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Call for claims name change
Gordon Smith, claims director at Rubicon Solutions, called on insurers to change the claims departme...
Axa Insurance wins Portman BS household insurance account
Axa Insurance has won the Portman Building Society household insurance account, which was previously...
Appointment at Dual Corporate Risks
Dual Corporate Risks, a specialist underwriting management company, has promoted Andrew Robertson to...
Talbot Holdings secures capital
Bermuda-based Talbot Holdings has secured capital of £119m from a variety of private equity funds to...
Scor seeks EUR750m to redress balance sheet
Beleaguered French insurance group Scor received approval from its shareholders this week to raise E...
Lloyd's capacity could be reduced says Tolle
Lloyd's franchise director Rolf Tolle, addressing the Insurance Institute of London last week, said ...
Appointment at Aquilo
The board of Aquilo, the OFEX traded group specialising in the provision of strategic, IT and busine...
What the papers said this week
THE INDEPENDENT Diageo and other leading beer, wine and spirits companies could face massive class ...
Making a difference
The Post Magazine Claims Club's inaugural annual dinner saw claims managers come together in London
The next big thing
Bob Still, claims manager of MMA Insurance, said he believed that "datasharing could have the bigges...
PIF to recruit insurance experts for compliance
The Personal Injury Federation, the fledgling trade association for the claims management sector, is...
IIB defends PIAB equitability
The Irish Insurance Federation has welcomed the publication of the Personal Injuries Assessment Boar...
NU staff hit by Indian transfer
Aviva has decided to triple its head count in India to 3700, after describing its first operation th...
Avis contract goes to Town & Country Assistance
Avis Rent a Car has contracted the accident management and claims recovery of its rental fleet to Ip...
Biba seeks FSA consultant
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has confirmed that it is looking to appoint a full-time F...
Insurance to get the cold shoulder from UK firms
UK businesses may look to manage their risks without the purchase of insurance going into the next s...
AM Best downgrades ratings
Rating agency AM Best has downgraded the financial strength ratings of the Royal & Sun Alliance US I...
Heath Lambert sells off aviation
Broker Heath Lambert has disposed of part of its aviation division to rival Jardine Lloyd Thompson f...
Wellington Underwriting attains financing
Wellington Underwriting has attained the financing to support its medium-term development by signing...
ABI applications roll in
The Association of British Insurers has received a number of further applications for assessment by ...
Appointment at Europea
Personal accident specialist Europea, has taken on Darren Rowe as business development manager for t...
Alarm: plans not implemented
Public sector organisations still have considerable progress to make when it comes to embedding corp...
Skills gap splits industry
Insurance company claims managers are split down the middle over whether there is a skills shortage,...
Appointment at Insurance Institute of Cambridge
David and Gill Hinks have been elected as council members for the Insurance Institute of Cambridge f...