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Elite Incident Management compiles database
Claims services firm Elite Incident Management is compiling a database of accidents involving fleet ...
Open House
A total of 4000 people visited the Lloyd's building (above) and 7000 the Swiss Re tower across the r...
Fraud pilot rolled out
An anti-fraud service has been launched for small and medium-sized personal lines insurers that lack...
RSA: talk of orphan business is overstated
Royal and Sun Alliance is unconcerned by the low number of secondary intermediaries applying for gen...
Club vows to create a new industry 'claims standard'
The Post Magazine Claims Club agreed to take up the challenge of championing efforts to create a new...
SVB claims provision to be tested by November
The £103m claims provision set aside by Lloyd's insurer SVB could be tested in November if the outco...
Hercules Property Services confirms takeover talks
Hercules Property Services has confirmed it is in takeover talks with a potential bidder for its ent...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has appointed Mark Callahan as chief actuarial officer of its insurance operations. Mr Ca...
Events
29 Sept - 1 October International Underwriting Association - International Marine Claims Conference...
Tesco Personal Finance delivers profit
Tesco Personal Finance delivered an £84m profit for the 24 weeks ended 14 August 2004. The retail gi...
The IOMA group sets up new company on Gibraltar
The IOMA group has set up a new general insurance company on Gibraltar to write its after the event ...
Deadline sparks CFA fears
Regulations governing conditional-fee arrangements will be implemented in March next year, but lawye...
ABI hails House of Lords report
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed a House of Lords report on gender in insurance, whi...
MDU keeps faith with Converium
The Medical Defence Union has promised to retain Converium as capacity provider of its indemnity sch...
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans put on hold
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans have been put on hold until the New Year. Mr Wade's firm,...
Conflicting Voices: How claims policy has lost its clarity
Jonathan Clark of the Faculty of Claims was very clear about the claims sector's problem: "There hav...
Network reveals global ambition
Beachcroft Wansbroughs is set to launch a global legal network to cater for international insurance ...
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance confirms review
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has confirmed it is beginning a review of its loss adjusting panels...
Zurich review sees Capita downsized
Capita Insurance Services has claimed its business offerings are becoming increasingly popular in th...
DTE Risk acquires David Scott Insurance
DTE Risk and Financial Management has acquired commercial insurance broker David Scott Insurance. Th...
Broker looks to raise profile after shake-up
Broker D&D Homecare is aiming to snatch the title of market leader in accident sickness and unemploy...
NU outlines next offshoring move with 150 redundancies expected
UK inurance giant Aviva today confirmed plans to increase its offshoring capacity by creating around 950 jobs offshore in 2005 to service its existing Norwich Union businesses. This builds on the 3 700 jobs Aviva has already created in India.
Gender equality on motor insurance wrong say Lords
A House of Lords EU Committee Report has called on the European Commission to re-think details of proposals designed to extend gender equality legislation to trade in goods and services.
Polaris announces sixth imarket deal
Polaris today announced it has agreed terms with Sectornet for imarket integration. This brings the number of software houses who have committed to integration to six, with deals already having been agreed with Acturis, Cheshire Data Systems, insurE-com,…