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MVRA expels two fraudulent members
The Motor Vehicle Repairer's Association has expelled two members for "blatantly contradicting" the M...
One in ten complain over motor claims
As many as one in ten of motor insurance claimants complained about the service they were getting, wi...
Screentrade book snapped up by Swinton
Misys has completed the sale of its business to consumer product Screentrade with the sale of the cus...
ABI unveils details of Chester Street victims package
The Association of British Insurers has finally published long awaited details of the special rescue ...
CD agreement delay.
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct hoped to announce whether it had reached a provisional agre...
Irish Indie policyholders to get UK PPB payouts
Irish motor policyholders left without cover by the collapse of Independent Insurance will be protect...
Pierce heads GAB support team.
GAB Robins has established a new intermediary support team, headed up by its first national account d...
Loss adjusters instructed following Ealing bomb.
A raft of loss adjusters have been instructed, following the explosion of a suspected terrorist car b...
Indescribably indescribable.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Tension grows over pot plants.
UK insurers are still undecided about how they would handle the possibility of cover for marijuana, ...
Argos leads moves to GISC.
A significant number of high-street retail brands are poised to join the General Insurance Standards...
CSC supplies Icons.
CSC is to supply ChoiceQuote Insurance services with its Icons internet solution to enable the insur...
Breaking the banks.
Banks have been using the internet to sell insurance, while insurers and brokers have seemed to lag behind. But they are now beginning to launch an offensive, with new net offerings that aim to provide a wider choice and better service, and ultimately…
Tackling challenges head-on.
Veronica Cowan met Caroline Gill, the Irish Insurance Ombudsman, and found out how her direct approach to complainants' problems has already made her indispensable in the role.
Miller Fisher: sell-off report denied.
Outsourcing services provider Miller Fisher has denied it is considering a sale of all or part of the...
Stowaway inconsistency confusion unravelled.
I write with reference to the letter in PM on 28 June (see below: 'Stowaways cover confusion'), in wh...
Crash case ruling.
Liverpool County Court has thrown out a claim against an insurer from the father of a fatal car cras...
Whitelight set to shine on desktop.
Whitelight Systems has developed a desktop version of its analytical software, which it hopes to hav...
Oxford founders put their weight behind new syndicate.
The co-founders of the aborted broker-only syndicate Oxford have thrown their weight behind new insu...
Sheep dip cleared.
Product and employers' liability insurers were spared considerable compensation payouts last week, w...
Axa grows UK life business
Results released by French insurer Axa for the six months ended 30 June 2001 show it enjoyed growth i...
Direct Line and Tesco see growth
Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Direct Line and Green Flag, saw a 37% increase in pre-tax profits ...
Reflecting on floods - Flood damage and costs can be mitigated for
Flood Problems in the UK in 2001 is a study that considered whether the damage caused by the 2000 floods was as inevitable as it had seemed. Ron Salthouse explains the project's findings and the action that must be taken to stop a repeat of the disaster…
AIG in Chinese insurance rift.
AIG is to fight European insurers over whether it should have full ownership of future subsidiaries ...