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CSC supplies Icons.
CSC is to supply ChoiceQuote Insurance services with its Icons internet solution to enable the insur...
Breaking the banks.
Banks have been using the internet to sell insurance, while insurers and brokers have seemed to lag behind. But they are now beginning to launch an offensive, with new net offerings that aim to provide a wider choice and better service, and ultimately…
Samsung profits up.
Korean insurance giant Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance posted a net profit of won 71.2bn (£38.5m) in...
Study to help slash tree costs.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has teamed up with Zurich Municipal to help slash the cost of claim...
Syndicate shuffle.
Andreas Loucaides, active underwriter of Markel Syndicate 702, parted company with Markel Internatio...
Asbestos compensation delay: old dogs cannot be taught new tricks
The insurance industry is still being bombarded by negative comment with regard to its reaction, or l...
Tackling challenges head-on.
Veronica Cowan met Caroline Gill, the Irish Insurance Ombudsman, and found out how her direct approach to complainants' problems has already made her indispensable in the role.
CNA Reinsurance Co on the market.
US reinsurer CNA Re has put its substantial London subsidiary, CNA Reinsurance Co, up for sale, expo...
Hill Dickinson in London push.
Law firm Hill Dickinson plans to make a greater push for public sector liability work, as part of a ...
RBS income up.
Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Direct Line, saw general insurance premium income, after reinsura...
Miller Fisher: sell-off report denied.
Outsourcing services provider Miller Fisher has denied it is considering a sale of all or part of the...
APIL joins call for insurance insolvencies enquiry.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has joined the clamour calling for a public enquiry to be...
Stowaway inconsistency confusion unravelled.
I write with reference to the letter in PM on 28 June (see below: 'Stowaways cover confusion'), in wh...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An investigation into the safety of sex aids was ruled out by the European Co...
Crash case ruling.
Liverpool County Court has thrown out a claim against an insurer from the father of a fatal car cras...
Lloyd's healthcare.
Lloyds TSB insuredirect is offering a new health insurance service enabling customers to get quotes ...
ATE: little hope for peace now.
In light of the almost complete failure by Norwich Union - with the support of the Association of Bri...
CGNU profits soar.
CGNU last week announced a 42% rise in first half profits to £977m in the six months to 30 June. It ...
Insurers reject compulsory call.
Suggestions that insurers - rather than the government - should pick up the bill for foot and mouth ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was intrigued to hear of the sailing adventures of a group of directors from BPH Legal Costs A...
Insurers in the dock.
Martin Cockx, the solicitor who acted for Stephen Callery in the high-profile, after-the-event court case, has no sympathy for the defeated insurers, which, he says, tried to wriggle out of paying the additional liabilities Parliament intended they…
Zurich chief backs PM stance on Indie
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive of Zurich Financial Services' UK general insurance operation has ...
Unisys acts on capital exodus.
Technology giant Unisys has brought its internet-based Risk Trading Exchange to the insurance and re...
Appointment at St Paul.
St Paul International Insurance has made Gordon Hannah general manager - claims. He joins from Axa, ...