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Shouldering the burden.
Assistance companies are enhancing their role, with many providing more flexible, all-encompassing, problem solving services designed to take the pressure off a customer in distress following an accident. Hugo Cranmore reports.
Cyclists pose insurer threat.
I have just read the article Motorists to pay for all accidents involving cycles (insurancewindow.ne...
Appointment at Rubicon.
The Rubicon Corporation has recruited Victoria Hardy as director of Rubicon Dynamics. She joins the ...
Biting back over fat cat PI comment.
May I be permitted to respond to the strictures levelled at me by Mr Nathaniel and Mr Donnelly (Rise...
Ward Evans wins BDA deal.
Broker Ward Evans has secured the contract to provide insurance and financial services to members of...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Smart and Cook has appointed Simon Donnelley group claims technical manager. A chartered loss adjust...
Using mobiles when driving could be banned.
A consultation on banning drivers from using hand-held mobile phones was announced this week by Road...
Latin American adjuster targets London.
Independent Latin American-based adjuster CAP International this week formally launched its London o...
Wind of change essential for CII's continued progress.
In response to your letter (Wind of change at CII has left local institutes out in the cold, Post Ma...
Lloyd's has to listen.
Next month sees the crucial vote on the Chairman's Strategy Group proposals, which seek to tighten t...
Finding today's talent to manage tomorrow.
The hunt is on for the high-calibre individuals that will become the chief executives of the future. David Cooper explains some of the prerequisites that are vital to the development of quality managers for the insurance sector.
Appointment at Hextalls.
City law practice Hextalls, which specialises primarily in insurance, reinsurance and employment law...
Netting claims satisfaction.
Jim Douglas is right to stress that the efficiency of an insurer's claims process is reflected in cu...
Appointment at R3: Group.
Ipswich-based R3: Group, which specialises in facilitating business-to-business-to-consumer relation...
Appointment at Sportscover.
Sports insurance underwriter Sportscover has recruited Alan Hootten as branch manager for its UK ope...
Broker fears over Indie legal cases.
Brokers have voiced fears that they could face future legal costs should fraudulent behaviour be fou...
Insurers win "seismic" CFA case.
Defendant insurers have secured a profound victory in their battle with claims management companies,...
Muress rules out shake-up for Crawford & Co.
Former McLarens Toplis group chief executive Ian Muress does not intend to implement wholesale chang...
Appointment at Belfor.
Damage management firm Belfor has promoted John Thompson from supervisor at its Nottingham branch to...
Insurers given access to rehab.
Insurers will be given free access to a rehabilitation network focused on returning people to work, ...
National service.
A large number of provincial brokers are making a splash in the market, beating the bigger intermediaries at their own game because of their more flexible approach and personal service, says Rachel Gordon, who discovers that for insurers, standards are…
Appointment at Commitments Protection.
Commitments Protection, the creditor insurance arm of the Lowcost Group, has recruited Peter Westwoo...
Academic achievement.
Zurich Municipal is to provide the University of Oxford's buildings and contents cover. The insuranc...
Treasury no idea on aviation support.
Uncertainty over the future of aviation cover for UK airlines was compounded this week, with the Tre...