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1st Automotive select Cottrill Stone Lawless to handle non-personal
The uninsured loss department at 1st Automotive has selected Manchester law firm Cottrill Stone Lawl...
Commentary - Shifting sands of liability.
In the landscape of the Court of Appeal looking at general damages and Michael Ogden's working party...
Brazil.
The Brazilian government is to sell control of the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute, putting an end t...
£5m fire damage.
A fire at a furniture warehouse in Darlaston, west Midlands, has caused an estimated £5m worth of da...
Mind games to bust fraud.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has employed the thought police in a bid to slash fraudulent claims. ...
IPT tax threat to motor insurance
Longford Insurance Schemes claims that millions of motorists would risk driving without insurance if ...
Opus leads charge on horse market.
Opus Holdings hopes to prove it is a thoroughbred broker with the launch of a new business unit. ...
Remon Rihani v J Wareing & Son (WREA Green Ltd).
10 February 2000 Court of Appeal The claimant suffered noise induced deafness. He was advised by ...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Car alarms do nothing to deter thieves, according to a new report, because their sound is s...
Hiscox to provide first failsafe insurance aginst unanticpated
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to provide the UK's first failsafe insurance against unanticipated copyrig...
BA looks outside home services.
Britannic Assurance is expected to look outside the home service sector for future acquisitions afte...
Patrick Smith to launch first full online insurance intermediary.
Former Hill House Hammond chairman Patrick Smith is to launch what he claims will be the UK's first ...
Back to basics in Brighton.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Prynn v Cornwall County Council.
24 January 2000 Queens Bench Division The claimant sustained severe brain damage as a result of a...
Old Mutual pulls out of race for fund manager
Old Mutual, the South African life insurer, said today it had pulled out of the race to acquire UK f...
Groupama's insurance duo
Tim Ablett and Stephen Hartigan have been appointed as joint managing directors at Groupama Insurance...
Rapid by name and by nature.
A new virtual insurer was launched this week boasting the "fastest way to buy insurance online". ...
Act fails to ruffle insurers.
The insurance industry is taking a relaxed approach to the new Data Protection Act (1998), which cam...
A lot of Zlotys.
Poland's largest insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen saw gross premiums rise to from 6bn Zlotys to...
Suing hamburger chain.
A couple who claim they were assaulted by staff at a McDonald's restaurant following a complaint abo...
Don't ignore value of adjusters.
Ken Little of Total Services ('CILA Under Fire Over Networks', PM 17 February, p8) is concerned abou...
Judges could prompt PHI rethink.
Private health insurance could receive a boost following the pivotal Court of Appeal personal injury...
Motor sector giants accused of illegal deductions.
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn has filed lawsuits against 16 motor insurers alleging they have u...
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition of the works of Gwen John and Lucie Rie shown at...