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A new lease of life for qualified privilege defence.
The decision in the libel action Kearns v Bar Council has given a new lease of life to the qualified privilege defence and is welcome news for professional bodies, regulators, local authorities, and for their publishers and insurers, say Tim Smith and…
Folgate Masterplan recruits new development team.
Folgate Masterplan has recruited a new business development team to help it achieve its target of £1...
Bluesure nets 350 brokers and now turns attention to high net worth.
Insurer Bluesure this week confirmed that over 350 brokers are selling its multi-product personal li...
Risk management message not getting through.
As the first anniversary of the US terrorist attacks approaches, it has emerged that an alarming amo...
Midlands broker buys second firm.
Redditch-based broker Martin and Pethard has acquired Apex Insurance Consultants, of Droitwich Spa, ...
PL problems deepen for care home sector.
Two children's care homes came within hours of closing on Friday because of the diminishing availabi...
Names angered by Lloyd's postal vote.
Names have reacted angrily to Lloyd's handling of next month's vote on the Chairman's Strategy Group...
Appointment at Carapeople.
Jeremy Milligan has been made business development manager for the finance, banking and insurance se...
Call for monitoring research.
Brian Clark's comments (No to misuse of monitoring, Post Magazine, 8 August, p8) raises several issu...
University challenges and wins stress case.
The courts have provided further relief for public liability insurers involved in the area of stress...
Rehabilitation First: campaign update - Turning talk into reality.
9 October 2002 - The Barbican Centre. Over the last three years, Post Magazine's Rehabilitation Fi...
Appointment at Glass's Information Services.
Glass's Information Services has further expanded its business development team. Gina Millard joins ...
What the papers said this week.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Lloyd's Names this week launched yet another official body - the Lloyd's Priv...
Appointment at GE Frankona Re.
GE Frankona Re has appointed Brian Valentine as chief actuary for the UK life and health operation. ...
Appointment at Allan Chapman & James.
Specialist media broker Allan Chapman & James has appointed Louise Miller to the role of head of cor...
Riding the underwriting cycle.
A careful consideration of the underwriting cycle, allowing reasonably accurate predictions of future market trading conditions, can ensure enough profit is made to keep premiums down. Aash Patel gives one such strategy the green light.
Get ahead on the shop front.
Britain is a nation of shopkeepers - who all need shops insurance. However, with little to choose between the off-the-shelf packages on offer, insurers are having to pull something new out of the bag to differentiate themselves from the competition, says…
Dallas Kirkland will not rule out future merger.
Dallas Kirkland managing director Robin Kirkland this week told PM he would not discount a future me...
Cornhill Insurance makes post-tax profit.
Cornhill Insurance made a post-tax profit of £21.7m for the first six months of the year, down from ...
Loan payment protection claimants satisfied with service.
Almost nine out of 10 claimants for loan payment protection policies are satisfied with the claims s...
Churchill's ambitions unchecked by parent.
Churchill has said its ambitions to become the UK's third largest general insurer remain on track, d...
NavTrak service to cover European countries.
From 1 September, vehicle tracking system provider NavTrak plans to extend its stolen recovery servi...
Brokers face FSA compliance bill of £200m.
Insurance brokers face a minimum £200m bill to meet the most basic compliance requirements of the Fi...
Appointment at Affiliated FM.
Andrew Macleod has joined commercial property insurer Affiliated FM as a production underwriter. Mr ...