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Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Allianz Cornhill has made three appointments to its Woking branch: Kevin Buckland has been made inte...
Price is top motive.
Price is the still the main reason policyholders switch insurers, with 68.8% of household customers ...
Mould investigation.
Texas insurance commissioner Jose Montemayor has called on the attorney general to investigate mould...
Trading standards.
An insurer's claims service is its shop window, offering customers a glimpse of what is in store. With rates hardening, the prioritising of service standards is more important than ever to ensure customers return, says Edward Murray.
RSA: significant rate increases.
Royal & Sun Alliance has confirmed significant rate increases on UK commercial risks, following the ...
Under one roof.
To retain their market share, loss adjusters are having to provide repair and replacement services in-house. Some are even bringing in specialist expertise to ensure costs don't go through the roof, says David Fanning.
Markel blames poor rates for contract terminations.
Uneconomic reinsurance rates have been blamed for Lloyd's insurer Markel's decision to terminate mar...
Ferma: watershed.
Jane Bernstein reports from Barcelona, where the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) conference was held this week.
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS A supermarket baker, praised for tackling three raiders, is to sue Asda after it dock...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has made several appointments. Brent Williams and Claire Halsall have joined the comm...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Where have all the good golfers gone? Not to Marsh's new £1bn insurer Axis, apparently. In his drive...
Getting to grips with long-tail liabilities.
The industry constantly gets it wrong when forecasting the likely nature, extent and cost of long-tai...
Appointment at Milliman UK.
John O'Neill has joined actuarial consultancy Milliman UK as senior consultant and actuary to develo...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made three appointments. Tommy Garvey has joined as senior investment consultant in the inve...
Pakistan delegation to visit Lloyd's.
A delegation from Pakistan was expected to visit Lloyd's this week, in a bid to lower premiums that ...
Tata AIG joins forces with bank.
A leading Indian bank has teamed up with Tata AIG to sell general insurance products through its bra...
Appointment at Towry Law.
Will Chiles has joined Towry Law as a healthcare consultant and will be covering an area from the Mi...
Appointment at Hanoun Medical.
Hanoun Medical, specialist whiplash rehabilitation provider, has recruited Karen Love as manager, re...
St Paul uncertainty.
The question of liability over the 1999 Ladbroke Grove railway disaster has been thrown into confusi...
SVB Holdings receives bid.
Lloyd's insurer SVB Holdings had received a preliminary approach for the company as PM went to press...
Reinsurers stronger.
Most reinsurers will emerge from the aftermath of the US terrorist attacks stronger, because of grea...
Probroker's simple style.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Code red.
John Parker believes insurers must move compliance to the top of their agendas if the Association of British Insurers' claims code is to really raise standards across the insurance industry.
Nat West targets Michael Bright's wife
Nat West is set to pursue the wife of Michael Bright, the former chief executive of failed Independen...