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Elite invests in new claims internet portal.
Claims handling specialist Elite Incident Management has invested £300,000 in technology to allow it...
Making sense of vital statistics.
The insurance industry is reliant on social statistics to help it evaluate the risks associated with certain covers. Peter Falush looks at the government's recently published Social trends and indulges in a spot of number-crunching.
Groupama goes full cycle.
Groupama Personal Insurances will switch to full cycle electronic data interchange from 1 June for a...
Appointment at Ascot Underwriting.
Ascot Underwriting, the Lloyd's Managing Agency that began underwriting last November, has appointed...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Creating a national website for an international company can be tricky and there are many examples o...
Motor insurer Ockham has succeeded in raising £25m ...
Motor insurer Ockham has succeeded in raising £25m through its placing and open offer, announced on ...
McLaren's Taylor moves to Reich brokers.
National client director for Capita McLarens Simon Taylor is to join Manchester-based Reich Insuranc...
Changing social and political attitudes ...
Changing social and political attitudes are leading to increased liability claims, a Lloyd's underwr...
Cigna International is to relocate its South-east office ...
Cigna International is to relocate its South-east office from central London to Redhill in Surrey. T...
Co-op seeks chiefs to oversee integration.
The Co-operative Group plans to bring its insurance and banking operations together under the new br...
Cyber-terrorism?
The internet is an ideal target for terrorist activities because of its global and impersonal nature. Andrew Gordon and Chris Barrett ask whether current insurance offerings are adequate.
Russia votes for obligatory motor insurance.
The Russian parliament has voted to introduce obligatory civil liability insurance coverage for car ...
Liberty Syndicates expecting best result.
Lloyd's insurer Liberty Syndicates is expecting the best result in the market for 1999, with its mar...
Relief for liability insurers as McDonald's wins hot tea court case.
Liability insurers breathed a sigh of relief last week, when fast food giant McDonald's won a High C...
Triumph factory will be restored to its original state.
Motorcycle manufacture Triumph has already begun remedial work to the section of an assembly line at...
Mardon Insurance Brokers to sponsor jet ski team.
Marine insurance specialist Mardon Insurance Brokers is hoping its sponsorship of the Storm jet ski ...
Time to repair the damaged relationship.
The current troubled relationship between repairer and insurer serves no one, says Dane Loosley, and it must be improved to increase efficiency and profitability for both parties.
Risk management has long since ceased to be a "nice to have" ...
Risk management has long since ceased to be a "nice to have" and must be an essential and integral p...
PCA opens files in cycle accident.
R (on the application of Anthony Green & Others) v Police Complaints Authority & Others. (Administrative Court - 21 December 2001)
Swiss Re in claims dispute.
Swiss Re could go to arbitration with US life insurer Lincoln National over its purchase last year o...
Airmic chief set to move to RSA.
The current chairman of the Association of Insurance and Risk managers, Philip Thomas, is set to joi...
What the papers said this week.
The Guardian A teacher attacked by a pupil won £190,000 damages in the High Court last week, in w...
Goshawk Insurance to provide international crisis management
Listed Lloyd's insurer Goshawk Insurance has teamed up with risk management specialist Hill & Associ...
ING buys stake in Brazilian insurer.
Dutch banking group ING is set to acquire 49% of Brazilian insurer Sul America for an undisclosed su...