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Sky's the limit for claims against aeroplane cabin crews.
Clumsy air stewards and stewardesses could land their employers in trouble after a precedent was set...
Actuary says motor industry will be running on empty until 2000.
Actuary Bacon & Woodrow has stressed to the motor insurance industry there will be no profit in the ...
Mother of two tried to con insurer out of over £10,000.
A mother has pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud an insurance company after she was found to hav...
MATCH of the Y2K day.
Millennium compliant software is now available for the MATCH suite of products for the motor claims ...
New US bank law stalls.
Financial services modernisation in the US is expected to suffer following the shock defeat of Repub...
Terra Nova wins Moody's approval.
Bermudian and London market (re)insurer Terra Nova has been praised by rating agency Moody's for its...
P&C insurers at risk from shares.
The Japanese property and casualty (P&C) market has a much higher exposure to the stock market than ...
Lloyd's agent banned.
Lloyd's regulators have banned Cuthbert Heath Underwriting, the former managing agent of syndicate 4...
Return to lender.
It's now thought cool to finance your lifestyle with someone else's money. Where do insurers fit into this lending spree? Simon Threadgold reports.
Lloyd's denies IBRC allegations.
Lloyd's has denied claims that it's encouraging brokers to leave the Insurance Brokers Registration ...
RSA to axe 300 call centre jobs.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to axe almost 300 jobs next year as it closes two of its customer service ce...
Staff grin and bear it for Pudsey.
The insurance industry once again played its part in the BBC's Children in Need Appeal last week wit...
£7m anti-flood plan could burst the banks.
The Environment Agency plans to splash out an additional £7m a year in an effort to foil the floods....
Flammable film stock makes cinema a risky business.
Props from the film Titanic were recently shipped to the UK for an exhibition at Wembley Arena. The ...
RSA's smoke signals.
Royal & SunAlliance is giving away smoke alarms with its Primechoice policies. This follows a survey...
Voyage of risk discovery needed in marine market.
Marine safety has once again emerged as a major issue, with Channel 4's investigation into allegatio...
Gay lovers' tiff leads cops to missing masterpieces.
A £10m art fraud scam has come to light following a gay lovers' tiff which led to the discovery of t...
Home help from Bishopsgate.
Bishopgate has enhanced its Safekeeping buildings and contents insurance policy to benefit home work...
A poser for Paddick on dual roles.
Andrew Paddick has fired a broadside at Lloyd's because he believes that it is discouraging insuranc...
Exclusive - Chubb plans to break into motor.
Chubb Insurance is poised to power into the high net worth motor market in the second quarter of 199...
Brokers' EDI solution.
Independent has launched a solution for brokers to streamline their EDI buildings and contents busin...
Appointment at Shoosmiths & Harrison.
Judith Dorkins has been appointed by Shoosmiths to head up its specialist injury department in North...
Digital crash reconstructions to revolutionise claims process.
Computer generated reconstructions of motor accidents could help the insurance industry resolve comp...
CGU buys R&SA's Greek operation.
CGU has bought Royal & SunAlliance's Greek general insurance operation to make it the sixth biggest ...