be sealed
The future of the fledgling Association of Claims Services will be sealed at a meeting of potential m...
Help at the end of a phone
Confidential employee helplines are being increasingly used as a way to address the problem of stress, though their very nature means there is no way to measure their effectiveness. Veronica Cowan asks whether they could still prove beneficial.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was disappointed this week after she discovered that Zurich had not inherited the world. While ...
Call for insurers to throw open their doors to City police
Police officers should regularly be seen inside insurance companies in the City of London, said Mike ...
Travel agency regulation: industry responses
Travel insurance intermediaries are expected to recommend that travel agents selling insurance as par...
Explanation requested
With reference to previous letters regarding how easy it is to become ACII (Post Magazine, 16/23 Janu...
Axa targets SMEs over fire and flood
Axa last week outlined a three- step plan for small businesses to protect themselves in the event of ...
Sizing up the commercial market
Insurers are feeling the sting of large claims with growing frequency, so it is hardly surprising that many are abandoning the bigger commercial risks in favour of smaller, more manageable ones. Simon Threadgold reports.
Giles reveals plans for London market
Ambitious Scottish-based broker Giles plans to make the London market the cornerstone of its busine...
Race relations role clarified in court
In this judgement, the Court of Appeal has considered the scope of assessors appointed in race discri...
Aon boss quits amid rumours
Aon executive director Jerry Tollen this week resigned from the multi-national broker, fuelling specu...
Court battles loom over UK boardroom responsibility
UK companies need to take their social responsibilities seriously, or risk laying themselves open to ...
Oasis contract raises eyebrows
Anthony McCarroll v Statham Gill Davis (a firm) (Queen's Bench Division — 28 November 2002) ...
London Bridge rolls out CRM
London Bridge, the IT solutions company, plans to roll out its Vectus customer relationship managemen...
Rehab central
Rehabilitation is at the heart of the government's modernisation agenda, Nick Brown, Minister for Wor...
Primary on lookout for 200 extra broker partners
Underwriting agency Primary Broker Services is aiming to gain a further 200 broker partners by the en...