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Court of Appeal presses play on question of video evidence.
Even before the Woolf reforms, an increased spirit of openness regarding the use of video evidence w...
Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers sponsors exhibition.
London-based Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers has sponsored the Craft of the Luthier exhibition, a...
Appointment at Omni Whittington Insurance Services.
Omni Whittington Insurance Services has appointed Cheryl Sheridan as its a new head of inspections a...
Appointment at Misys.
Tim Lennard has been appointed sales and marketing director of Misys Financial Systems. He has previ...
Nixon: IIB jibe.
George Nixon, chairman of BIBA, had a dig at the Institute of Insurance Brokers in his opening speec...
Axa: HNW on the net.
High net worth insurer Axa Nordstern Art has launched an international website in nine different for...
Pru aims for Allstate holdings.
UK insurer Prudential plans to acquire Allstate majority holdings in Pt Asuransi Jiwa Allstate in In...
Injury start-up in NIG alliance.
New personal injury company Glenshield has teamed up with insurer NIG to offer clients a service, it...
Blood test.
The recent case on transmission of hepatitis C via blood products has severely tested the European Product Liability Directive. Alison McAdams believes the judgement has vital implications for manufacturers and their insurers.
Red-lining denial.
Insurers rebuffed suggestions they would deny commercial clients cover by red-lining flood-prone are...
RMS: quake models.
Risk Management Solutions has released new earth-quake models to give insights into Greece and Taiwa...
Met Life plans for Indian market.
Met Life subsidiary Met Life International has become the latest company to apply for a life insuran...
Insurers do not provide cover for another fine mess.
The article, Cover call as HSE ups fines (Post Magazine, 12 April, p56) requires further comment. ...
Brokers in decline.
Anthony Gould reports from this year's British Insurance Brokers' Association conference held in Belfast last week, which attracted about 500 delegates.
Independent is to go end to end.
Independent Insurance believes it will be the first insurer to offer a complete end-to-end commercia...
Boxing clever.
With other sectors competing for their business, loss adjusters have become boxed in, but now, with niche products and specialist services in their corner, they are beginning to fight back, says Simon Threadgold.
Appointment at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance.
Sina Nejand has been taken on by Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance as its risk and audit manage...
Appointment at Fox-Pitt, Kelton.
Insurance analyst Angus Runciman returns to Fox-Pitt, Kelton, the investment bank specialising in fi...
Kiln set to quit retail.
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Kiln looks set to exit the UK retail market this year after Edward Creasy...
Software move.
BIBA has appointed technology consultants Garol to develop an independent broker software benchmarki...
ABS gets Manned.
Bodyshop network ABS has appointed the first of eight planned regional network managers. Jonathan Ma...
Appointment at Arson Prevention Bureau.
Jane Milne has been appointed chief executive of the Association of British Insurers' Arson Preventi...
AIG domestic fall.
US insurer AIG has seen a 70% first quarter fall in operating profit from its domestic personal line...
MPs push for action over asbestos claims.
MPs are continuing to push for a clear government statement over its intended action in the ongoing ...