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Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has heard that Claims Direct's attempts to court insurers could be going all the way to the be...
California shakes up complaint process.
The US state of California, which was rocked last year by the Chuck Quackenbush scandal in which the...
Rapid pace for P&C.
Wall Street stock analysts expect premium growth in the property & casualty industry to reach 7.4% t...
Talking about an e-revolution.
Brokers can charge clients a higher rate of interest if they move from insurers' schemes to a single premium finance house, especially as finance houses move to electronic data interchange (EDI). Simon Threadgold reports on the dynamics of a fast…
Lloyd's exodus claim is outrageous.
The scaremongering headline Road ends for Lloyd's motor (PM, 25 January, p2) is based on totally mis...
Masking the problem.
As claim and counter claim is made in the furore surrounding the compensation shortfall created by the liquidation of Chester Street Insurance Holdings, Edward Murray sifts through the facts.
Appointment at Miller Fisher.
Philip Austin has been made an associate director of Miller Fisher Loss Adjusters to head its fine a...
Flood defences.
MPs have urged the government to appoint a flood czar to help streamline the system for handling dis...
A Winter's tale.
Oxford-based broker Thomas Winter has been appointed as the sole approved broker of the Scottish Fed...
Hanover deal.
Scheme broker Hanover Park Commercial has signed up Norwich Union and Axa to jointly underwrite a ne...
Classic cover.
High net worth specialist RK Harrison has teamed up with Axa to offer an exclusive product Classic P...
And then there were three.
There are already two trade associations representing the accident management industry, but last week, a new one was announced. Tony Baker, heading up the venture, explains why he feels the industry needs another association and what it will do.
What the Papers Say.
The Daily Telegraph Lollipop men and women using a new type of lightweight pole have discovered t...
Liability: insurers hold out.
With regard to your editorial Recoverability Dispute calls for Direct Action (Post Magazine, 25 Janu...
Appointment at Mardon Insurance.
David Cole has joined Mardon Insurance as business development director. He has many years experienc...
Exclusion warning.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has warned insurance companies about the widespread use of exclusion...
Calleo sells stake.
European management and IT services company Calleo Consolidated Technologies has sold a 14% stake in...
Focus on motor claims.
The motor insurance market faces enormous challenges as it struggles to keep a lid on claims costs. ...
CCC closure.
Peterborough-based accident repair management company CCC International has decided to focus its ene...
Policy Master is bullish over Sirius.
Insurance technology firm Policy Master expects to announce top end figures for the year ended 31 De...
Standard certificates would be a relief.
Why can't UK insurers follow the US example and have standard certificates? I read that in the US...
Little relief for P&I clubs, says S&P
Protection & indemnity (P&I) clubs face continued low rates and rising losses but will be unable to i...
Linaker sets up timber division
Insurance broker Linaker has set up a new division to cater specifically for the insurance needs of t...
Goshawk enters PI market
Integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle Goshawk has entered the professional indemnity market. It has...