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Lawyers in the dock.
US criminal defence attorneys can be required to pay malpractice awards to former clients who were c...
The movers, shakers and decision makers.
The 10th annual Post Magazine Parliamentary Reception attracted a glittering array of top market fig...
Genetics forum set up.
The Faculty of Institute of Actuaries has announced the formation of the UK Forum for Genetics and I...
Appointment at Avon Insurance.
David Webb has been appointed development manager for the Birmingham area by Avon Insurance. He will...
Toolkit will bin paper.
Liberty Re has launched its on-line life and health underwriting toolkit, believed to be an industry...
Indian insurance ruling.
An Indian parliamentary committee has approved the opening of the the country's insurance business t...
Appointment at Agnew Higgins Pickering & Co.
Tony Pickering, previously chairman of Jenner Fenton Slade, is to become chairman of Agnew Higgins &...
Lloyd's backs FSA's plans for regulatory overhaul.
Lloyd's has welcomed the Financial Services Authority's consultation document which sets out proposa...
Appointment at Strategic Insurance Services.
Strategic Insurance Services has recruited Matthew Chilton as a senior broker. Previously Mr Chilton...
Latest weapon in war on fraud.
The Association of British Insurers has announced plans to expand its successful whistle blower hotl...
Appointment at Resolve International.
Stuart Allison has been recruited by resolve International to strengthen its loss adjusting team. A ...
Appointment at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.
Andrew Crouchman has joined the London office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He will work as ...
Counting uninsured drivers is a hit and miss task.
In last week's Post Magazine, Garry Cochrane of Privilege Insurance says that there are about one mi...
Damage limitation.
Damage control firm Restorex is claiming an industry first in air safety, after introducing an atmos...
Full marks for presentation, but what about the content?
Government, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is 'the system or method of governing'. But Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers, asks if New Labour is more interested in how it looks than what it does.
Appointment at Broker Direct.
Kevin Startton has joined Broker Direct as business development executive for the south east. Previo...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
Tom Heward has taken over as regional managing director for London and the south east following the ...
Y2K broker crisis.
Around 1000 brokers face chaos because their business software systems are not year 2000 compliant. ...
Born in the USA.
A fact-finding trip to America resulted in AIG revolutionising the field of employer's liability claims. Jonathan Swift talks to the award-winning team which rehabilitates, not procrastinates.
Saving made simple.
Norwich Union is set to make saving simpler for its Flexibond customers. From March, policyholder...
Education before compulsion': Ross.
The forthcoming Pensions Reform Green Paper should include the scrapping of income support, the chai...
Heard the one about the deaf traffic cop?
Think of an occupational injury, and total or partial deafness does not always spring to mind. Yet as Ken Cannar reports, legislation in the past decade has seen the number of cases rising.
Eastgate snaps up Hambro in £51m hush-hush deal.
Insurance consultants Eastgate has doubled in size after buying Hambro Assistance for £51m following...
Appointment at J&H Marsh & McLennan.
Peter von Roenne has joined the marine practice of J&H Marsh & McLennan in Germany. He joins the com...