Claims
The problems with pensions.
As Julian Farrand, Pensions Ombudsman, issues his fifth annual report, Veronica Cowan sought his views on some of the issues.
Mixed views to plans for stakeholder.
Government proposals to permit an increase in fees for detailed advice on stakeholder pensions have ...
Getting to the root of tree decision.
Immediately recognising the photograph of the tree outside Delaware Mansions, I read with interest y...
Bad timing for reshuffle.
The reshuffle of junior ministers last week caused surprise and disappointment in the insurance indu...
Maude on SOFA.
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Francis Maude will address the Society of Financial Advisers 'upd...
Lure of cash is clogging up courts.
In recent weeks we have witnessed two more claims for compensation, illustrating just how far this c...
Misys does the double on Internet.
Computer software group Misys is to launch two on-line personal finance services, one for consumers ...
Batchelor says 'I do' to AMP job.
Paul Batchelor, chief financial officer of Australian financial services giant AMP - a majority stak...
Scandal, what scandal?
Insurance industry chiefs will not end up in the dock over alleged mortgage sales irregularities, ac...
Council gets £1m bill for barking up wrong tree.
Insurers have welcomed a Court of Appeal decision which will have wide ranging implications for home...
Court recognises RSI and opens claims floodgates.
Employers could face a barrage of claims for compensation following a Court of Appeal decision which...
Corrupt bank destroyed staff's trust.
In the course of the liquidation of the Bank of Commerce and Credit International SA, which became i...
Appointment at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Two insurance litigation specialists have been recruited to Addleshaw Booth & Co. Joy Gilbert joins ...
Commentary - When stress reaches court.
Around 270,000 people take time off work each day because of work-related stress. After council work...
Mutuals not a better deal.
Your editorial comment 'Dimming the mutual galaxy' (PM, 1 July, p15) strikes an unrealistic note. ...
Physical attributes.
Technology is a vital tool in the processing of insurance claims, and Physical Evaluation Systems has identified the most effective way of using this to enhance its services.
Threat to loss adjusters.
The biggest threat to loss adjusters over the next 10 years is not from each other but from accounta...
Raise cap or risk failure.
The proposed 1% cap on charges for managing stakeholder will defeat the purpose of the government-sp...
Credit hire hostility is not helping anyone.
I read with interest the continuing debate about the effects of Dimond v Lovell, and in particular M...
Commentary - The dangers of malingering.
The recent decision that allegations of malingering are serious allegations of fraud raises the stak...
Focus on proposals.
Focus Business Solutions has launched an electronic data capture method for insurance policy proposa...
A train crash is not a publicity gift.
I am extremely dismayed by the comments attributed to Peter Golding of McLarens Toplis (PM 1 July p1...
Willis and MoD partnership.
Willis Risk Solutions has gained access to a team of over 11,000 scientists and engineers following ...
Wise network launched.
The organisation being created by the merger of the three electronic networks for the insurance indu...