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Fire alarms.
Smokecloak has launched the first range of smoke security devices with built-in battery back-up fitt...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Andrew Devey has been appointed special risks surveyor for Property & Casualty Services. He joins th...
A site for more eyes.
Eagle Star Direct has launched home insurance on the Internet following the success of its motor and...
What the papers say.
DAILY EXPRESS A woman given a hysterectomy by a consultant who did not tell her she was pregnant ...
Appointment at Audatex.
Audatex has appointed John Matthews as sales and marketing manager and Colin Townsend to the new rol...
AA breaks down high street chain.
In response to the growing competition in the breakdown service market, the AA has announced it is s...
Court ruling awaited.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a class action lawsuit against Fibreboard, an Owen...
Stolen car recovery.
A £42,000 S-registration BMW M3 Evolution, which was stolen before the owner had driven it, has been...
CCC makes long term care plea to Royal Commission.
Long term care for the elderly should be considered an insurable risk according to a submission made...
An inferno at poultry processing plant.
An inferno at The Banham Poultry processing plant near Attleborough in Norfolk killed 250 chickens a...
Coffee drinking: not for the faint-hearted.
The evils of caffeine were highlighted in Post as far back as a hundred years ago. Readers were warn...
PIA red faced after accusing innocent firm of mis-selling.
An administrative foul-up led to one small financial firm being wrongly branded a mis-selling miscre...
Tax advantages of sleeping partners.
The courts make a clear distinction between tax avoidance and fraudulent behaviour, and are realistic when calculating damages for loss of earnings, says Ken Cannar.
Legal expenses cover needs higher profile'.
Following the government's announcement that it plans to reform civil action funding, the Consumer A...
Keeping trauma out of the courtroom.
Unnecessarily drawn-out litigation in a brain damage case can be harmful to the plaintiff, defendant, insurer and lawyers. Kevin Finnigan suggests the best way forward for all concerned.
Guardian looks for a dividend in N Ireland.
Guardian Insurance is poised for a massive multi-million pound expansion of its business in Northern...
Help for firms hacked off with data thieves.
Atlanta-based Network Risk Management Services (NRMS) has launched what it claims is the first 'offi...
Independent impression of fine art cover.
Insure that old vase you inherited from your great aunt Mavis or you might live to regret it. Tha...
Paying over the odds - time to look at the options.
As a provider of vehicle repair and motor claims handling services, I can only agree with the commen...
What the papers say.
THE GUARDIAN Standard Life, Scottish Widows and Legal & General were among the listed companies w...
Ram-raiders use mechanical digger.
Insurers will have to pay out £50,000 after ram-raiders used a mechanical digger to break into a vil...
Credit line can be made respectable.
Andrew Newman's overview of motor insurance (Making a splash, PM, 23 July 1998) was an excellent ass...
Hazards of speeding through the courts.
With predictions that motor claims costs are set to rocket following the landmark House of Lords dec...
Fears over new stricter claims plan.
News that the government is paying controversial American-owned disability insurer UNUM to develop a...