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Transatlantic Re's earnings climb
Transatlantic Re becaome the latest US insurer to report improved earnings.
Premierline founder to aid budding sports people
The Wells Sports Foundation, a sports charity established by Premierline Direct founder Barrie Wells, has begun selecting worthy causes for its donations.
BGL awards raises £8000
Almost 800 employees of the BGL Group attended its Annual Awards Ball and raised £8000 for its partner, the children's charity NSPCC at the same time.
New trio join the ranks at Allianz claims grad scheme
Clair Beverley, Philip Bowles and James Catchpole have joined the Allianz claims graduate scheme.
Claims Club: Street deals not backed by members
A small proportion of Claims Club members agreed that assigning individual loss adjusters to deal with all flood-damaged property in a particular street is a good idea — but when asked whether this is achievable in practice, the answer was a resounding…
Claims Club: IDSL issues stark warning over RTA claims process
Claimant lawyers flouting the new process for low value road traffic injury claims will be reprimanded and their details passed to the Ministry of Justice.
Claims Club: ABI surge event plans prioritised for 2010
Hypothesis testing is the best way to devise a collaborative industry surge plan, following events such as widespread flooding, insisted Tim Humphreys, policy adviser for risk management and emergency preparedness at the Association of British Insurers.
Claims Club: Advisory Board 2010
Chair: Ant Gould, group editor-in-chief, Incisive Media
Claims Club: Bell - data must be harnessed
Third generation analytics tools and data visualisation in particular could help insurers better understand their exposure to claims leakage. That was the key message of Steve Bell, advisory partner in Ernst & Young's financial services business, whose…
Claims Club: Kinley - calculate the cost of Jackson to you
Alistair Kinley urged liability insurers to "run the numbers" on Lord Jackson's suite of proposals, designed to cut civil litigation costs, "to see if they work for you".