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Appointment at Chem-Dry UK
Chem-Dry UK, the claims management company for accidental damage, fire and flood claims, has appoin...
Appointment at Miller
Richard Essex has joined Miller's retail operation based in Beckenham, after 10 years working at Ha...
Penny Black's restaurant review
Penny Black, the insurance industry's very own 'it' girl, pens the first in an occasional series of...
NU: Orange and IBM pay deal
Norwich Union is to finally begin pilots for its pay-as-you-drive motor insurance product later thi...
Mountains out of molehills?
As the compensation culture continues to take hold in the UK, with more and more minor incidents being converted into claims, Hugo Cranmore looks to the US and asks how far down the 'blame and claim' line the UK is likely to follow.
Weathering the Storm - book review
The latest volume of the history of loss adjusting, Weathering the Storm, by Chris Hardy, is now av...
A jolt for whiplash claims
Whiplash is costing insurers dear, with about eight in 10 of all motor personal injury claims relating to the condition. Many are realising that speed and appropriateness of treatment response is vital to keep payouts down - and can also help weed out…
Rubicon appointed by Swinton
Rubicon has been appointed by broker Swinton to run off the call centre operation in Lurgan, Irelan...
Bollington to go national following MBO
Macclesfield-based broker the Bollington Group is aiming to establish itself as a national broking ...
Zurich opts for India after pilot
Zurich this week confirmed it is expanding its call centre services in India, after a successful 12-m...
View from the Top - Andrew Torrance, general manager, Allianz Cornhill
The year 2003 is the one that will demonstrate whether the UK's general insurers have learnt the le...
Feeling the heat
The pressure has been building on the critical illness market as advances in medical science have increased the costs of supplying cover. Jonathan Swift says after a long period with little innovation it is time this sector became a hotbed of activity.
Penny Black's insurance week
Some people might be strangely comforted that people in the insurance and reinsurance business also...
On public display
Inheritance tax can be costly, but for owners of fine art willing to share their masterpieces with the general public, there are alternatives to shelling out. Veronica Cowan explains the insurance implications.
Appointment at Veitch Penny.
Exeter law practice Veitch Penny, which specialises in defendant personal injury work for insurers a...
What the papers said this week
The Metro A fraudster went to the police station to report that her expensive ski trousers were...
Rubicon Corporation acquires rights to telebroking software
Outsource service provider Rubicon Corporation has acquired the rights to the telebroking software ...
InsurE-com contracted by Cooke & Mason
Broker solutions provider InsurE-com has been contracted by commercial broker Cooke & Mason to impl...
Appointment at Stuart Alexander.
Dick Tucker has joined Stuart Alexander as group compliance and process improvement manager. Mr Tuck...
Just click your name
Signing your name on a document at the touch of a button is one of the latest technological developments used to tackle security over the internet. Jim Leason assesses digital signatures.
The AA teams up with Europcar
The AA has teamed up with Europcar to provide all its new and existing customers with a courtesy ca...
Lack of finance shows London weakness
I was interested to hear Charles Philipps of Amlin (View from the top, PM, 27 February, p13) statin...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Sue Evans has joined the motor trade division of North-west-based broker The Bollington Group, Ms Ev...
NU mulls rehab for brokers
Norwich Union has launched a rehabilitation product aimed at helping individuals injured in car acc...