News
Bad adjusting practices leave fraudsters at large.
I was taken aback by the terminology employed in the reporting of Cunningham E&B's loss of the Guard...
Bonus from Friends.
Friends Provident announced its bonus declaration for 1998 this week. With-profit endowment policyho...
Darling has Field-day.
The government has declined an invitation from former welfare reform minister Frank Field to publish...
Co-op's business boost.
Co-operative Insurance saw its new life assurance, pensions and unit trust business increase by 21% ...
Legal actions: hidden minefields.
How often have we all read warnings about the increasingly litigious nature of society and how much ...
Ex-Cunningham trio prepare to go it alone.
Three former Cunningham chiefs have, this week, set up their own loss adjusting business promising t...
The artful Dodger.
Los Angeles Dodger superstar Kevin Brown might have one of the deadliest arms in the game, but as ye...
Glad to be on the 'net.
Telebroker Gladiator has launched the first website specialising in the non-standard sector of motor...
Research into bodily injury trends given the go-ahead.
The largest and most comprehensive piece of research into bodily injury trends in the UK has been gi...
Time to change direction.
Northern Star has turned its business around with the introduction of innovative new technology. Roger Lewis explains.
Jack Miller files his final story.
John (Jack) Miller, the crime reporter and insurance journalist has died at the age of 87, writes Hu...
Agency Underwriting target sailing enthusiasts.
Sailing enthusiasts have been targeted by Agency Underwriting with a new Mariner's Travel Policy. Th...
Record business levels.
Standard Life has reported record worldwide new business levels of over £3.5bn for 1998. According t...
Fire sent out the wrong smoke signals.
Contrary to your recent front page story (PM 24/31 Dec), the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester ...
RSA gives boat cash to charities.
Charities were the big winners at the London Boat Show last week thanks to Royal & Sun Alliance and ...
ABI makes PASS at cash-strapped IFAs.
A loan fund of £100m has been set aside to bale out independent financial advisers in danger of goin...
End of war heralds start of new office era.
Back in 1919, as commerce started to get back to normal after four years of war, those returning to ...
Entering the danger zone.
Political risk insurance is going through something of a boom, but with the market described as a minefield, David Fanning discovers the best plans can easily blow up in an insurer's face.
RSA's new values.
Royal & SunAlliance's new healthcare and assistance division has launched its first product, called ...
Long-running fraud case ends in victory for CU.
Commercial Union won a £1.6m fraudulent insurance claim trial on Monday after almost six years of in...
Friends' free cover.
Friends Provident has added free terminal illness cover to its term assurance products. The cover, w...
Mondial gets Smart.
Mondial Assistance has become the European assistance company for drivers of a new 'smart' car. Desi...
Sixth on buyout list.
Tokyo Marine and Fire announced last week that it has become the sixth insurer to back the $1.4bn (£...
CII wants young guns to fire up its products.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is looking for people to help design its products and services. ...