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OFT decides on GISC rules
The Office of Fair Trading has decided that the remaining rules of the General Insurance Standards ...
Appointment at ServiceMaster
John Foad has been promoted to the post of managing director at ServiceMaster. He brings with him a...
Santam UK deal is close
South African general insurance giant Santam expects to complete its long-touted UK acquisition by ...
Conferences 2003
Three top conferences for the New Year. Put the dates in your diary now and reserve a place today, ...
Aon's Bryan restructures
Broking giant Aon has appointed Colin Bryan as the new chairman of its reinsurance business in the ...
Euro Watch - Nigel Peaple, European policy manager, Association of
Public debate about the euro will hot up in the next few months as the government prepares to announ...
Appointment at Universal Salvage
Universal Salvage has appointed Peter Goodright as insurance sales director. He has over 20 years' ...
Industry must make best use of new systems
Straight-through processing of commercial lines for the small and medium-sized enterprise sector is...
Axa online in Sirus deal
Sirius's new online initiative Stargate went live with Axa last week, leaving Royal & Sun Alliance ...
Aon official insurance broker to Scottish rugby
Aon is to be the official insurance broker to Scottish rugby, following a three-year, six-figure sp...
Survive the first round
Start-ups are, sad to say, less able to take the hard knocks that come with the reality of business than their more established heavyweight counterparts. Aash Patel has some sound advice for those not wishing to go belly-up before the first bell.
Helphire plans growth as it returns to profit
Formerly beleaguered accident management company Helphire has returned to profit and is intent on e...
Telematics firm flies high
Telematics and fleet solutions provider Cybit has reported first half revenues of £2.2m for the six...
Loss adjusters in the dock over sewer subsidence
Loss adjusters have been accused by the water industry of regularly trespassing and potentially dam...
Welcome voice
With regard to your news item on the proposed Association of Claims Services (Claims body launch de...
Munters in new national business push
Fire and flood damage restoration specialist Munters is looking to expand its involvement in the UK...
Appointment at Autoglass
Autoglass has appointed a new manger to its Bath branch. Neil Godden, who began his career at Autog...
Settlement rules feel the winds of change
Two reports published last week will result in changes to the use of settlements in personal injury cases, says Duncan Rutter.
Do your homework and take the strain out of the working week.
With people spending more and more time commuting to work, and flexible employment legislation in the pipeline, it makes sense for businesses to consider introducing the option of working from home now, says Jane Bernstein.
Adjusters welcome railway accident investigator plans
Measures unveiled in last week's Queen's Speech to establish a new Railway Accident Investigation B...
Tightening up on liability
The employers' liability issue has impacted particularly badly on the engineering sector - unfairly so, many believe. Richard Adams looks at how businesses are tightening up on health and safety and risk management to tackle the problem.
Lloyd's insurer Hardy agrees credit facility
Lloyd's insurer Hardy, which could be mounting a take-over bid for rival Atrium, has agreed a syndi...
Broker head buys back Bassett business
Ambitious City broker Stuart Alexander is to sell back part of its recent acquisition Foreman Basse...
MP John Greenway to urge US legislators
MP John Greenway is due to urge US legislators to reform insurance regulation across the US's 50 st...