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Europ Assistance expands
Europ Assistance plans to quadruple its staff by 2005 following a major expansion of its operation in...
Post Magazine wins top award for journalism
Post Magazine was voted the Best Trade Publication on General Insurance in the annual Association of ...
Gerling takes oil cargo on-line
German insurer Gerling has launched an internet-based trading system for oil cargo insurance. The s...
Amlin reorganises
London-market insurer Amlin has announced a major restructuring of its underwriting operations. The...
Appointment at Royal London.
Chris Ide has been appointed as chief executive, new markets at Royal London. He will assume overall...
Commentary - Quality lawyers: worth their weight in gold.
A major problem for general insurers is managing their legal bills. Most insurers have devoted time ...
Technology set to play bigger courtroom role.
Technology will play an increasing role in the courtroom, according to Nick Young, a partner at Davi...
Competition losers?
The Retail Motor Industry has secured a hearing at the House of Commons to air its grievances. An al...
XL Brockbank merger causes redundancies.
Bermudian insurer XL Capital is to merge its two Lloyd's managing agencies as part of a substantial ...
Bennetts joins HFS in affinity life venture.
Motorcycle insurance intermediary Bennetts has teamed up with Homeowners Friendly Society to target ...
Oils well for Gerling trading system
Gerling at Lloyd's has launched a new internet-based trading system for oil cargo insurance, which wi...
Appointment at Equijust.
Equijust, the London-based loss adjuster specialising in institution and commercial crime insurance ...
DCS arm extends.
National law firm Hammond Suddards Edge's loss adjusting subsidiary Devonshire Claims Services, has...
Garwyn goes for rehabilitation.
Two rehabilitation services have been launched this week as the industry steps up its attempts to cu...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Steve Coates, who joined Independent Insurance in 1991 as an area underwriter, has been made UK prov...
Tick box' tick off.
Will Gaskell of Crawford & Co told the workshop session on psychological profiling that too often, t...
Debts forgotten as TBH heads for £15m profit.
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath & Bond predicts it will make a £15m profit for the next financial year...
Team in EC3 move.
City insurance litigation specialist Kennedys has doubled the size of its Mark Lane office, with the...
Hatfield train crash.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey had two adjusters at the scene of Tuesday's fatal derailment as Pos...
Hiscox: more tiers.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has gone live with another tier of partnerships for its online home insura...
Berkeley Square Securities Limited v Michael Conn & Co (a firm).
Queens Bench Division, 15 June 2000 This case involves two firms of solicitors that failed to advi...
Special delivery.
Direct Line has integrated its claims and underwriting database into its online insurance quotation ...
Steering towards motor.
Specialist insurer Privilege is aiming to become the largest non-standard risk motor insurer through...
Euclidian exits contingency
Following a review of the contingency account, the board of Euclidian Underwriting has decided to clo...