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Appointment at Dolmans
Cardiff law firm Dolmans has promoted three senior associates to partner. Peter Bennett, Clare Knox...
Reinsurance drag on MMA
Broker-only insurer MMA cited rising reinsurance costs as it recorded a fall in UK operating profit...
NIG motor-cycle policy available online
NIG has made its motor-cycle policy Trophy available online via its dedicated broker extranet site....
At a rate of knots
The yacht and pleasure boat insurance sector is under full sail once again, due in part to the currently contracting market, and despite an industry-wide increase in liability claims. But, asks David Fanning, will rates remain buoyant and keep the market…
Appointment at Browne Jacobson
Susie Nicholson has joined Browne Jacobson's insurance and public risk team. A qualified barrister,...
Clarity and value can fight fraud.
Insurers need to explain the level of excess on policies more clearly to customers as one way of com...
Mass exodus of jobs and cash.
The world's largest financial services companies expect to transfer an estimated £225bn of their ope...
Appointment at Chubb Insurance.
David Casement has joined Chubb Commercial Insurance, a division of Chubb Insurance Company of Europ...
Appointment at Beazley.
Lloyd's managing agency Beazley has taken on Sarah Peters to develop Syndicate 2626/623's UK and Iri...
No duty of care owed in night-time diver accident.
Donoghue v Folkestone Properties Ltd (Court of Appeal - 27 February 2003).
Call for action on no win, no fee bus fears.
The coach and bus industry is very concerned about the no win, no fee industry and wants the governme...
Sabre expects big underwriting profits.
Non-standard motor insurer Sabre expects to report another sizeable underwriting profit for 2003, de...
M&SFS seeks GI counter sales as motor launched.
Marks & Spencer Financial Services this week said its long-term aim was to sell general insurance ov...
Appointment at R3: Group.
Business-to-business-to-consumer specialist R3: Group has made two new appointments to its Ipswich-b...
Surveyor fault a case of hindsight.
McKinnon and McKinnon v E Surv (Chancery Division - 14 January 2003).
A wider vision.
Allianz Cornhill's broker arm is a major player in a sector that has taken some hard knocks lately. Marcus Alcock talked to Chris Hanks, commercial underwriting and marketing executive for the division, about the company's wide-ranging plans going…
Zurich appoints Mark Bull as partnership manager.
Zurich has appointed Mark Bull as partnership manager, networks and suppliers, for its motor enginee...
Open house for the price-conscious?
Recent rate hikes for household insurance have sparked a rush of new entrants into the sector, aiming to take advantage of the fact that many policyholders will buy on price alone. But insurers are fighting back, seeking greater differentiation with…
ZFS briefs brokers over direct push.
Zurich last week briefed 500 brokers face to face over its plans to promote Zurich's direct offering...
Michael Burnett confirmed as new president of CILA.
Michael Burnett, regional director of Cunningham Lindsey UK & Ireland, pictured left, was confirmed ...
Facing up to the Compensation Culture.
11 June - London This will be one of the most creative and exciting conferences in the insurance ...
What the papers said this week.
The Independent The driver jailed for causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby train crash ha...
Unions: partnership not confrontation call.
As someone who operates within the arena of claims validation where there are investigation indicato...
A call to join forces in the car wars
The Metropolitan Police is fighting an uphill battle against car crime. However, Detective Chief Inspector David Ryan told Anthony Gould that with more joint initiatives and co-operation from the insurance industry, it could make major inroads.