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Axa up and looking online
French insurer Axa has reported a 22% rise in 1999 net attributable profit excluding exceptional ite...
Insurers' powers of persuasion win over voters.
US insurers have succeeded in persuading the public to vote against proposals that would enable car ...
Bupa relaunch.
Private medical insurer Bupa has relaunched its existing income protection scheme. Called 'Lifestyle...
Environmental Fools Day.
On 1 April legislation is introduced which will force polluters to pay for their actions. If the polluter cannot be found then the current occupier will have to pay instead. Jonathan Swift examines.
It's a gas at Zurich.
Zurich will take a major slice of the market for certification of gas engineers following the acquis...
Tapping into cybercrime.
The most dangerous predators stalking the UK insurance industry might not necessarily be foreign cor...
Appointment at Donns Solicitors.
Donns Solicitors has appointed three new partners and now believes it is the only UK law firm which ...
Tangley's claims.
Adjuster Crawford & Company has been appointed by NFU Mutual to deal with the claim arising from the...
SGS finding way with Compass.
Intentional verification organisation SGS has bought Compass Insurance. The Coventry-based operat...
Reinsurers unaware of law rules threat.
Reinsurers involved in lengthy run-off proceedings could find themselves unfairly penalised by the E...
Busy filing their mails.
... and organising presentations, taking telephone calls - often in different languages - and doing their bit to keep a company running like clockwork. This is the role of the personal assistant in the 21st century, as Marcus Alcock discovers.
Fenchurch ruling.
Fenchurch Insurance Brokers has been stung by further claims of misconduct - months after being fine...
1st Automotive select Cottrill Stone Lawless to handle non-personal
The uninsured loss department at 1st Automotive has selected Manchester law firm Cottrill Stone Lawl...
Commentary - Shifting sands of liability.
In the landscape of the Court of Appeal looking at general damages and Michael Ogden's working party...
Brazil.
The Brazilian government is to sell control of the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute, putting an end t...
£5m fire damage.
A fire at a furniture warehouse in Darlaston, west Midlands, has caused an estimated £5m worth of da...
Mind games to bust fraud.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has employed the thought police in a bid to slash fraudulent claims. ...
IPT tax threat to motor insurance
Longford Insurance Schemes claims that millions of motorists would risk driving without insurance if ...
Opus leads charge on horse market.
Opus Holdings hopes to prove it is a thoroughbred broker with the launch of a new business unit. ...
Remon Rihani v J Wareing & Son (WREA Green Ltd).
10 February 2000 Court of Appeal The claimant suffered noise induced deafness. He was advised by ...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Car alarms do nothing to deter thieves, according to a new report, because their sound is s...
Hiscox to provide first failsafe insurance aginst unanticpated
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to provide the UK's first failsafe insurance against unanticipated copyrig...
BA looks outside home services.
Britannic Assurance is expected to look outside the home service sector for future acquisitions afte...
Patrick Smith to launch first full online insurance intermediary.
Former Hill House Hammond chairman Patrick Smith is to launch what he claims will be the UK's first ...