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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...
What the Papers Say.
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A magazine editor who was stuck in a lift for a weekend is to sue the owners...
RAC sees Red.
The RAC has launched a new pay-as-you go motor service, Red, with a £1 access charge. Aimed at caref...
Owen latest to go at Axa.
The upheaval in the upper management echelons at Axa's Sun Life and Provincial Holdings continues ap...
ABI won't rollover.
The Association of British Insurers has made representations to the Home Office against proposed cha...
Luddite stance is insulting.
Why is it that as the insurance industry is looking forward, Andrew Paddick of the Institute of Insu...