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New Lloyd's syndicate
Chaucer and ICAT Holdings have launched a Lloyd's syndicate, with an underwriting capacity of $148m ...
CDL branches out with a national television campaign
Broker software supplier CDL is planning a busy 2007, with its latest system release and plans for a...
Utley draws up a hit list after investors sell out
Equity Insurance Group is looking to make its first major acquisition since it delisted in 2005, fol...
Pricing threat to profits
Pricing pressure will be the greatest threat to general insurers' profitability in the next 12 month...
HBOS: insurers could save millions over winds
The recent Post Claims Club debated topical industry issues, including handling windstorm claims, motor claims settlements and why the industry differentiates between claimants based on whether or not a claim is their fault. Jonathan Swift reports
Bupa predicts insurer move to public health
The future of health provision will see private medical insurers increasingly providing services for...
FSCS reports a slowdown in insurer payouts
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has reported a slowdown in compensation payouts for the i...
Insurers wait on fireworks depot claims
An Icelandic public liability insurer is understood to have provided the insurance for the fireworks...
RBSI scraps NIG MD post
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has undergone an internal restructure that has seen brands includin...
Fortis gets leisurely
Fortis Insurance has launched a commercial leisure product, aimed at a wide range of businesses in t...
RPC in mis-selling warning
Claims farmers seeking to cash-in on the mis-selling market will be forced to inform clients of a no...
Deafness judgement soon
Judgement in the seven landmark industrial deafness test cases being heard in Nottingham Crown Court...
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman A skipper who deliberately scuppered his boat in an insurance scam and later confess...
NFU Mutual transfers employees after IT deal
NFU Mutual has signed a EUR130m (£87.5m), 10-year IT outsourcing contract with Atos Origin, which ha...
Motor sector needs a total claims rethink
Zurich motor technical claims manager Dave Morton told members that it was time for a rethink about ...
Hiscox reveals intentions with Wilbur Ross deal
Hiscox this week revealed the basis of its plans to expand further into catastrophe reinsurance, wit...
Jelf adds to acquisitions
Bristol-based Jelf Group has acquired independent commercial insurance brokerage Haines Wallace. The...
Hurley: why the difference for fault and no fault?
Speaking from the floor, Hertz Europe claims director Chris Hurley questioned why the insurance indu...
The call for collaboration is thwarted
Ecclesiastical chief claims manager Dave Bonehill questioned whether a two-tier market was evolving ...
Marsh recreates UK management position
Broking giant Marsh has recreated the sole role of UK chief executive, nearly two years after it was...
NU halves its claims cycle time after pilot
Norwich Union has started a radical overhaul of the way it handles motor claims after a series of pi...
Zurich reassesses key broker relationships
Zurich is to review its relationships with its major key brokers as part of a realignment of its int...
ABTA relaunches scheme
The Association of British Travel Agents has relaunched its travel insurance scheme, which has been ...
Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould , editor in chief, Post Board: Steve Eckhardt , senior claims officer, ...