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WTC claims on fast track.
With an enormous litigious battle looming, UK insurers have welcomed the US government's initiative ...
Insurers on alert over WTC fraud.
Following September's terrorist attacks, UK insurers are anticipating the added burden of identifyin...
Untangling technology.
The role of technology, and in particular e-commerce, in the evolving insurance market was tackled at the Post Magazine/Kennedy's round table event this week. Lynn Rouse and Jane Bernstein report.
Life after Woolf for defendants' solicitors.
With statistics revealing an 85% drop in multi-track cases, and a reduction of a third in fast-track...
Shipshape probe.
Hong Kong shipowners could ask the European Commission to probe UK underwriters that have cancelled ...
Appointment at Bollington Group.
Cheshire-based intermediary the Bollington Group has made seven new appointments. Wendy Davenport an...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny tripped down to the House of Lords last week for Groupama's splendid Parliamentary reception. ...
Changes to Bar Council proposed.
The Legal Services Consultative Panel has backed the Bar Council's proposals to allow in-house barri...
Police owe escaping criminals no duty of care.
Vellino v Greater Manchester Police; (Court of Appeal - 31 July 2001).
Insurers in bullying row.
Insurance companies accused of victimising vehicle body repairers, who publicly support the Body Rep...
Appointment at GE Mortgage Insurance.
Laurence Wale has been made vice president and managing director of GE Mortgage Insurance, Europe. H...
Xchange services.
Intermediaries are being offered a range of online services from Berkeley Morgan, the insurance and ...
Affinitas targets forces personnel.
Recently-established financial services company Affinitas has launched a suite of personal insurance...
Members urged to spurn GISC.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has added its voice to the call of the Institute of Insurance B...
Eureko: stakes are rising in PZU control race.
Pan-European insurer Eureko has moved a step closer to taking a controlling stake in Polish insuranc...
Insurers told to reveal gross losses.
Lloyd's estimate of its exposure to the World Trade Center attacks has been widely condemned as too ...
Mixed fortunes for CGNU and Standard Life.
The UK's leading insurer CGNU has been granted permission to enter the Chinese life market, as the c...
A competent effort.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Lloyd's conundrum.
Last week, we criticised Lloyd's for failing to produce an early estimate of its exposure to the US ...
Towry Law IT deal.
Independent financial adviser Towry Law has signed a 10-year agreement with information and communic...
Branching out.
Intense competition is forcing some brokers to branch out into sectors they have previously steered clear of. Some are growing their retail operations in the face of declining capacity, while others are moving into wholesaling. Rachel Gordon gets to the…
Charman heads Axis.
John Charman, former Ace chief executive who last month returned to the market to oversee the run-of...
Rehab in the round.
Treatment of accident victims is not flexible enough, argues Dr Melvyn Kettle. He advocates the application of a rounded approach to rehabilitation to ensure all those involved benefit from the best possible outcome.
Appointment at Claims Management Group.
London-based claims and insurance management services provider Claims Management Group has appointed...