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ABI looks to US for motor fraud model
The increased sophistication and growing prevalence of staged motor accidents by organised criminal...
6 years ago.
Staged road accidents are now a favourite for organised gangs, see pp10-11 of this week's issue, tes...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has appointed managers for five out of the seven regional underwriting centres it is ...
Appointment at InsurE-com.
InsurE-com has taken on Dr Sam Kingston, previously senior vice president of Oracle Consulting, as a...
No ill effects as IT staff strike.
The Bank of Ireland has claimed its branch-based general insurance broking operations were unaffecte...
What the papers said this week.
THE TIMES An exercise to test London's reaction to a terrorist attack using chemical or biologica...
Insurers in firing line as HSE targets stress.
Insurers may face a rise in payouts for stress-related claims, after the Health and Safety Executive...
Junction appointed by Uniservice.
Junction, the affinity business of the Budget Group of Companies, one of the UK's leading independen...
Chubb pushes for 'ultra' rich.
Chubb Insurance Company of Europe has restructured its London business, with a new team of underwrit...
Sirius broker contract ends 15-year relationship.
North-western commercial broker Chorlton Cloughly Group has signed up with software specialist Siriu...
AFP Consulting opens new office in Belfast.
Legal specialist AFP Consulting has opened a new office, AFP Consulting in Belfast, in addition to i...
Regency@Home teams up with insurers.
Legal & General, Fortis, Nationwide and Groupama have all signed up to work with the UK furniture an...
Allianz claims shake-up sees major shift in-house.
Allianz Cornhill plans to launch its own in-house adjusting and investigation teams as part of a res...
Bradford & Bingley set for motor drive.
UK bank Bradford & Bingley is poised to launch into motor insurance in 2004 and is also gearing up to...
Cleaning up on dirty money.
The insurance industry is one of the most vulnerable to fraud - including money laundering. Maurice Hyman asks what insurers can do to tighten the loopholes that let 'dirty money' get into the system.
Scor income drops despite scaling back.
Paris-based reinsurer Scor's gross premium income fell 18% year on year in the first half of 2003, f...
Rationalisation at Axa to continue.
Further rationalisation of Axa's UK general insurance business will occur after the current round of...
View from the Top.
The issue of uninsured driving is again top of everyone's agenda, with the news that minimum fines w...
Highest stolen vehicle recoveries in July says Tracker.
Vehicle security specialist Tracker has reported that July saw the highest ever monthly total of sto...
Brave new world.
The growing complexity of our daily lives along with social and technological advances are necessitating changes in the way insurance is packaged and sold and risks are calculated. Michael Kelly argues that insurers embracing these changes will have a…
Appointment at ARCS.
ARCS Estimating Systems has added two new faces to its team. Steve Higginbottom joins to assist in t...
RSA and Halifax split.
So the inevitable has happened and Royal & Sun Alliance and Halifax Bank of Scotland have decided to...
Appointment at Heath Lambert.
Heath Lambert Consulting has appointed Douglas Walker to its corporate pensions and benefits team. H...
Set sail for the fourth Lineslip regatta.
This year, Post Magazine is once again sponsoring the Lutine Lineslip Regatta, the premier yachting ...