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Lloyd's chief exec to announce capacity for 2003
Lloyd's chief executive Nick Prettejohn is expected to announce Lloyd's' capacity for 2003 today - ...
Wood set to pursue Cox
A consortium led by Direct Line founder Peter Wood was expected to persevere with a "friendly" bid ...
Peninsula targets broker business
Peninsula, the UK employment law giant, is spending £1m in an effort to double the size of its brok...
GI partners upbeat as sales staff axed
The restructure of the AMP and Royal London direct salesforces has been described as potentially be...
OAMPS aims high in UK market
Australian broking giant OAMPS is stepping up its UK operations and is aiming to achieve an income ...
Davies and MMA reach out-of-court settlement
Loss adjuster Davies has accepted 'substantial damages' in an out-of-court settlement from insurer ...
Endurance reveals UK strategy
The UK-based arm of Bermudian insurer Endurance Speciality Holdings has officially started trading ...
Ecclesiastical brings in Wyatt to halt losses
Ecclesiastical has appointed an international underwriting manager in an attempt to "turn around" i...
Axa: disease pool call
Axa has become the first UK insurer to lay its cards on the table as part of the current employers'...
RP Hodson acquires client base of Williams and Whybrow
Broker R P Hodson has acquired the client base of Williams and Whybrow London, the specialist marin...
Penny Black's insurance week
Good things come to those who wait. This week Post Magazine was inundated with faxes from the Finan...
Churchill signs Wilson for household roll out
Churchill has signed up Manchester-based telebroker Wilson as it begins the roll out of its househo...
Claims: the career for thrill-seekers?
For those individuals seeking a career with more than its fair share of thrills and spills, claims handling could see them riding the crest of a wave. Robert Blackman explains why.
Belfast brokers charged
The directors of Belfast-based Northern Ireland Insurance Brokers, father and son both called Micha...
Broker launch for former Ward Evans directors
Two former Ward Evans directors have set up a new broker, which will be focused on the general insu...
Reviews for NU and Liverpool Victoria
Norwich Union and Liverpool Victoria have both restructured their loss adjusting panels, PM has lea...
Fire in Edinburgh old town
A raft of 'denial of access claims' will add a further headache to insurers in the wake of the fire...
Full steam ahead
This year has seen liability - in its various guises - pick up steam as it makes its way across the legal landscape. With regulation, causality, costs and conditional fee agreements among those enjoying the ride, many of 2002's key issues will soon reach…
Making hay
Brokers - particularly those in the commercial sector - have really made the most of the hard market of 2002 and are now reaping the rewards. In fact, many have thrived, despite problems over liability and regulatory issues, says Rachel Gordon.
A sting in the Bill's tail
The government this week slipped a controversial structured settlement clause into the Courts Bill, which, says Lord Hunt has a major sting in the tail for insurers.
NFU drops Capita McLarens from loss adjusting panel
In the first major review for years at the company, Capita McLarens has been dropped from NFU's los...
Liberty Syndicates launches into personal accident market
Lloyd's managing agency Liberty Syndicates has launched into the personal accident market following...
SVB plans to withdraw from US liability insurance
Lloyd's insurer SVB plans to withdraw from US liability reinsurance. In a statement it said: "In 20...
Can Gibraltar rock the London boat?
As UK insurance companies reassess Gibraltar's status as a serious competitor to the London market, Neil Coulson looks at what it has to offer.