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Face up to underwriting complex risks
The insurance industry's present propensity to fight shy of risk, as evidenced by the ongoing debat...
UK repair costs escalate
Insurers' moves to reduce car repair shop labour rates and repair times have been matched by a 43% ...
What the papers said this week
FINANCIAL TIMES The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland took out special insurance in 1987 to cove...
Appointment at Unum Provident
Peter Dewis has been promoted to the new role of director of customer care at income protection pro...
Big Fish in negotiations
Benfield Greig's fledging premium finance subsidiary Big Fish is in negotiations to be the sole pro...
Insurers losing out to start-ups in online sales
Online benchmarking specialist eBenchmarkers has warned that many established insurers are losing o...
Kerry London plans growth
Broker Kerry London is aiming to double its brokerage income to £8m within three years after hittin...
A fresh approach to risk
Paul Howard, the Institute of Risk Management's new chairman, talks to Lynn Rouse about his plans to modernise and revitalise the body's educational syllabus and provide wider networking opportunities.
IT's not what you do ...
The effectiveness of IT lies very much in the way it is implemented and call centre technology is a case in point. Roisin Tims looks at ways managers can monitor and evaluate operator performance using IT and beef up customer satisfaction and…
Brit Insurance to transfer accounts
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings is on target to transfer its UK motor, property, and employ...
US firm set for second UK push
Cybersettle, the US online claims settlement company, is set to make a second attempt to establish ...
FSA takes over from General Insurance Standards Council
The Financial Services Authority will take over from the General Insurance Standards Council from 1...
Folgate makes double acquisition
The Folgate Partnership this week competed two more acquisitions and is now close to finalising its...
Appointment at Troika
Financial services management consultancy Troika has appointed two new principal consultants. Graha...
Appointment at Ryan Insurance
Independent insurance broker Ryan Insurance has recruited two members of staff for its commercial s...
Ace and NIB Capital set up investment bank
Bermudian insurer Ace and the Dutch merchant bank NIB Capital have set up a specialised investment ...
Ex-Eastgate chief in run-off venture
Former Eastgate chief executive, and founding member of Randall & Quilter, Ken Randall has develope...
Royal London Mutual signs to Midland Software
Royal London Mutual Insurance Society has signed to Midland Software for its Trent HR & Payroll man...
If you can't stand the heat ...
The issue of composite panels and the related fire risks has sent temperatures soaring across the insurance industry. Lynn Rouse investigates some of the possible ways commercial businesses can mitigate the problems and keep their premiums down.
The plain truth on policy wordings
I was intrigued by your article on the modernisation of policy wordings (Talking your customers' la...
Commentary - Taking on the bullies.
There have recently been many bullying cases widely reported in the media. Bullying is a problem ...
Groupama in Sirius deals
Groupama has announced a substantial programme of joint developments with Sirius to boost developme...
Braddick quits
Katharine Braddick, manager of general insurance market regulation at the Association of British In...
Appointment at Castlemoat Claims and Risk Management
Bob Mockridge has joined Castlemoat Claims and Risk Management as managing director alongside Jim M...