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Eagle Star defends website.
Eagle Star Insurance has attacked claims that its web-based insurance site is one of the worst perfo...
Appointment at Deloitte Consulting.
Deloitte Consulting has recruited Andrew Power to its UK Insurance Practice, where he will be workin...
The wire brigade.
Insurers and brokers are understandably cautious when it comes to committing themselves to new technology, but will the ASP model, now being touted by software houses as the most efficient and cost-effective way to wire them up for better business, catch…
A very different assessment.
Loss assessor Henry Harris tries to set the record straight regarding the current argument over whether loss adjusters can fill assessors' roles competently.
Throwing out of three-year accounting system inevitable.
Getting rid of the three-year accounting system is an inevitability, according to Charles Harbord-Ha...
New .claims portal.
Internet software house InsurE.com has launched a new claims portal, insure.claim, which it hopes wi...
Zurich launches new risk analysis service.
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new risk management consultancy, Zurich IC2, aimed at corpo...
DVT poses bankruptcy threat to aviation.
Deep vein thrombosis could bankrupt the aviation market, according to a leading Lloyd's underwriter. ...
Independent fails to answer to liability claims.
I am currently pursuing a liability claim against Independent Insurance. I submitted the claim on...
Virtual start-up targets big brands.
A new virtual insurance operation, Rubicon, is set to be launched this week, with an initial acquisi...
US on storm alert after floods.
US forecasters have increased their estimates for tropical storms from 10 to 12 for the season that ...
Insurers fight new US health Bill.
Health insurers in the US are fighting new legislation that would give policyholders more rights to ...
Indie hid at least £62m of claims
Independent Insurance failed to record at least £62m of insurance claims in its accounting systems, i...
Indie: cracks were showing.
Following the collapse of Independent Insurance Post reporters analyse the industry-wide repercussions.
Appointment at Alan Boswell.
Andrew Dowler has become a director at Alan Boswell Insurance Services, with primary responsibility ...
ABI: Euro rules add to workload.
The Association of British Insurers has said that a European Court of Justice ruling this week could...
Hannover joins up.
Hannover Re has joined Inreon, the internet exchange for standardised reinsurance products establish...
AIG in syndicate job threat.
Uncertainties hung over US insurer AIG's existing London market operations this week, after it annou...
Independent's day?
This week, Independent went into provisional liquidation in a move that shocked the industry. Anthony Gould attempts to unravel what went wrong.
Cornhill cover means the show can go on.
Cornhill insurance celebrated the signing of a deal this week that will see the company providing co...
Brand partners danger zone.
Partnering big brands can be fraught with danger when it comes to establishing good customer relatio...
HIH investigation.
The Australian government has appointed a Supreme Court judge to head a Royal Commission into the fa...
Lloyd's behaviour criticised.
Christopher Hitchens, European insurance analyst at Commerzbank Securities, warned Lloyd's that it w...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Unlike Michael Portillo, Penny was keeping a low profile this week after having been put straight by...