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If the hat fits ...
Insurers are slowly but surely getting out of the mindset that prevents claims being outsourced. Simon Threadgold speaks to those who are taking control on behalf of UK insurers and warns insurers of where they should be cautious.
Popsters Eternal will be puckering up for CGU.
Popsters Eternal will be puckering up for CGU this Valentine's day. The duo will join other celebs, ...
Gavel comes down on Allstate.
In the first of many lawsuits against Allstate, the insurer has been found guilty of practising law ...
Appointment at Greenwoods Solicitors.
Six new members have joined Greenwoods Solicitors personal injury team. The are: personal injury ...
Britannic's general business moves to Cornhill
Britannic is to outsource general insurance sales - home and motor - to Cornhill Direct and to cut 35...
Travel opportunities.
Insurance product marketing company HML claims brokers can now make more commission on travel than m...
Millions of pounds wasted.
Insurers are wasting millions of pounds on vehicles that are written off in accidents, according to ...
Rover up for grabs.
Broker Direct has launched a campaign to help brokers gain pole position in the motor insurance mark...
Marketing for success?
Veronica Cowan finds out which insurers are boosting their marketing spend and increasing the number of opportunities.
A crashing case.
The current outbreak of flu has increased the number of road accidents, according to motor insurer D...
Rosy picture of Lloyd's is 'codswallop'.
A report which paints a rosy picture of life at Lloyd's has been slammed as "codswallop" by one anal...
Drug-drive tests 'years away'.
Roadside drug testing is still years away, despite public concern about the affects of drug-driving ...
Tissue factory inferno sparks off legal fight.
Independent Insurance, a Lloyd's underwriter and a Birmingham broker have become embroiled in a £10m...
MVRA launches new standard.
A new quality standard has been launched by the Motor Vehicle Repairers Association in a bid to diff...
National network.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle next week centralises its Home Services adjuster field force...
New fog clearing device.
A new fog clearing device could stop insurers getting misty eyed over cloudy claims. The Dry Ice Spr...
... a personal lines underwriter.
In the first part of a new series, Jonathan Swift spent a day with Hiscox's Austyn Tusler to find out what a personal lines underwriter gets up to ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
John Beston has been appointed as motor fleet manager for Ecclesiastical Insurance. He will be based...
Not bad for a first effort.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
MULRA advocates responsibility.
Underwriters should be forced to accept responsibility for unregulated, uninsured loss recovery oper...
Routledge quits Octavian
Peter Routledge has resigned as active underwriter of Octavian Syndicate Management's motor syndicate...
Nac Re upgrade.
Following XL Capital's acquisition of Nac Re in June 1999, rating agency Standard & Poor's has raise...
GIC to expand abroad.
India's government-owned reinsurer, the General Insurance Corporation (GIC), intends to increase the...
Le Mans to Miami.
Le Mans Re is to relocate its life business for Latin America and the Caribbean from Le Mans to Miam...