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See you in court, Mum', mentality must stop.
The growing practice of solicitors encouraging the bizarre spectacle of children suing their parents...
Let adjusters repair damage of assessors.
I reply to Alan Wiseman's letter (Setting representation record straight, PM, 2 April, p16) in which...
Appointment at Barnett Waddingham.
Alan Chaplin has left Watson Wyatt, where he was a partner, to join consulting actuaries Barnett Wad...
Appointment at Rand Information Systems.
Paul Robinson has been appointed to manage Rand Information Systems' commercial business unit. He ha...
Free accidental death cover at the sign of the black horse.
Lloyds Bank is pushing £5000 worth of free accidental death benefit cover to promote the launch of i...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
James Duffell has been appointed media relations manager for Norwich Union. He heads an in-house pre...
Methodist Insurance 'has its cake and eats it'.
Delighted Methodist Insurance chairman Herbert Tuckey described his company's joint administration a...
Solicitors slam insurers.
The Solicitors' Indemnity Fund (SIF) has hit out at the insurance industry for publicly criticising ...
Taking business to Europe.
As the introduction of the euro nears, industry chiefs used the first Post Magazine/OSI Business Briefing to debate the pros and cons of the UK entering the first wave of the EMU. David Worsfold reports.
Guides from InStep.
InStep, the Association of British Insurers' electronic trading package, has oiled the wheels of inf...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Gordon Davidson is to return from Liverpool to his professional home of Manchester to head Hill Dick...
Euro it makes sense to be ready.
As the arrival of the euro comes ever closer, so the insurance industry in the UK is getting to grip...
Winter Richmund sold.
Insurance and risk management specialist Winter Richmund has been acquired by the international insu...
Countdown to kick off.
It is just one week to go before the Post Magazine Charity Football Competition kicks off and I want...
One-touch 999 calls welcomed.
Insurers have welcomed the arrival of a £12,000 phone link which puts puts the public in touch with ...
Sherwood partnership.
Sherwood International plans to boost sales of its models-based insurance software and services, AMA...
Pension compensation.
Insurance firms should compensate investors who opted out of pension schemes at a rate of 5% of sala...
Disappointed with the response.
Disappointed with the response of the Competition Directorate of the European Commission (DGIV), the...
In place of strife.
Alternative dispute resolution should suit insurers down to the ground, but how many companies are using it and what are its advantages. Victoria Jordan investigates.
Playing by job-cutting rules.
In the wake of several huge mergers across the European insurance industry, Harriet Eisner explains how the trade union MSF is arguing for changes in the way companies behave towards their staff.
Unconnected claims could not be added.
It was not open to a reinsured to add together unconnected claims which it had paid under underlying...
2000 could bring aircraft disasters.
Insurers are warning that planes could crash in 2000 if their technology is non-millennium-compliant...
Archer aims at D&Os.
Archer Underwriting is hoping to hit the target with its new worldwide policy for company managers a...
What the papers say.
THE SUN The latest chart-topping girl band, All Saints, ran for their insurance policies when the...