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Boxing clever.
With other sectors competing for their business, loss adjusters have become boxed in, but now, with niche products and specialist services in their corner, they are beginning to fight back, says Simon Threadgold.
Appointment at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance.
Sina Nejand has been taken on by Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance as its risk and audit manage...
Appointment at Fox-Pitt, Kelton.
Insurance analyst Angus Runciman returns to Fox-Pitt, Kelton, the investment bank specialising in fi...
Kiln set to quit retail.
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Kiln looks set to exit the UK retail market this year after Edward Creasy...
Software move.
BIBA has appointed technology consultants Garol to develop an independent broker software benchmarki...
ABS gets Manned.
Bodyshop network ABS has appointed the first of eight planned regional network managers. Jonathan Ma...
Appointment at Arson Prevention Bureau.
Jane Milne has been appointed chief executive of the Association of British Insurers' Arson Preventi...
AIG domestic fall.
US insurer AIG has seen a 70% first quarter fall in operating profit from its domestic personal line...
MPs push for action over asbestos claims.
MPs are continuing to push for a clear government statement over its intended action in the ongoing ...
RSA to make 100 job cuts.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to cut 100 jobs at its Southampton call centre, with further cuts planned ac...
Tests get a fair hearing.
I was interested to see the health and safety case study involving FM Green, recommending the conduc...
Lloyd's site online.
Lloyd's has launched an internet portal designed to give UK and overseas brokers and intermediaries ...
E-mail advantage.
Brokers should take advantage of e-mail marketing said James Hickman, managing director of Online Ma...
Staying afloat.
Smaller businesses are still failing to take precautionary measures to prevent their businesses going under in the wake of a disaster. Insurers and brokers need to emphasise the life-line business continuity cover can offer, says Jane Bernstein.
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Phil Price has joined the Macclesfield-based Bollington Group. He will be responsible for special pr...
Parallel lines.
Lloyd's insurer BF Caudle is to run syndicate 506 parallel to syndicate 780, subject to Lloyd's cons...
IIB drops Cox.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has joined with Oak Underwriting to launch a new high net worth p...
St Paul: premiums up.
St Paul reported operating earnings of $173.9m (£115.5m) for the first quarter, compared to $150.3m ...
CGNU records 12% jump
UK insurer CGNU has reported a 12% increase in operating profit in the first quarter due to a strong ...
Halifax merger move.
Halifax's proposed £28bn merger with the Bank of Scotland could see an increasing move to underwrite...
Lloyd's in the limelight.
Lloyd's is facing a period of great change, which must be carefully managed to ensure a bright future. Chief executive of Lloyd's Nick Prettejohn took the Post Magazine/ Eversheds Hotseat and answered his peers' questions on the proposed transformation…
Asbestos guilt.
Brokers had a part to play in the insurance industry having to pay out over £1.5bn retrospectively o...
Mutual assurance.
Old Mutual has entered into an agreement with St Paul to acquire its Baltimore-based life assurance ...
Heath Lambert offers Diabetes cover.
Charity organisation Diabetes UK has signed an agreement with UK insurance broker Heath Lambert Grou...