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Pulling together.
While lone brokers fish around for business in an increasingly tough market, networks are gaining ground as the most effective way for forward-thinking intermediaries to work with their peers and net themselves the best deals, says David Fanning.
Appointment at Belfor-Relectronic.
Steve Robinson has taken on the role of branch manager at the Skipton branch of Belfor-Relectronic (...
Parker defends ABI Claims Code's performance against industry
The Association of British Insurers' head of general insurance John Parker launched a trenchant defe...
Atrium sees losses.
Lloyd's insurer Atrium Underwriting is predicting a loss of 2.7% of capacity for 2001 and is expecti...
Appointment at Wilco International.
Shakti Sagar, managing director of Wilco India, has joined Wilco International's board of directors....
Launch of new syndicate Ascot Underwriting.
Maurice Greenberg, chairman of AIG, left, and Sax Riley, chairman of Lloyd's, met last week as the U...
Appointment at ISS After Damage Services.
ISS After Damage Services has appointed Shaun Doherty to the position of managing director at Ark & ...
AIG could face massive fine for Paddington crash.
AIG could find itself footing the bill for over £1m-worth of fines, if the Health & Safety Executive...
Lawclub warning.
Bristol-based legal expenses insurance provider Lawclub Legal Protection has warned UK SMEs of the n...
Claims Code bar set too low?
The Association of British Insurers' Claims Code has been criticised for setting the bar too low, so...
Appointment at Watson Wyatt.
Watson Wyatt has appointed Monica Fisher as the first ever external member of its partnership board....
Act web-wise before help extinct.
Insurers should invest in web-enabled claims systems now, before the necessary legacy system knowled...
NHS legal panels get claims boost.
The 16 firms on the National Health Service Litigation Authority's medical negligence panel are set ...
InsurE-com attacks.
Software provider and insurance industry portal insurE-com is gearing up for an attack on the brokin...
Call centres - delivering a quality service to customers.
Call centres should not necessarily mean de-skilling, according to Jim Pittman, senior customer serv...
Irish Re for Scor.
French reinsurance giant Scor is to set up a reinsurance vehicle in Dublin. Irish Reinsurance Partne...
Lloyd's must heed warning bells.
The fallout from the US terrorist attacks of 11 September continues to reverberate around the world....
Rehab realities: change is unlikely.
You recently drew attention to the somewhat parlous state of rehabilitation in the National Health S...
Skiing on the net.
The Ski Club of Great Britain has joined forces with insurer Primary International to offer travel p...
B&W sales boost.
Call centre technology company Amcat claims the installation of one of its systems at the Black & Wh...
Accurate estimates key to success.
We were very pleased to be given the opportunity to speak at the recent Post Magazine Masterclass ab...
Appointment at The Davis Group.
The Davis Group has taken on several new members of staff. Ian Richardson has been appointed financi...
Penny Black's insurance week.
A bit of nationalism always gets Penny's blood racing, so she was disappointed to hear a recent radi...
Ace agrees out-of-court settlement with Charman.
Bermudian insurer Ace has reached an out-of-court settlement with John Charman, former head of its L...