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£21m for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's is set to receive approximately £21m of its members' litigation recoveries following judgmen...
Eastgate big hearts.
Staff at Eastgate Assistance raised £776 for St Helena Hospice in Colchester with a charity raffle. ...
Woolf helpline.
Weightmans Solicitors has launched a civil specialist telephone line as part of its on-going Woolf c...
Zurich gains ground with integration.
Zurich has taken a major step towards its ultimate goal of a single set of integrated products follo...
Banks eager to enter insurance.
The Asian Development Bank is in talks with the Indian government to provide technical help for the ...
Flights of fancy.
Desperate times have seen many in the aviation sector adopt desperate measures, but Adrian Leonard learns that now market must get realistic.
Regulation cannot do everything' says chief.
Jim Stretton, UK chief executive of Standard Life, warned of the dangers of "out of control regulati...
E-commerce leaders form global co-operative body.
The three leading industry e-commerce networks have created a global co-operative dedicated to promo...
Driving away from trouble.
Customers and insurers have lost out to those who manipulate uninsured loss recovery for their own good. David Fanning reports on how the major players in the market are planning a fightback.
Syndicate's website.
Lloyd's Syndicate 55, GE Lloyd-Roberts, has joined the on-line global community after launching a we...
Specialist loss adjuster ATA mucks in.
Specialist loss adjuster ATA mucked in when 750,000 tonnes of soil slipped into an excavation site i...
New life in the auld city.
As Scotland nears its 'independence' day, Alex Broad visited Edinburgh to talk to the city's main insurance players. She was greeted by mixed predictions for the industry's future.
Clampdown on 'expert' witnesses.
Manufacturers defending themselves from product liability lawsuits gained a significant victory last...
Appointment at John Kyle Insurance.
John Kyle Insurance, one of the oldest brokers in the UK and the oldest in Ulster, has promoted Nico...
Exclusive - 'Crisis? What crisis,' says broker.
A Lloyd's broker has been burnt following the collapse of an introducing motor broker. Miles Smit...
Ahem, not quite.
I was surprised to read in your front page story ('Axa raises web stakes, PM 25 March) that Axa is t...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL If Sue Bedford ever walks into your house, it might be wise to check the insurance pol...
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
Mark Roberts has been appointed managing director of mergers and acquisitions at Aon Risk Services. ...
Ready, Steady, Go.
Northern Star has rebranded its travel insurance products. From today they will be known as Ready, S...
Abbey OK for 2000.
It's all systems go for Abbey Life next year after CS Rand completed a £2.5m Y2K systems compliance ...
Insurers must be good listeners.
The issues of social and financial exclusion are rising rapidly to the top of the political agenda a...
Solid trading.
Iron Trades, the general insurer, revealed an increase in pre-tax profits of 38.7%, up to £32.6m fro...
Penny Black's insurance week.
He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think the insurance industry needs someone like the colou...
There's a time and a place for adjusters.
I note with interest the response from Chris Miller ('Long live adjusters', PM 25 March, p20) of the...