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Interesting compensation for loss of earnings.
Griffiths & Others v British Coal Corporation & Another Court of Appeal 27 February 2001.
Appointment at Property and Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has recruited Sue Rumbold as personnel and training manager. She joins ...
CII cashes in on web.
Business transacted via the Chartered Insurance Institute's website has hit the £250,000 mark for th...
Smart takeover.
Leeds-based broker Smart and Cook has acquired GD Hewstone and Company, a broker operating out of Gr...
Appointment at Beale and Company.
Beale and Company has created two new partners. Lyndon Richards and Cathy Smith, both of whom qualif...
US motor in a spin.
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, has accused State Farm M...
Husband's false claim taints entire policy.
Direct Line Insurance v Khan and Another; Queen's Bench Division; 19 December 2000.
Motorcyclists' insurance claims.
Four out of five motorcyclists have claimed on their insurance in the last 12 months, with premium i...
CGNU slashes law firm panel.
CGNU, the second largest property investment company in the UK, has slashed its property investment ...
NFU boosts foot and mouth reserve.
Leading agricultural insurer NFU Mutual has boosted its reserve for claims arising from the foot and...
What is the Insurance Charities?
The Insurance Charities is the marketing name for the long-established Insurance Benevolent and Orph...
Zurich sell off to halt slump.
Zurich Financial Services, which last week recorded a 5.5% fall in net profits to $2.1bn (£1.36bn) a...
National campaign launched.
Chairman of income protection insurer Unum Lawrence Churchill has launched a national campaign to im...
Directors forego bonuses.
Four executive directors at Independent, Michael Bright, Phil Condon, Dennis Lomas and John Blakemor...
Appointment at CNA Insurance.
Angus Cameron has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief financial officer at CNA Eur...
... a City development broker.
Gareth Piggott is a development broker for City broker TL Clowes and is in the lucky position of being able to combine business with pleasure. He talks to Jane Bernstein about his role in the saddle as the company's face of motorcycle sport insurance and…
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes, recruitment consultants for the financial services industry, has a new consultant on ...
Initiative to prevent caravan theft.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has joined forces with the Association of Chief Police Officers and th...
Equity ISAs drop.
Sales of equity individual savings accounts fell by 29% last month as private investors - many of wh...
Thrifty cover.
Broker SBJ and Lloyd's insurer Octavian are covering Thrifty Car Rental, the world's sixth largest v...
BCCI: Bank to pay.
The Bank of England is to be sued for up to £1bn for its part in the collapse of Bank of Credit and ...
Claimline expands.
Surrey-based personal injury no win, no fee specialist Claimline is understood to be seeking financi...
Insurers spared PI payout.
Insurers have been spared a £380m bill by a Court of Appeal decision that has kept the discount rate...
Appointment at SLE Worldwide.
Mike Stevenson and Mike Patchett have been appointed to the board of SLE Worldwide. Mr Stevenson was...