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Portal wins contract.
Hosted contact centre Portal has won a nine-month contract to provide an interim outsource solution ...
Heath Lambert to buy after float.
Broker Heath Lambert ended months of speculation last week by confirming it intends to float on the ...
25 years ago.
Twenty five years ago, Labour MP Neil Kinnock showed a strong interest in insurance, as Post Magazin...
Appointment at Budget Insurance Services.
Budget Insurance Services has taken on Cheryl Clifford as its human resources director. She has a ra...
Government and FSA to offer new financial advice service to
The Financial Services Consumer Panel has called on the government and the Financial Services Author...
Lamerholm Fleming sets up new website.
Lamerholm Fleming has set up a new website to offer free downloads of transit damage software. The w...
Appointment at Capita McLarens.
Andrew Homewood has joined Capita McLarens as regional director for the South-east. He formerly held...
Liberty Syndicates sells off its motor subsidiary.
Lloyd's insurer Liberty Syndicates has agreed terms for its motor subsidiary Liberty Motor to be tak...
View from the Top - Peter Hubbard
Peter Hubbard, chief executive, Axa Insurance There is a reason why so many retired sport stars end...
Law subject to rapid change warns Lord Justice Brooke.
The law is subject to rapid change at the moment, Lord Justice Brooke, who presided over the recent ...
Appointment at XL London Market.
James Wilkie has joined Lloyd's insurer XL London market as deputy class underwriter for marine & en...
Appointment at Quest Gates Partnership.
Loss adjuster the Quest Gates Partnership has expanded with several appointments. Roy Abel, a former...
Flying in the face of terrorism.
The terrorist events of 11 September have changed air travel for ever and to combat sky-high rates, risk management has taken a first-class seat, drastically stepping up security measures. Eric Alexander examines moves made to reduce the fear of flying…
Household losses to end in 2003.
Although underwriting results for UK household insurance have continued to "nosedive", Datamonitor h...
Challenging the element of surprise.
When it comes to high-risk business, the insurance industry is increasingly cautious. Having had the...
Sugar losses leave a bad taste in the mouth - James Budgett Sugars v
(QBD Commercial Court - 15 May 2002) The claimant (Budgett) supplied Kerry Ingredients (Kerry) wit...
Appointment at Composite Legal Expenses.
Composite Legal Expenses has appointed Alan Walters as claims operations manager. He joins from Zuri...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Chris McSpirit has joined Manchester law firm James Chapman & Co as finance director. He previously ...
Appointment at The Exchange.
Ian Noble has been made portal operations manager at The Exchange, part of Marlborough Stirling. The...
GE Employers Re launches Project Safeguard.
GE Employers Re this week launched Project Safeguard, which aims to draw public attention to child s...
Commentary - Appealing advice on the lifting of automatic stays.
The Court of Appeal's decision to lift stays in the recent cases of Woodhouse v Consignia and Stelio...
MIIC set to open data in drive against uninsured.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre has softened its stance over third-party access to its databa...
Royal & Sun Alliance to be fined by FSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to be fined by the Financial Services Authority for failing to hit certain d...
Broker networks - panacea or not?
"Joining broker networks is not the total panacea many smaller brokers hope it will be, in terms of ...