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The Cruellest Cut.
In the drive for cutbacks, companies may not make adequate provision for health and safety risk management. Not a shrewd move if they later find themselves at the sharp end of a manslaughter charge, says Richard Adams.
Minister calls for settlement talks.
Helen Liddell, Secretary of State for Scotland is set to meet the parties involved in the payment of...
Ryan set to take control of broker Heath Lambert's new ART division.
Broker Heath Lambert is set to launch a new alternative risk transfer division today headed by John ...
The Chartered Insurance Institute ...
The Chartered Insurance Institute this week launched an online learning service called ed. It will c...
Poorly-qualified insurance staff cost brokers dear.
Howard Pearson, chairman of the British Insurance Brokers Association South East, believes brokers a...
Temenos: new insurer system.
Swiss technology company Temenos has moved into the UK insurance sector with the launch of Glosure. ...
Appointment at Regency Insurance Brokers.
Somerset-based Regency Insurance Brokers, part of The Regency Group in Weston-super-Mare, has recrui...
Motoring assistance and business-to-business insurer Green Flag
Motoring assistance and business-to-business insurer Green Flag Group has invested £28m in a new cus...
Hawkes quits St Paul for some R&R.
Ex-Independent Insurance director Andy Hawkes is set to join business support provider Rarrigini and...
Appointment at Affiliated FM.
Commercial property insurer Affiliated FM has appointed Jeffrey Fields as director, to oversee the e...
HIH and Axa in court over film finance loss warranty - HIH Casualty &
(Queen's Bench Division - 21 December 2001) HIH was the insurer to certain film finance companies....
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This is yet another niche website whose sole aim is to sell one type of insurance - this time, to th...
India - just for the brave?
Last week Accenture provoked denials when it suggested UK insurers are set to move the bulk of their customer-facing functions to India. Simon Roncoroni argues that it would take a brave insurer to do it.
The right tool for the job.
The nuts and bolts of traditional employers' liability policies is a bit of a grey area and with a rise in complex personal injury claims going before employment tribunals, insurers are keen to ensure the cover matches the exposure, says David Fanning.
The lack of terrorism insurance ...
The lack of terrorism insurance is already hitting the US economy, according to excerpts from a repo...
A word from our sponsor - Ansa: preventing the drainage of costs for insurers
The Ansa Group was formed in 2001, although one of the group entities has traded for 20 years. Ansa e...
Taken for a ride.
It may come as little surprise to discover that an increasing number of seemingly genuine personal injury claims are actually pure fabrication. However, Simon Threadgold insists there are ways that insurers can fight back, giving claimants no choice but…
Appointment at Hill House Hammond.
Alastair Denness has been made insurer relations manager within the commercial division on the Hill ...
Alarm bells ring over fire cover.
Public and private risk management bodies are to hold a conference next month to encourage organisat...
RSA quits reinsurance and centralises run-off.
Royal & Sun Alliance, which has permanently quit the inwards reinsurance market after a £20m underwr...
London-based reinsurance broking giant the BMS Group ...
London-based reinsurance broking giant the BMS Group has signed a five-year outsourcing contract wit...
An unacceptable and extraordinary year says RSA chief
Last year was 'an extraordinary " and " a very difficult year for us, and we are disappointed with ou...
Comment: the true value of claims
As new problems create escalating claims costs, it is important to ensure claims strategies are refre...
Yarl's Wood delay as loss adjusters seek access to site.
Lloyd's syndicate DJ Pye 962 is waiting for its loss adjusters to gain access to the Yarl's Wood det...