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Risk frisked in Frisco.
The Risk and Insurance Management Society conference and exhibition in San Francisco gave delegates the chance to turn their global market inside out to highlight current trends and future concerns. Janina Clark reports.
Charity Football Competition Final.
The Post Magazine Charity Football Competition for the Impact Plus Cup reaches its climax next Thurs...
Judge penalises plaintiff for delay in proceedings.
Adcock v Co-operative Insurance Society Court of Appeal 7 April 2000 The plaintiff sued the ...
Appointment at Axa Re.
Sarah Peters has been promoted to senior underwriter within the UK property division of Axa Re's fac...
Fraud - a problem then and now.
Fraud in the case of fire has long been a bugbear of the insurance industry, as Post Magazine report...
Launch of Supreme Direct Claims.
Manchester-based businessman Navid Ullah is aiming to become the leading national player in the lucr...
Drake's doomed fight for survival.
David Worsfold reports how Drake Insurance - which went into liquidation last week - has been strugg...
Brokers face ruinous case.
Brokers could face millions in liability claims in a landmark case which is due before the House of ...
Mortgage Corp v Lambeth Court of Appeal 10 April 2000.
The Court of Appeal allowed a mortgage lender to rely on the Limitation Act 1980, which allows a thr...
Japan Insurer claims dotcom first.
Insurer American Family Life Assurance Company (Japan) and Internet specialist NTT Communicationware...
Lloyd's bans Routledge.
Former Shead Motor Policies and Octavian underwriter Peter Routledge has been permanently suspended ...
Appointment at Assuresoft.
Mark Lofthouse has been appointed managing director of Assuresoft, which supplies software and servi...
Brokers lose in law stakes.
Provincial brokers look set to lose out in the battle for a lion's share of the £300m annual profess...
Office out on a Lim.
Lloyd's marine syndicate Watkins has opened a new office in Singapore. The new branch will be man...
Hunt wins pledge to repeal Acts.
Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord David Hunt of Wirral extracted an important concession fro...
Brokers warm to Internet
Insurance brokers are beginning to embrace the Internet according to the latest research by the Briti...
A time of change.
The return to growth and prosperity has brought both risks and opportunities to the Far East's most vibrant and competitive financial services marketplace, writes Richard Willsher.[QQ]
Fraud director jailed.
The sole director of broker Denis Hilton, Andrew William Hill, was sentenced to six months in prison...
Agency dumps CGU for Axa.
North East scheme agency BIB Underwriters has signed a major deal with giant insurer Axa which will ...
Appointment at Society of Pension Consultants.
Jane Samsworth has been made president elect of the Society of Pension Consultants. She will succeed...
PPP sells stakes.
PPP Healthcare is to sell its stake in four hospitals. The Axa subsidiary is selling its share of th...
New consultancy.
John Shetcliffe, former Iron Trades general manager, has set up a Watford-based marketing consultanc...
Gas-powered sales.
Replacement specialist Hamlets - rebranded Powerhouse Connect following its acquisition by home appl...
Mission: not impossible.
Replacing a stolen or damaged piece of high-tech machinery can be problematic but not out of the question for an insurer, writes Steve Banner.