Loss adjusting
Axis to expand in Mexico
Axis International is to expand its operation in Mexico, targeting domestic growth opportunities and the country's international reinsurance business.
MYI global offering shake-up
Loss adjusting group McLarens Young International has ceased working with its affiliate partner in Canada with immediate effect and will shake-up other regions soon.
Gay-only deal website looks to add insurance products to portfolio
A former loss adjuster, who left the industry when his firm went bust to set up Europe's first gay-only deal website, is considering teaming up with insurers to expand.
Postbox: Squaring a difficult circle
David Bonehill's letter 'Bursting for Improvement' quite correctly referenced the scale of the burst pipe and escape-of-water claims either side of last Christmas. He also correctly identified the finite resource that is the UK loss adjusting profession…
People moves – 4 August 2011
A round-up of people moves and new appointments in the industry, as featured in the 4 August 2011 edition of Post.
Lloyd’s pursues own probe into Equity syndicate losses – Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including Lloyd’s decision to begin investigating Equity syndicate’s reserve deterioration. A Names protest group says the outcome should prove influential to its own…
Crawford launches accredited management scheme for staff
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has teamed up with the Chartered Management Institute to launch what it claims is the first accredited management programme in the sector.
Ecclesiastical adds Quadra to increase property adjuster panel
Ecclesiastical has appointed Quadra Claims Services to its property loss adjuster panel to focus on commercial and personal lines property claims.
Soil deficit figures support predicted upturn in subsidence claims
Unless there is significant rainfall over the UK in the next six weeks, the industry should brace itself for a rise in subsidence claims later this year.
People moves - 28 July 2011
A round-up of people moves and new appointments in the industry, as featured in the 28 July 2011 edition of Post.
Postbox: Collaboration is key to finding a surge solution
I read with interest David Bonehill's letter 'Bursting for Improvement'.
Group unveils ABS plan despite delay
Triton Global has "stuck its head above the parapet" to announce it is ready to become an alternative business structure, as soon as it has the green light from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Crawford axes up to 50 as claim volumes fall
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company is to make as many as 50 people redundant, including managers, after a business review flagged up a fall in household claims.
Garwyn begins another CEO hunt
Private equity-owned specialist liability loss adjuster Garwyn is to appoint a new chief executive officer to replace Stewart McCulloch "in due course," just 13 months after he joined the business.
Postbox: Adjusters at the mercy of fickle insurers
David Bonehill's letter has clearly provoked a significant response — and rightly so.
Postbox: Independents can help lessen the load
I agree that there is room for improvement where surge response is needed.
Crawford announces up to 50 redundancies
Crawford & Company said that it expects less than 50 roles to be made redundant as a result of its business review.
Argent Liability Adjusters prepares for major loss capability expansion
Argent Liability Adjusters has responded to increased client and market demand by forming a major, complex and specialty loss practice.
Sport - Rugby World Cup: Shaken but not stirred
Robert Barron and Michael Owen look at the impact of the Christchurch earthquake on this year's Rugby World Cup and the lessons for contingency specialists involved in other major sporting events.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny thought she got invited to all the best gigs, but clearly her invitation to Markerstudy's 10th anniversary bash at The Savoy was lost in the post.
Axa takes hit on illegal vodka industrial blast
Axa faces a large insurance claim following an explosion at an industrial unit in Boston, Lincolnshire that was being used to produce illegal vodka.
Commercial property - Business interruption: Dealing with disruption
Deficiencies in business interruption policies have long been a source of debate, but what can be done to improve them, asks Veronica Cowan.
Postbox: Bursting for improvement
I have read with interest recently articles in insurance trade publications regarding the continuing cost of winter claims to the sector. According to their authors, the burst pipe claims 'event' at the end of 2010 and into 2011 will have a far greater…
Chile quake drives adjuster expansion
Brighton-based claims specialist Fitzgerald Consulting has set up its first international branch in Chile.