Commercial
Families to sue surgeon over pensioner's death.
Four New Zealand families are seeking £600,000 worth of damages and costs from a English surgeon aft...
Straight-talker moves on.
I see that Alan Fleming is on the move. The high-profile director of global risk management at Dia...
PIA's axe falls on mis-selling companies.
The Personal Investment Authority has issued another series of fines and suspensions for compliance ...
Euro Introduction.
CMG has warned insurers not to lose sight of the changes the single currency will bring early next y...
NIG staff to lose jobs this week.
NIG Skandia is set to axe the first wave of jobs following its acquisition of the UK operation of Hi...
JLT splits operations.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has revealed its new-look structure which it believes will provide a b...
Bodyshop web site.
Vehicle repair consultants Auto Body Projects On-Line has launched a website aimed at bringing repai...
LPC/Lloyd's unveils centre.
A symbol of the future was unveiled this week when the London Processing Centre and Lloyd's unveiled...
IRISC becomes REMI.
Insurance service provider IRISC has changed its name to Claims Management Group and created two ope...
Operating on the right lines.
The multi-year, multi-line approach can improve efficiency and security, explains Lincoln Trimble.
Balancing both sets of cover.
Does an aggregate extension clause have a role to play when the terms of inward and outward covers do not match? John Butler investigates.
Mutual challenges.
Pressures abound on P&I clubs, says Standard & Poor's Fiona Thompson.
JLT merges units.
Lloyd's broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to merge its London market insurance and reinsurance operat...
The Maritime Insurance Company hoping for no icebergs.
The Maritime Insurance Company will be hoping that two container ships they have underwritten stay c...
Winning over the press gang.
The article by Mark Bishop (Good press dries up in floods, PM, 19 Nov, p18) implies criticism on ins...
For a few dollar$ more.
American life insurers, traditionally more secure than their peers in other markets, are suddenly facing risk factors that threaten to dent their credit quality. Moody's examines what must be done.
Exclusive - Eurobase gives insurers data freedom.
Insurers will no longer have to rely on IT staff to create quality documentation from insurance syst...
Rising stars in the East.
Eastern and central Europe offers both opportunities and threats for western insurers, says Kathy Sullivan.
PCS ready to splash out on acquisitions.
Loss adjuster PCS has instructed the IPS Mergers & Acquisitions to find companies for acquisition or...
Woodgate & Clarke to investigate suspected arson attack.
Loss Adjuster Woodgate & Clarke was called in to investigate the wreckage of a burnt out hotel last ...
NPI announces launch of new services.
NPI has announced the launch of a host of new services available exclusively to UK IFAs live on the ...
CMG's system for IFAs.
IT services group CMG is strengthening its presence in the IFA marketplace by launching a complete b...
Guardian under threat.
It looks as if the inevitable is about to happen to Guardian. A long-time bid favourite, it seems th...
First fund for insurance sector.
Hiscox Investment Management and Singer & Friedlander Investment Management have launched the first ...