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RPC comments on new asbestos rules
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has urged the insurance industry to see the new asbestos regulations that come in to force on May 21 as an opportunity for business growth, rather than as a potential problem.
Appointment at The Jelf Group
Sam Ward has joined The Jelf Group as commercial account handler to its Wessex office. Ms Ward was f...
DWP sets summer deadline for rehabilitation framework
The Department for Work and Pensions this week vowed to have a framework for vocational rehabilitati...
Cincom launches fraud indication solution
Software supplier Cincom has launched a fraud indication solution, which it says will enable insurer...
Employers face knowledge burden
Maguire v Harland & Wolff (Queen's Bench Division - 26 March 2004)
RAC is criticised over rights push
A report from RAC Legal Services encouraging the public to be aware of compensation rights in road t...
Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary is Trust Assured
Last week, Post Magazine published an article concerning a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland that...
Appointment at FMW
Matthew Stoodley has joined Chelmsford-based insurance broker FMW as account handler in the property...
MIB helps to launch rehab pilot
Health & Case Management is working in partnership with the Motor Insurers' Bureau on a pilot to inc...
Appointment at Misys
Misys Financial Systems has made Alistair Spencer insurer relations executive. He joins from Zenith ...
Asbestos ruling disappoints
Barker v St Gobain Pipelines (Court of Appeal - 5 May 2004)
APCapital announces Gerling deal
American Physicians Capital has announced the commutation of its reinsurance agreements with Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America (Gerling).
DWP publishes rehab paper
The Department for Work and Pensions has published its discussion paper on vocational rehabilitation, to help people overcome health or disability-related barriers they may face in returning to work. The paper follows the department's review of Employers…
Unum offers return-to-work guidelines
Unum Provident has launched a checklist of guidelines for employers to help members of staff return ...
Know your rights: This month - Workplace Surveillance
Nicola Hosfield explains the various regulations, codes of practices and guidelines that govern employee rights in the emotive areas of surveillance and monitoring
Commentary - Cracks exposed in UK ceramics industry
The ceramics industry is experiencing severe difficulties as it struggles to cope with competition f...
96% think 'blame and claim' culture on the rise in Britain
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Rallying against a risk-averse society
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Refuse 'bonkers' claims, high-street firms urged
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ATE can beat 'farmers'
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QuestGates' environmental claims unit relocates
QuestGates' environmental claims unit relocated from Oxford to Maidstone this week. The unit was set...
Swiss Re calls for more research
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Xosoft to provide replication system
Xosoft will provide a replication system for Max Re's hurricane-prone Bermuda headquarters. Its prod...
Crisis is 'fuelled by public inability to connect premium rises with claims'
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