News
Unattended is uncovered.
Hayward v Norwich Union Insurance; Court of Appeal, 22 February 2001.
Keeping the wheels in motion.
Maintaining production is vital in today's manufacturing plants, where every second counts. Ian Calder stresses the value of business interruption cover for smaller businesses, which really feel the pinch when the wheels stop turning.
Equitable will sue.
Equitable Life has informed policyholders it is prepared to sue directors, advisers and regulators o...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Law firm Keoghs has appointed Kathryn Montford as associate. She specialises in employers' liability...
QBE cancels link up.
QBE Insurance Group has cancelled its joint venture with insolvent HIH Insurance and is to absorb HI...
AMA up and running.
The fledgling Accident Management Association, backed by a group of industry players, opened for bus...
PIA: pension payouts.
An estimated 25,000 people who were mis-sold a personal pension are to receive additional compensati...
SMG to buy as staff quit.
Leeds-based broker Smithson Mason Group this week played down the defection of six employees to riva...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Camberford Law, the specialist schemes broker, has appointed Paul Cooper as an account executive, wi...
London market reform talks
A series of briefings on the LMP2001 reforms are being held in the London insurance market to help pr...
Debt provisions doubled as reinsurer fears mount.
Lloyd's syndicates have doubled their provisions for bad debt, as a result of "concerns over the sec...
Enter your success story for BIA 2001.
There are just three weeks to go to the deadline for the submission of entries for the 2001 British ...
Underwriting: finding a way in.
Along with other aspects of insurance, the traditional route to becoming an underwriter is changing. Richard Adams looks at how recruitment methods vary across the industry.
Terra Nova loses Horton
David Horton is to quit Terra Nova Insurance, where he underwrites its US property treaty account, to...
Insurance Now or maybe later.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
OFT clears GISC again.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, this week said he was determ...
PMI elections.
The Pensions Management Institute has elected Ian Eggleden as its president for 2001/2002. Tony Ashm...
Petplan sponsorship.
Pet insurer Petplan has confirmed it will sponsor the Blenheim International Horse Trials until 2003...
Zurich denies property withdrawal.
Despite poor group results last week for 2000 from Zurich Financial Services, UK chief executive San...
The big kick-off.
The Post Magazine Charity Football Competition kicks off in earnest today, with 24 teams entered to ...
RSA lambastes government over stakeholder regime.
Royal & Sun Alliance has lambasted the government's stakeholder pension regime, which will be launch...
Appointment at Endsleigh Insurance.
Cheltenham-based Endsleigh Insurance has moved Judy Falding to the position of technical manager. Sh...
Culture shock?
Kexin Li is spending six months in the UK, as part of a new scheme to introduce China's fledgling financial industry to Western business practices. Lynn Rouse finds out what she will be taking away with her.
Bija joins Donns.
Manchester-based Donns Solicitors, which claims to be the largest personal injury specialist in the ...