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Kidnap cover to rise.
Most kidnappings are now motivated purely by economics, according to a Foreign Policy Centre report ...
IFAs get Scot service.
Scottish Provident has launched a new online service for independent financial advisers at www.scotp...
Interesting compensation for loss of earnings.
Griffiths & Others v British Coal Corporation & Another Court of Appeal 27 February 2001.
Appointment at Property and Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has recruited Sue Rumbold as personnel and training manager. She joins ...
Motorcyclists' insurance claims.
Four out of five motorcyclists have claimed on their insurance in the last 12 months, with premium i...
Initiative to prevent caravan theft.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has joined forces with the Association of Chief Police Officers and th...
Claimline expands.
Surrey-based personal injury no win, no fee specialist Claimline is understood to be seeking financi...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Peter Hadden, director of Independent Insurance, has taken on responsibility for managing the group'...
US and Europe must end trade rows.
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb, and policy adviser to President Bush, last week ...
Industry rejects "complacency" tag.
I was surprised to read the response from Owen Tudor of the Trades Union Congress to my letter (Post...
Landmark case for professional indemnity cover.
The decision in Merrett v Babb last month is a landmark case about the liability of a professional, ...
Unattended is uncovered.
Hayward v Norwich Union Insurance; Court of Appeal, 22 February 2001.
AMA up and running.
The fledgling Accident Management Association, backed by a group of industry players, opened for bus...
London market reform talks
A series of briefings on the LMP2001 reforms are being held in the London insurance market to help pr...
Zurich denies property withdrawal.
Despite poor group results last week for 2000 from Zurich Financial Services, UK chief executive San...
Bija joins Donns.
Manchester-based Donns Solicitors, which claims to be the largest personal injury specialist in the ...
Appointment at NSCO.
Gary Lane and Simon Shaw, who previously worked for Property and Casualty Services in the loss adjus...
Appointment at Munters.
Munters the property damage restoration specialist, has recruited Chris McCann to expand its UK team...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has promoted Geoff Merriman to manager of its City office. He joined Ecclesiastical i...
Sail through online.
Navigators & General, the pleasureboat insurance subsidiary of Zurich, can now provide brokers with ...
PIA halts suspension.
The Personal Investment Authority has revoked the suspension of Harvey Simon Medical Insurance Servi...
Compulsive growth in East.
The biggest potential for general insurance growth in the Central and Eastern European insurance mar...
Livery Dinner.
The annual Livery Dinner of the Worshipful Company of Insurers will be held this year at the Mansion...
Web database competes in the art of recovery.
A new web-based database for stolen art and antiques has been established, which aims to compete hea...