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Lloyd's to adopt UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
Lloyd's will adopt UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principals from 1 January 2005. Although Lloyd's...
Long-tail claims: no magic bullet
Tackling the issue of latent disease must not be left until the next liability crisis, said Mark Hyn...
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P&I Club rates show a general rise
The American P&I Club has announced a general rise of 17.5% in total premium for its P&I business fo...
Harley-Davidson Financial appoints Boncaster
Harley-Davidson Financial Services Europe has appointed Boncaster, a subsidiary of Cox Insurance, as...
AIG boss labels asbestos Bill "ill-conceived"
AIG chairman Maurice Greenberg last week labelled the stalled Senate Bill to create an asbestos comp...
Appointment at Crawford & Company
Crawford & Company has appointed Nancy Hempstead as its new head of healthcare. The loss adjuster cl...
Industry is unfairly hit
The UK's heavy manufacturing industry continues to be unfairly penalised by liability insurers as a ...
Law firm to fight call for fixed fees
Tom Jones, head of communications at claimant law firm Thompsons, said he was against any introducti...
IT strategy - A new generation of IT solutions
As technology continues to evolve, Tony Vince stresses the benefits to businesses of a well planned IT strategy
Appointment at Pendleton May
Pendleton May has appointed Dick Nicholson to the newly created role of sales director. Mr Nicholson...
The Innovation Group reports net loss
Insurance software supplier The Innovation Group has reported a net loss of £24.9m for the year ende...
New network targets 50
The Folgate Partnership is to launch its final network proposition to brokers by Christmas - one whe...
Appointment at SVM
SVM Asset Management has appointed Andrew Dykes as European fund manager. Mr Dykes will report to Co...
RSA transfers 580 staff to Accenture
Royal & Sun Alliance has signed a deal with Accenture to take over its software applications develop...
Acquisitions - An eye for a buy
The market is currently experiencing a flurry of acquisition activity, partially due to the challenge of Financial Services Authority regulation. Jane Bernstein says as long as caution is applied, it really is a buyer's market
Goshawk abandons preliminary talks
Goshawk Insurance Holdings this week said it had abandoned preliminary talks with several interested...
MP warns that political interest in EL is waning
The insurance industry must present a case for wide-ranging changes to liability cover as a whole, a...
FUEDI welcomes Luxembourg
FUEDI, the European Federation of Loss Adjusters, welcomed its smallest member at an extraordinary g...
Comment - Times are a-changing
These are changing times for commercial brokers, with many facing tough choices about their future. ...
UK Floats - Sink or swim?
Flotation is becoming a more prominent option for commercial brokers. Jeremy Prescott discusses how brokers would fare should they choose this route
Appointment at Kynixa
Kynixa has appointed two new non-executive directors - Roy Hurley and Heather Lawrence. Mr Hurley ha...
Association of Medical Intermediaries holds workshop
The Association of Medical Intermediaries is holding a one day Financial Services Authority complian...
Fitch raises fears over ZFS reserves
Rating agency Fitch has raised concerns over deteriorating reserves at Zurich Financial Services, af...