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Cutting claims down to size

Although faring better than the employers' liability sector, personal lines insurers are facing their own problems, with floods, fraud and falling investment returns all denting profits. Rachel Gordon looks at the role of claims teams in cutting back on…

Travellers' checks

Terrorist atrocities over the last 12 months, including the US attacks on 11 September and the Bali bombing, have forced insurers and employers to consider the implications of staff being sent abroad on business. Toni Hutchinson reports.

Excess baggage?

When deciding whether to replace existing technology, organisations should first look at whether the system is struggling under the weight of useless information. Unloading this excess baggage could be the answer to many companies' system problems, says…

Raising claims expectations

The Association of British Insurers' Claims Code has had its critics, but it is a vital benchmarking exercise. John Parker looks at its progress over the last two years and considers its future under the new regulatory regime.

Learning from the experts

Media attention has caused widespread fear about the incidence of fatal accidents on school trips. Local authorities are turning to insurers for risk management advice and several initiatives have been developed that look set to keep extra-curricular…

The great call of China

Now a member of the World Trade Organisation, China's barriers to the West are being gradually lowered. Following the lifting of licencing regulations, Jeremy Golden says this burgeoning market is now offering unique attractions to foreign insurance…

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