Crawford & Company
Career path & CSR news: Crawford & Co sees first set of MBA graduates
The first cohort of 15 of its emerging leaders have now successfully graduated from Crawford & Company’s bespoke MBA programme. This group comprises eight from the UK and seven from the loss adjuster’s continental europe, Middle east and Africa area.
Interview - Andrew Homewood: A developing role at the CILA
With 35 years in the industry, new CILA president Andrew Homewood is well placed to guide the institute through an important phase in its development. Leigh Jackson finds out his plans for the organisation.
Penny Black's insurance week
This week Penny witnessed the most heart-thumping, testosterone-fuelled event of the insurance calendar.
Ex-Crawford manager joins Davies
Davies Group has appointed Vic Noble as head of property adjusting operations.
Crawford marks training successes
Crawford & Company's bespoke MBA training programme for future business leaders has produced its first 15 graduates.
Crawford marks training successes
Crawford & Company's bespoke MBA training programme for future business leaders has produced its first 15 graduates.
Identity fraud: Tolerance levels
With technological advances arguably making insurers more susceptible to fraud at the underwriting stage, should validation techniques be learned from banks? Amy Ellis examines the issue of fraud at the front end.
Fraud - travel insurance: The Achilles heel
As the third package tour operator since July collapses, Nikki Grieve-Top highlights the importance of travel insurance but also warns of its vulnerability to fraud.
Insurance Fraud 2010
Hear the latest initiatives on combating insurance fraud from Aviva, Allianz, Axa, Experian, the Insurance Fraud Bureau, the Financial Ombudsman Service and others at Post's Fraud 2010 conference later this month.
Crawford acclaims 18:1 ROI in fraud detection
Crawford & Company is revamping its fraud investigation process in a bid to further improve its detection rate after new figures revealed it is generating a 45% increase in fraud savings for customers compared with 12 months ago.
Postbox: Praise for BDMA training
I was delighted to see your feature highlighting the excellent work done by the British Damage Management Association
Health insurance - IPT rise: A bitter pill
With the failure of the industry's efforts to persuade the Treasury to freeze, or indeed lower, insurance premium tax on private medical insurance, Veronica Cowan looks at what it would take to lobby more effectively.
Crawford results show $2.5m net loss
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has reported consolidated revenues before reimbursements of $238.2m in the second quarter of 2010 compared to $249.7m in the same period of 2009.
Post in print - 22 July 2010
Post reporter Dan Dunkley outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was saddened to learn of the death of fellow socialite and raconteur Alan MacDonald earlier this year.
Lloyds chooses Crawford over adjusting trio after review
A trio of loss adjusters will no longer work with Lloyds Banking Group after it moved to a solus arrangement with Crawford & Company.
Post Europe - Focus on Greece
The European insurance market is facing a tough economic climate but none more so than the Greek market with its government’s financial debt crisis. Edward Murray reports on how the industry is coping.
Focus on Greece
The European insurance market is facing a tough economic climate but none more so than the Greek market with its government’s financial debt crisis. Edward Murray reports on how the industry is coping.
Risk managers need board level support, claims survey
UK corporations remain overly reliant on insurance as a catch-all solution and are failing to take risk seriously as a board issue by delegating responsibility downwards. These are among the key initial findings of a three-year study being undertaken by…
Spotlight on talent: The price of professionalism
Is the insurance industry talking the talk but not walking the walk when it comes to training staff? Veronica Cowan asks why investment in professionalism is still frequently questioned on cost.
Gladwell joins to lead Crawford Home
Crawford & Company has named Aviva operations director Greg Gladwell to lead its new end-to-end personal lines service Crawford Home.
Cunningham adds to EMC and board
Cunningham Lindsey UK has announced changes to the board and executive management committee of the business.
Crawford names first-ever MD for Home brand
Claims specialists Crawford & Company has appointed Aviva’s Greg Gladwell to the newly-created position of managing director for Crawford Home.
RBSI may put off full review until 2011
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance is considering extending the contracts of its loss adjusting panel until July 2011 rather than launching a full review this summer.