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View from the Top - Andrew Briscoe, managing director, AA Insurance
The Financial Services Authority cheered us all up at the end of 2002, when it published CP160. ...
Appointment at DWL
Software provider DWL has appointed Carl Chanson Williams to its advisory board. The former princip...
Hundreds axed as insurance supplier goes into liquidation
Insurance industry replacement supplier Ford Group is up for sale, after plans to expand the busine...
CILA opts for face-to-face
Written examinations will no longer be the only path to qualification with the Chartered Institute ...
Duncan goes but 24 7 gains Liver date
Mike Duncan, chief information officer for broker solutions provider 24 7 Broking, has been made re...
May considers consultancy
Paul May, former director of Charles Taylor Consulting and chairman and chief executive of its loss...
Brian Johnson Insurance Brokers launches version of Carisma.
Brian Johnson Insurance Brokers has launched an enhanced version of its claims system Carisma. The s...
Art of the matter
Auction houses will continue to obtain cover for increasingly expensive risks, despite a decline in...
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
Leading insurance group, UKI Partnerships, has appointed Steven Williams account executive. Mr Will...
Claims delivery is all
There are certain facts about the general insurance industry that are indisputable. One is that cla...
To EL and back?
As the employers' liability crisis drags on, the government has joined the quest for an answer. It may perhaps have found a contender in the guise of no-fault compensation schemes, but just how workable is this solution? Lord Hunt and Anthony Cherry…
Midlands broker goes on spending spree
Wolverhampton-based broker KGJ Insurance is looking to go on an acquisition spree and aims to doubl...
Appointment at RAC Auto Windscreens
Andrew Webster has been taken on as head of client management, insurance, at RAC Auto Windscreens. ...
Beyond dispute
With more parties coming to the table, disputes in the insurance industry are becoming more complex. However, David Webster says that while the industry has taken the Woolf Reforms on board, the inclination is still to settle out of court rather than…
Incisive Training.
Are you ready for the Financial Services Authority's statutory regime and its training and competenc...
No job cuts as Capita dropped
Capita McLarens this week ruled out any immediate job cuts, following the news that it had lost out...
Richard Keen Insurance Brokers acquires Vaughan Thomas and Company
Richard Keen Insurance Brokers has acquired Pontypridd-based broker Vaughan Thomas and Company. Ric...
Call for investigators' code
I write in response to the recent exchange of views on the subject of private investigators and the...
PwC to launch fast-track scheme for EL settlements
The liquidator of Chester Street Insurance is set to launch a new scheme to fast-track some employe...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
Giles Insurance Brokers scores the same kind of coup with its internet address as B&Q's www.diy.com...
Biba caught with its trousers down by IIB
Mike Williams must enjoy being caught with his trousers down, for he was seriously underprepared to...
Ricksons deal boosts turnover
Ricksons Solicitors expects to boost its annual turnover by £1m, having swooped on the Leeds and Ma...
A marriage of inconvenience?
The benefits offered through third party administration are manifold but if it all goes wrong it can prove extremely expensive to terminate a contract. Nigel Frudd says considering the deal from all angles is the key to success.
Folgate Partnership makes seventh acquisition
The Folgate Partnership has made its seventh acquisition - Hertfordshire-based broker Seymour Pope,...