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Website fires up.
Disaster recovery specialist for documents and books, Hardwell Drying and Restoration Services, has ...
Insurer CGU renames in India.
Insurer CGU has renamed Commercial Union and General Accident to CGU Life Insurance and CGU General ...
Building the links against fraud.
For years the public saw insurers as fair game for fraud. But now the realisation that fraud equals inflated premiums has changed their attitudes. Jonathan Swift finds out how insurers are closing the net on the conmen.
Wind and fire cut CGU profits.
Several heavy claims severely dented CGU's third quarter profits. The insurer said two of the wors...
Millennium Motor Spares signs up.
Millennium Motor Spares has signed up to eSalvage, an Internet-based service set up by Glass Informa...
Appointment at Donns Solicitors.
Former head of commercial legal services at AA, Clive Robb, has joined Donns Solicitors as claims ma...
CGU watches out.
CGU has signed a deal worth £2m with the National Neighbourhood Watch Association for a commercial p...
Picking up the pieces.
Earthquakes, infernos, air crashes - no-one likes hearing about them yet they are the staple diet for a large section of the insurance industry. Eric Alexander discovers why 1999 has been a busy year for the financial masters of disaster.
Key role for insurers in drive to help poor.
The government has demanded an expansion in insurance with rent schemes in its drive to tackle finan...
Cancer case could hit insurers for millions.
The London market could see millions of pounds disappear down a hole if a court claim for compensati...
Avon calling online.
Avon Insurance has begun to roll out Avon Net, its Internet-based quotation and administration syste...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
Crowe Insurance has appointed Janet Helson as underwriter and Jamie Lewis as deputy underwriter of S...
Loss for Lloyd's in 2000
Moody's has forecast continuing losses for the Lloyd's market in 2000 and has revised downwards its f...
Crawford acts over major loss
Loss adjuster Crawford has launched a new division, called the Major Loss Network, a managed loss ser...
China pushes open the door
US and Chinese negotiators have finally signed a trade deal that paves the way for China to join the ...
Aon to build new risk benefit team
Aon Consulting is to expand its risk benefits practice in January. A new team is to be established at...
More left hand down would be right handy.
Three quarters of British motorists would consider taking refresher driver training to reduce the ri...
Body parts join up.
The insurance industry has been called upon by a united body repair industry to respond to its claim...
Appointment at B&CE Benefit Schemes.
Sir John Chilcot has been appointed chairman of the board of B&CE Benefit Schemes. He replaces Sir T...
Swinton picks IBM.
Car and home insurance intermediary Swinton has chosen a Numa-Q 2000 server cluster from IBM to run ...
Inaction is just not an option.
Motor insurance premiums are back in the spotlight, with predictions that rates could increase by as...
An own goal.
Last week's Avon Competition included an error. Question two should not have been a multiple choice....
Autographed cars.
Cleveland-based Progressive Insurance, the fifth largest US auto insurer, is placing 'black boxes' n...
Brokers must play by new Internet rules to survive.
Brokers must embrace the Internet as a distribution channel if they are to remain a force in the mot...