Loss adjusting
IMIA 2011 preview: Setting the agenda
With Amsterdam playing host next week to the 44th International Association of Engineering Insurers annual conference, IMIA chairman Neil Clutterbuck previews the event.
MoJ to split referral ban enforcement role - Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including confirmation from the Ministry of Justice that the government’s proposed ban on referral fees is unlikely to be centrally administered, and instead enforced by…
Davies Group profit more than doubles to £3.37m
Claims management firm Davies has announced a 24% leap in turnover to £36.9m for the 12 months ended 31 March 2011 (2010: £29.6m).
Penny Black's insurance week - 8 September 2011
An opportunity to gawp at strapping sportsmen on a balmy Saturday afternoon is not the sort of invite Penny finds easy to turn down.
Questgates: UK corporates clamp down on fraud
Loss adjuster Questgates has witnessed an increase in high street businesses asking for help in determining if claims made by employees and clients are fraudulent.
Comment: The more things change...
Thirty years ago we saw recession, a royal wedding and riots. Sound familiar?
Editor’s comment: A heavy downpour
It never rains but it pours. Cliche that may be but it’s one that works on multiple levels across the insurance industry this week.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Any company that has ever rebranded will know the path is a perilous one.
Crawford-Axa allegations unfounded
Twin-track investigations immediately launched following anonymous accusations of “sharp practices” in Crawford & Company’s handling of Axa claims have discovered the allegations to be unfounded.
Career development & CSR: Cunningham Lindsey’s CILA success
Cunningham Lindsey’s mentoring scheme to help staff achieve Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters status has notched up its first success.
Risk update - Asbestos: Kept safe from harm
With the European Commission ordering the UK to amend legislation to ensure maintenance and repair workers are fully protected from asbestos, John Toms investigates the implications for the insurance industry.
Disaster recovery - SME: Dealing with disaster
SMEs would flounder in the face of a disaster, with a large proportion going out of business completely. Edward Murray asks why, therefore, it remains so hard to get them to engage with disaster recovery planning.
Bournemouth's streets cracked by floods
More than 60mm of rain fell in Bournemouth between 6am and midday on Thursday last week, and the average rainfall for the whole of August is less than 54mm, according to GAB Robins.
Flash floods hit Dorset
A spokeswoman for loss adjusters Cunningham Lindsey, told Post that some “isolated incidents of flooding” in the Dorset area had been reported at its Solent office, with some areas reaching “a couple of feet” of water.
Württembergische appoints Charles Taylor for static claims
Charles Taylor Insurance Services has won its first static claims remit from the company market, with German insurer Württembergische Versicherung AG.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Penny got more information than she bargained for when she visited Axa’s London offices last week to get an update on its commercial lines strategy.
People moves – 18 August 2011
A round-up of people moves and new appointments in the industry, as featured in the 18 August 2011 edition of Post.
Insurers extend riot notification period
Insurers have extended their claims notification periods for claims resulting from the riots in response to the government’s own extension of the notification period under the Riot (Damages) Act compensation scheme.
New generation claims group: Networking opportunities
With a brief of developing innovative ways to improve the claims process, the Chartered Insurance Institute’s new generation claims group recently finished its year-long pilot. Ant Gould looks at the results and talks to the key players.
Post history – 20 years ago: Disaster firms buckle in recession
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 20 years ago reveals.
Target school leavers rather than graduates
I read with considerable interest the continuing tale of the shortage in the insurance industry’s talent pool.
2011 subsidence claims to cost industry £250m
The number of subsidence claims could reach 37 000 by the end of the year, costing the industry up to £250m.
Quadra lures back previous customers
A Manchester-based loss adjusting firm, created by the founders of Carr Greenwood Smith, has won back old customers UK General and Ecclesiastical following its split from Merlin in March last year and recruited more than a dozen employees.
Career development & CSR: Cunningham Lindsey cycles to success
A Cunningham Lindsey bike ride around the Peak District has raised £1200 for Macmillan Cancer Support, the loss adjuster’s chosen charity.