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What the Papers Say.
THE SUN A woman cop allowed her lesbian partner to drive her squad car then lied when she crashed...
Europ Assistance expands
Europ Assistance plans to quadruple its staff by 2005 following a major expansion of its operation in...
Amlin reorganises
London-market insurer Amlin has announced a major restructuring of its underwriting operations. The...
Commentary - Quality lawyers: worth their weight in gold.
A major problem for general insurers is managing their legal bills. Most insurers have devoted time ...
Appointment at Equijust.
Equijust, the London-based loss adjuster specialising in institution and commercial crime insurance ...
Team in EC3 move.
City insurance litigation specialist Kennedys has doubled the size of its Mark Lane office, with the...
Hiscox: more tiers.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has gone live with another tier of partnerships for its online home insura...
Berkeley Square Securities Limited v Michael Conn & Co (a firm).
Queens Bench Division, 15 June 2000 This case involves two firms of solicitors that failed to advi...
Special delivery.
Direct Line has integrated its claims and underwriting database into its online insurance quotation ...
Steering towards motor.
Specialist insurer Privilege is aiming to become the largest non-standard risk motor insurer through...
Taking the initiative.
In this age of revenue-driven initiatives, insurance covers are critical to structuring major projects, but the market may not yet be delivering all that project sponsors require, reports Richard Willsher.
Fraud going gone.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to underwrite insurance cover to be provided by internet company Yahoo giv...
Open-all-hours initiative unveiled.
In a separate move, a new online service from Rarrigini & Rosso - called 24 7 Broking - aimed at com...
Age a positive boon for expert witnesses.
I was interested to read the letter from Colin Devenny (Unwanted fraud services cop it, Post Magazin...
Policing claims a duty of care.
Waters v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis House of Lords, 27 July 2000 The claimant, a ...
Flushing out fraud.
Richard George, director of specialist investigations at McLarens Toplis, said loss adjusters were a...
Flooding the market.
The general insurance industry, which has been battered by catastrophes over recent years, will have...
UAR site: not an asset in sight.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
James Chapman snaps up Large.
Manchester-based insurance litigation specialist James Chapman & Co has poached Paul Large, former h...
Broker tunes in to acquisition.
Acquisitive broker Bryan James & Co has boosted its music division with the acquisition of PJ Jenkin...
Churchill to create 275 new jobs.
Churchill has announced plans to create 275 jobs at a new dedicated claims unit in Ipswich. The insu...
What the Papers Say.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE In an unprecedented move last week, a state judge in California ord...
Appointment at Sampo Industrial Insurance.
Sampo Industrial Insurance has expanded its Midlands team with the recruitment of regional property ...
Privilege to sell non-standard motor online
Non-standard insurer Privilege has made a bid for the online motor market by launching an online 'quo...