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Ex-Indie staff challenge on payouts.
Independent Insurance is set to face a challenge from ex-employees over additional monies many belie...
Becoming fleetwise.
With the increasing number of cars on Britain's roads, the rate of accidents has risen alarmingly, with company car drivers being the main culprits. Simon Threadgold looks at the risk management drives that are gearing companies up for a fleet of changes.
Appointment at Clyde & Co.
Clyde & Co sees the return of senior master mariner Terry Ogg to its shipping practice, after four y...
Bladder cancer claims fear.
Insurers could be inundated with claims for bladder cancer, following last week's out-of-court settl...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group.
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Simon Bartlett as customer contact centre manager. He will be ...
Success fees are abused for gain.
When I read that Martin Cockx, the solicitor at Amelans who acted for Stephen Callery, compared himse...
Pensions industry mark's time.
A new quality mark for the pensions, life insurance and personal investment industry went live this ...
Axa squeezed in Orange deal.
Axa subsidiary PPP Healthcare this week lost the Orange telecommunications corporate private medical...
Putting ART in the frame.
Alternative Risk Transfer is not something the UK market was drawn to straight away, but now insurers are beginning to see the bigger picture and what ART can do for them, says Marcus Alcock.
Appointment at Shipowners' Claims Bureau.
US P&I club Shipowners' Claims Bureau has taken on Stuart Todd to help with marketing and liaison wi...
Big hitter waits in the wings as Blakemore goes.
A London market big hitter is understood to be joining Independent Insurance to handle the run-off, ...
FM Global relocates.
Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has relocated its London offices to 52 Leadenha...
GAB wins Halifax.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has suffered a blow with the loss of the outsourced Halifax househol...
What the Papers Say.
The Express Asylum seekers could make a multi-million-pound damages claim against the government,...
Bluesure paints a new picture.
With his company less than a month old, Bluesure chief executive Tony Martin explains to Post Magazine the aspirations of the newest insurer on the block.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny understands that many in the City have green fingers, but was nonetheless surprised to learn t...
Landfill site worries.
Babies born near landfill sites for hazardous waste are at higher risk of being underweight at birth...
Appointment at Carmichaels.
Brian Baker, chartered adjuster and chartered surveyor, has joined Carmichaels' head office at Maids...
Cotesworth future on hold.
The decision by managing agency Cotesworth & Company to temporarily suspend underwriting, announced ...
Brit: EPIC stake.
Brit Insurance Holdings is to take a 37% stake, at a cost of £20m, in the Isle of Man-based Equity P...
Brand new head for Axa UK.
The incoming group chief executive of Axa UK Dennis Holt said this week he believed the insurer had d...
Fixed-rate PI cover.
Broker Aon and insurer QBE are offering a fixed-rate, 24-month option for solicitors' professional i...
Appointment at The Leisure Consortium.
Helen Axon has joined the Leisure Consortium as claims manager. She will handle the more complex lia...
Willis site sets sail.
Willis has launched a new web-site catering for yacht and pleasure craft insurance. The site www.wil...