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Truck case driver cleared.
North v TNT Express UK (Court of Appeal - 25 May 2001) The defendant's articulated truck was be...
No DVT hazard.
Suggestions made at last week's Association of Lloyd's Members' annual conference that Deep Vein Thr...
Huge payout not an insurance worry.
A leading City claimant lawyer has played down fears that insurers should have anything to worry abo...
Alarm on the farm.
Motor insurance repair centre Thatcham aims to lower the incidence of agricultural machinery and pla...
Direct Line increases European reach.
Direct Line is to further broaden its European exposure, with the acquisition of US insurer Allstate...
Salvage profits up.
Universal Salvage has announced a pretax profit increase of 18% to £6.6m compared with £5.5m in 2000...
Independent: what now?
The collapse of Independent Insurance will reverberate around the market for many years, much as the...
Stowaways cover confusion.
Help, I'm confused, being only a simple provincial insurance man. In Post Magazine, 22 March (see b...
Fast-track rules for effectiveness.
David Worsfold reports from Post Magazine's legal conference.
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A common sparrow that feathered its nest with discarded cigarette ends is bei...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was delighted to hear that Derry Andrews, managing director of PMI provider Clinicare, has beco...
Appointment at XL Brockbank.
Lloyd's managing agency XL Brockbank has promoted Ann-Louise Seago to deputy class underwriter for s...
Cheshire: an all-rounder.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Rural Insurance Group.
Harrogate-based Rural Insurance Group has made two new appointments. Joanne Walker joins from Congre...
Ockham expects.
David Poole, chairman and chief executive officer of Lloyd's insurer Ockham, which operates motor su...
Employees commit 89% of frauds.
Some 70% of major companies in the UK reported they had been subject to economic crime in the previo...
Independent affair likened to Maxwell scandal.
Mark Batten, one of the provisional liquidators at Pricewaterhouse Coopers handling the scheme of ar...
AMP to buy Towry Law.
Australian financial services giant AMP is to buy independent financial adviser Towry Law for £75.7m...
Claims Direct bid follows loss
No win no fee company Claims Direct has recorded an annual pre-tax loss of over £20m, compared to a ...
Misys shuts direct insurance business
Computer software giant Misys is to shut down its Screentrade and the theformula.com internet consume...
Floating acquisition.
Yacht and leisure craft underwriting agent Mardon Insurance Brokers has acquired Michael Stimpson & ...
Reading the audience.
In an industry where often the only way to come out ahead of rivals is to compete on service, customer relationship management is an extremely valuable tool. If it is used properly, giving customers what you know they want can reap rewards, says Veronica…
Drake expelled by ombudsman.
Insolvent motor insurer Drake is believed to have become the first company to be expelled by the Ins...
Global strength.
Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has had its financial strength affirmed by two ...