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Regency@Home teams up with insurers.
Legal & General, Fortis, Nationwide and Groupama have all signed up to work with the UK furniture an...
Avon winner.
The winner of a football coaching session with a professional footballer in Post Magazine's NIG/Avon...
Allianz claims shake-up sees major shift in-house.
Allianz Cornhill plans to launch its own in-house adjusting and investigation teams as part of a res...
Bradford & Bingley set for motor drive.
UK bank Bradford & Bingley is poised to launch into motor insurance in 2004 and is also gearing up to...
Subsidence slips back onto agenda.
Loss adjusters are warning that soaring temperatures across the UK could see 2003 become a record-b...
MBO at Helm as chairman takes retirement.
The management of Middlesex-based commercial and personal lines broker. Helm Group UK has complet...
Arizona director of insurance plans to resign.
Arizona director of insurance Charles Cohen plans to resign on 24 October, two years before completi...
Arc appointed by Deacon Insurance Services.
Legal costs insurer Arc has been appointed by specialist property intermediary Deacon Insurance Serv...
Cleaning up on dirty money.
The insurance industry is one of the most vulnerable to fraud - including money laundering. Maurice Hyman asks what insurers can do to tighten the loopholes that let 'dirty money' get into the system.
Scor income drops despite scaling back.
Paris-based reinsurer Scor's gross premium income fell 18% year on year in the first half of 2003, f...
More information required for higher-risk PI business.
I would like to clarify that the comments attributed to myself in the article on the professional in...
Allianz processes all flood claims.
German insurer Allianz has finished processing nearly all the claims related to the pan-European flo...
Aon Captive Services Group sees growth.
Ken MacDonald, managing director at Aon Captive Services Group and its risk finance arm IRMG, said t...
Hang-gliding closures loom.
Almost 50 hang-gliding and paragliding schools in the UK could go out of business within 12 months du...
Rationalisation at Axa to continue.
Further rationalisation of Axa's UK general insurance business will occur after the current round of...
View from the Top.
The issue of uninsured driving is again top of everyone's agenda, with the news that minimum fines w...
No second chance for failed cases - Barry Young (Deceased) v Western
(Court of Appeal - 18 July 2003) The claimant was the dependent of the deceased, who died in 1999 ...
Trenwick set to file for bankruptcy over debt.
Bermudian insurer Trenwick intends to file for bankruptcy as a result of failing to meet a repayment...
Highest stolen vehicle recoveries in July says Tracker.
Vehicle security specialist Tracker has reported that July saw the highest ever monthly total of sto...
Brave new world.
The growing complexity of our daily lives along with social and technological advances are necessitating changes in the way insurance is packaged and sold and risks are calculated. Michael Kelly argues that insurers embracing these changes will have a…
ABI keen to pursue investment sector synergies.
The Association of British Insurers, which this time last year abandoned plans to merge with the Bri...
Gear up for risk-based compliance.
The Financial Services Authority's calls for the industry to comply with risk-based regulation by September next year has forced operational risk to the top of everyone's agendas. While the requirements may look daunting, Sarah Saltzman says it is not…
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection.
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has taken on Peter Dobie as underwriting manager. He has more than...
Courts to decide CFA rates - Cheshire County Council v Grace Lea.
(Chester County Court - 9 May 2003) The decision of the deputy district judge to allow the claiman...