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Appointment at The Leisure Consortium at Lloyd's.
Iain Ward previously underwriter-contingency is now contingency underwriting manager; Jane Todd has ...
Appointment at Legal Costs Assessors.
Stephen Pitt has joined the Bristol office of Legal Costs Assessors as deputy managing director. He ...
Court in the Act.
Marcus Alcock asks law firms what advice they would give to insurers in advance of the Human Rights Act going live.
Lloyd's may lose PXRe.
Troubled Bermuda-based reinsurer PXRe is understood to be planning an exit from Lloyd's only four ye...
Orphan move faces challenge.
Axa could face legal action over the distribution of its £1.7bn orphan funds following a decision by...
A question of rights.
Kevin Fletcher answers the most frequently asked questions concerning the implementation of the new Human Rights Act, ahead of its introduction on 2 October.
Premiums decline rapidly.
Marine insurance premiums declined in 1999 according to statistics presented by Tore Forsmo, managin...
Travel online.
Nationwide Building Society has put its travel insurance policies online at its site www.nationwide....
JLT global tie-up.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson hopes to boost its corporate broking and risk consultancy business wit...
GISC slams training body.
The General Insurance Standards Council has slammed the Institute of Financial Services for claiming...
Capital approaches.
GE Capital, the financial services arm of American conglomerate General Electric, is reported to hav...
Challenging times to come.
To gauge the concerns of the UK's insurance claims managers in the light of recent legislative and technological advances, PM conducted a survey and Alex Broad analyses the results.
PenServer launch.
Claybrook, a division of employee services company Hogg Robinson, has signed a deal with technology ...
Jewellers venture.
Watkins Syndicate at Lloyd's has launched an e-insurance venture for jewellers and insurance brokers...
Time to toughen up.
Fraud is a constant menace for insurers, whether it be opportunistic or the result of organised crim...
IFAs cry for help.
In response to the high demand from IFAs for practical help with their reviews of free-standing addi...
Co-operative tested.
Co-operative Insurance Society is set to explain to the government and business community next month...
Holman returns.
Holman Insurance Brokers is set to re-enter the professional indemnity market three years after its ...
Abbey diversifies.
Abbey National has confirmed that it will take over mutual insurer Scottish Provident for £1.8bn as ...
Approved cover.
JLT Risk Solutions has teamed up with the Futures and Options Association to develop a new insurance...
Watch this space.
Surveillance is under scrutiny in the light of the new Human Rights Act. The dilemma for insurance investigators is how to gather evidence without contravening the Act, with many adopting a "wait and see" approach, says David Fanning.
Call for positivity.
Marcus Alcock observed much concern at the annual International Union of Marine Insurers conference, but could things be looking up?
Don't believe the HRA hype.
Ian Gascoigne, a partner in the commercial litigation group of European law firm Eversheds spoke to Marcus Alcock about his thoughts on the Human Rights Act.
St Paul looks ahead.
St Paul International claims to have secured over £50m of gross written premium since the solicitors...