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Echelon to expand worldwide.
Echelon Claims Consultants is looking to expand in Europe, Asia, and North America, and has boosted ...
Appointment at Clausen Miller.
The London office of US insurance and commercial litigation firm Clausen Miller has appointed two ne...
Brokers' safeguard moves raise questions.
Post Magazine has been inundated with calls about our lead story last week about the practice of bro...
Appointment at Chubb Insurance.
David Casement has joined Chubb Commercial Insurance, a division of Chubb Insurance Company of Europ...
Alexander Forbes announces appointment of Graham Barden.
Alexander Forbes has announced the appointment of Graham Barden as the new managing director of Alex...
Appointment at Beazley.
Lloyd's managing agency Beazley has taken on Sarah Peters to develop Syndicate 2626/623's UK and Iri...
Insurers give in "too easily" over claims.
Insurers are still willing to give in "too early and too readily" on claims, according to Digby Jone...
XL Europe establishes underwriting team.
XL Europe has established a professional lines underwriting team to operate out of its London branch...
Young broker award launched.
A national insurance broking award for young people, worth £2500 and sponsored by The Sheikh Abdulla...
No duty of care owed in night-time diver accident.
Donoghue v Folkestone Properties Ltd (Court of Appeal - 27 February 2003).
Playing by the same rules.
The Association of British Insurers' dismay at proposals to bring Lloyd's UK business within the rem...
An illuminating concept?
As a concept for throwing light on clients' needs, customer relationship management makes sense, but it is vital those using it can provide the basics and stay switched on to its wider application. Edward Murray asks whether CRM has delivered on its…
Working IT out.
In an atmosphere where insurance companies are focused on cost-cutting measures to protect their bottom line, outsourcing IT is a popular strategy for achieving this. But, asks Richard Adams, is this always the best solution?
Call for action on no win, no fee bus fears.
The coach and bus industry is very concerned about the no win, no fee industry and wants the governme...
Sensible spreading of risks is best advice to architects with panel
The comment piece, Exploding panel myths (Post Magazine, 3 April), regarding the decision in Sahib F...
Appointment at Ace.
Ace has appointed Mark Megaw as general counsel to the worldwide reinsurance operations of the Ace G...
Brit hits out at US 'shambles'.
Neil Eckert, chief executive of Brit Insurance Holdings, warned the industry will find it difficult ...
Sabre expects big underwriting profits.
Non-standard motor insurer Sabre expects to report another sizeable underwriting profit for 2003, de...
M&SFS seeks GI counter sales as motor launched.
Marks & Spencer Financial Services this week said its long-term aim was to sell general insurance ov...
CILA not taken decision over future of conference.
CILA said it had still not taken any decision over the future of its own conference/annual general m...
Dual insurers: responsibility not always split in two.
Drake Insurance v Provident Insurance (Queen's Bench Division - 3 February 2003).
Appointment at Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has promoted Claire Oakes to UK sales manager to work in both its corporate an...
Appointment at R3: Group.
Business-to-business-to-consumer specialist R3: Group has made two new appointments to its Ipswich-b...
Surveyor fault a case of hindsight.
McKinnon and McKinnon v E Surv (Chancery Division - 14 January 2003).