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Appointment at Focus Solutions.
Focus Solutions, the provider of sales automation solutions for the financial services market, has a...
What a difference a year makes.
It is almost exactly a year since the collapse of Independent Insurance. Blyth Morris looks back over the last 12 months of recrimination and rationalisation and examines how customers, employees and other insurers have dealt with the void left in the…
Staff have their say in survey.
Ignorance of the new regulatory regime by insurance company management is alarmingly high and traini...
Employee gets the needle over gloves - Toole v Bolton Metropolitan
(Court of Appeal - 18 April 2002) The claimant, Dennis Toole, worked for the defendant as porter a...
Brokers split over Indie payment wranglings.
Legal action looks increasingly likely in the wranglings over premium and commission payments on can...
Appointment at Davies Lavery.
Davies Lavery has recruited Maryam Taher to its marine and transit department. Ms Taher joins the fi...
Appointment at Elliotts.
Elliotts Solicitors has promoted Carole Spiller to associate in the litigation department. With the ...
Cornhill rules out online channel for commercial lines.
Allianz Cornhill has ruled out offering any commercial lines insurance products direct to clients vi...
WeCanSettle offers online service free.
Blind bidding settlement service WeCanSettle has entered into the spirit of National Pro Bono Week, ...
Onward & upward.
The US attacks have elevated risk management's profile within both US and UK companies. As testament to this, property risk is also coming to the fore, says Martin Fessey.
A new dawn.
Changes are streaming down on the role of the risk manager, with increasing liaison between client, broker and insurer essential in the production of a long-term, co-ordinated risk management strategy. Hugo Cranmore sheds some light on the subject.
Insurers fail to respond on cost savings.
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Off to a shaky start.
So far, local authorities are not scoring particularly well when it comes to developing modern strategies for risk management. But, as insurers become more discerning about the risks they cover, Veronica Cowan says the public sector must tread carefully.
Priestly and Partners acquires Wenswell.
Priestly and Partners Insurance Brokers has acquired Wenswell, part of the Senior Wright Group. The ...
Appointment at CJ Coleman.
The board of CJ Coleman Holdings has taken on Anthony Blake as a consultant. Mr Blake recently retir...
Appointment at Autoglass.
Autoglass, the vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist, has appointed a new manager for its ...
Pennies from heaven?
Selling premium finance should be relatively easy in the current climate, however, the larger providers are proving slow to take advantage of the hard market. David Fanning believes offering sales incentives to brokers could encourage take-up.
The reality of virtual risks.
All companies transacting business over the web or using e-mail expose themselves to cyber-risk - and that means most organisations in the UK. Bruce Potter is concerned, however, at the low take-up of relevant insurance.
What the papers said this week.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The state retirement age must rise to 70 and employers should be able to make...
Rehab on national agenda.
It is just over two and half years ago that Post Magazine first launched its Rehabilitation First ca...
Motor directive filip to sales.
Insurers and trade associations have welcomed this week's 5th EU motor directive proposals, which wi...
Focusing on the future.
Risk management training is a subject that has been brought into sharper focus because of the turbulence of the last year. It is now something that insurance companies cannot afford to ignore. Rachel Gordon reports.
Legal & General loss adjuster panels under review.
Legal & General this week admitted that its loss adjuster panels were under review, but could not com...
Life after Independent.
A year after Independent Insurance closed its doors for the last time, Hugo Cranmore finds out what some of the collapsed insurer's ex-employees are up to now.