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No win, no fee dispute set to continue.
The continuing dispute between the insurance industry and personal injury specialists, such as Claim...
Back IT up.
With a growing number of UK companies relying on increasingly sophisticated technology and the e-commerce opportunities it offers, it is vital this valuable asset is adequately protected, says David Fanning.
Marlborough Stirling in European move
UK e-commerce specialist, Marlborough Stirling, has taken its first major step into Europe with multi...
CSC divisions unite as Rasche walks.
Software giant CSC has united its general insurance and retail broking divisions, after its head of ...
CGNU leaves London market.
CGNU has exited from the London market by selling its Lloyd's managing agency Marlborough to the Ber...
Time for Names to move on.
The battle by the rump of 230 Names against Lloyd's should finally be at an end, despite plans for a...
CGNU to sponsor exhibition at Tate Modern.
CGNU will sponsor the first major exhibition at Tate Modern from 1 February to 29 April next year. C...
AIM in Bernard Knope book row.
Broker Alliance Insurance Management has criticised a rival for competing for a book of business it ...
Names push for redress.
Lloyd's Names look set to turn to the Human Rights Act in their battle against the market, despite l...
Stress busters.
Eastgate Legal and Medical Services this week launched a new portfolio of services to provide busine...
Appointment at Chubb Europe.
Chubb Europe has appointed Simon Mobey to the newly-created position of European personal lines unde...
Shipping team weighs anchor.
Bournemouth-based law firm Lester Aldridge has recruited a shipping and marine insurance team from S...
Panel review drops three.
Loss adjusters Carmichael & Co, Ellis May and Miller Pycraft have all lost out following Churchill I...
QBE puts Iron Trades retail into run-off.
Australian insurer QBE has placed Iron Trades' Retail Division into run-off, with the potential loss...
Axa panel settled.
Axa will announce its new loss adjusting panel in the next week, according to director of resourcing...
Kennedys plans Indian presence.
City law firm Kennedys has announced plans to open an office in India next year. The move follows...
One year on.
David Worsfold reports on the second Rehabilitation First conference, which was held last week, and looks at the great strides forward the campaign has made since its launch just a year ago.
Red-line risk from deluge of flood claims.
The continuing onslaught of storms and floods in the UK poses a huge challenge to the insurance indu...
Appointment at Ace Tempest Re.
ACE Tempest Re has recruited Stuart Shepley as senior vice president and casualty actuary to establi...
1000: right on Cue.
Composite Legal Expenses has signed up its 1000th agency to its computerised insurance quotation sys...
Time for a review.
In reassessing their loss adjuster panels many insurers have taken a closer look at changes in the traditional supplier/client relationship. Anthony Gould asked insurers about their recent review processes.
Flood claims: help at hand.
The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is set to meet with the Association of British Insurers to d...
Zurich banks on net.
Swiss insurer Zurich is set to launch an internet banking service Zurich Bank later this month. Zuri...
Cracking up.
Subsidence is unsettling for homeowners and insurers alike, and the freak weather conditions the UK has been experiencing of late are likely to exacerbate the situation. Preventative measures are the key to averting a landslide of claims, says Simon…