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NMT makes new alliances.
Stevenage-based New Millennium Technologies is in discussions to expand its current household, comme...
Appointment at Claimsplus.
Motor claims specialist Claims-plus has made Stephen Tripp head of call centre. Mr Tripp was formerl...
ABI warns of FSA capital rates threats.
Insurers could be forced out of certain lines should the Financial Services Authority impose phenomen...
1st Software launches a free technology guide.
Integrated technology solutions provider 1st Software has launched a free technology guide, backed b...
Tacit secures funds for UK push.
New Zealand-based insurance software vendor Tacit Group has secured funding to further its expansion...
Football match charity climax.
The Post Magazine Charity Football Competition reaches its climax on Thursday, when the final for th...
Potters Bar claims "more complex than Hatfield".
Liability issues following last week's Potters Bar rail crash, in which seven people died, remained c...
Aegon to set up joint life insurance venture in China.
Dutch insurer Aegon is to set up a 50:50 joint life insurance venture in Shanghai, China, with the C...
Clinical negligence appealed on proportionality.
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Lownds (Court of Appeal - 21 March 2002).
APIL raises fears of ATE collapse.
The after-the-event insurance market may collapse if insurers win in Callery v Gray, heard last mont...
From Celtic Tiger to paper tiger?
The Irish insurance market is in dire straits: with too little competition, costs are going through the roof. Although company chiefs are adopting long-term recovery strategies, Marcus Alcock wonders whether the Celtic Tiger has lost its bite.
Investigating and reserving subsidence claims - 18 June 2002 - The
Subsidence poses an enormous challenge to insurers, loss adjusters and a wide range of specialist co...
View from the Top - Martin Long
It is now some eight months since the launch of the Motor Insurers' Database. The police are understo...
Appointment at Crawford & Company.
Richard Trevelyan has been named as Crawford's new UK business director with responsibility for mana...
Unite to fight motor menace.
The call this week by one insurance industry chief executive for action over uninsured drivers, see ...
Sirius Financial Systems appoints managing director.
Insurance technology provider, Sirius Financial Systems, has appointed Gareth Davies as its first ma...
Fairchild ruling: the verdict
The House of Lords has over-turned the Court of Appeal's decision in the crucial Fairchild, Fox and M...
Events.
16-17 May Capital and risk management in reinsurance (IBC UK) London Tel: 01932 893854 22...
Broker predicts five-fold growth.
The Davis Group, after achieving a premium turnover of £12m for the six months to 31 March 2002, cla...
Appointment at Crispin Speers & Partners.
Accident & health and travel insurance specialist Crispin Speers & Partners has recruited Greg Fergu...
Putting the viva into Espana.
It is easy to dismiss the Spanish insurance market as a bit of a backwater. In actual fact, the country's life sector is behaving bullishly giving those in the European arena a run for their money, while general insurance is also putting up a good fight…
Appointment at Keoghs.
National law firm Keoghs has taken on a new partner to further strengthen its personal injury team. ...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Set up by Zurich London as an information source for its customers, this is a simple little site tha...
Hire companies set to face H&S PUWER liability.
Contract hire and leasing companies could find themselves dragged through the courts as part of a po...