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Water sport sites could face water quality checks
Water sites used for sport and recreation could be facing similar water quality checks to those for...
South African miners win Gencor reprieve
Lawyers representing 1600 former South African miners suffering from asbestos-related diseases have...
AMP denies UK exit
Australian insurance giant AMP has hit out at speculation that it is set to quit the UK life and pens...
Life can learn from general
Graham Spittles talks to Jane Bernstein about the UK's emerging rehabilitation culture and says that the claims process is key to success
Eurobase signs up with Acord
Eurobase has signed a membership agreement with Acord - the non-profit, industry funded association...
Managing direct of insurE-com quits
Ralph Ehlers, managing director of insurance business system provider and internet specialist insur...
NIG makes £100 service pledge
Broker-only insurer NIG has introduced a guaranteed claims service standard for private car custome...
Tracking the high-flyers
As British companies make even greater technological advances, the challenge for insurers is to keep up with the new types of risk that result, argues Sian Fisher.
Health reform necessary
Addressing a PPP Healthcare sponsored breakout session at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It seems Independent Insurance's head office in Edenbridge could be...
Healthcare choices welcomed
We welcome the proposals set out by Liam Fox at the Conservative Party conference this week, which ...
Sunderland City Council head serves second term as chairman of Alarm.
David Fleetwood, head of procurement and risk management at Sunderland City Council, has become the ...
Axa staff may face further job cuts
Axa has not ruled out further UK job losses after announcing it will exit commercial non-motor and ...
Allianz Cornhill teams up with Trade Group
Allianz Cornhill and its approved repairer partners have teamed up with the Trade Group to launch a...
Motor and household rates stabilise
Motor and household rates are stabilising, according to the AA's latest British Insurance Premium I...
SOFA welcomes new FSA proposals
The Society of Financial Advisers has welcomed the inference in the Financial Service Authority's f...
"Oppression" in the life market
Speaking at the Chartered Insurance Institute's annual conference in Birmingham, Laurie Edmans, dir...
Discrimination fears
The government must introduce legislation to prevent genetic discrimination by insurers, argues Dr Helen Wallace
The state of health
Disillusionment with the NHS means that demand for private medical insurance continues to increase. The challenge for insurers is to provide the level of cover that customers want, reports Rachel Gordon
IRM moves out of red as fund set up
The Institute of Risk Management is £30,000 in the black and has already raised £12,000 towards a new...
Reach Personal Injury and Post Mag to hold seminar.
Reach Personal Injury Services and Post Magazine will be holding a half-day seminar on rehabilitatio...
Integralis launches computer forensics service
IT and computer security specialist Integralis has formally launched a computer forensics service t...
Insurers' rights
Customers with genetic knowledge should share it with their insurance companies, believes Phil Brown, rather than relying on others to subsidise them.
Focus Solutions researches life and pensions industry
The life and pensions industry is on schedule to meet targets it set itself for electronic trading,...