Loss adjusting
Top Mark co-founder Marchetti exits the company
Martino Marchetti has left Scottish loss adjuster Top Mark with immediate effect.
Ex-SSL directors launch 'phoenix' company despite outstanding debts
The former directors of defunct SSL Loss Adjusting and Nimbus Contractors Network have launched a new business, despite owing outstanding debts to previous suppliers, Post understands.
Blog: Supply chain? More like supply jigsaw
Post editor Stephanie Denton's ongoing escape of water claim saga takes on a distinctly Kafka-esque twist...
Bermingham exits Xchanging as Lloyd's consolidates market on to new claims scheme
Xchanging Claims Services executive director Paul Bermingham has left the company following the accelerated progress of the Lloyd's claims transformation programme.
Career development: Questgates reports continuing success in counter-fraud training courses
Specialist loss adjuster Questgates has recorded 13 candidates from insurers passing its counter-fraud training courses and obtaining qualifications from the Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board.
Questgates to introduce minimum standard for motor investigators
Loss adjuster Questgates has unveiled plans to introduce a minimum professional standard for those operating within its motor investigation team by the first quarter of next year.
Crawford hit with CMA enforcement order regarding GAB deal
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into whether Crawford and Company’s acquisition of fellow loss adjuster GAB Robins will serve to diminish competition in the UK.
Review of The Year: Loss adjusting
In the week that loss adjusting giant Crawford acquired GAB Robins for £45.8m, Post seeks loss adjusters’ views on how the rest of the year was for the sector and what 2015 holds in store
Crawford buys GAB Robins in £45.8m deal
Loss adjusting giant Crawford & Company has completed a deal to acquire GAB Robins in a deal worth £45.8m.
SSL Loss Adjusting enters administration
Northampton-based SSL Loss Adjusting has entered administration, Post understands.
Halifax makes emergency payment following Southampton explosion
Loss adjusters from Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax business are dealing with claims in the aftermath of a suspected gas explosion at a family home in Southampton last week.
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 20 November
Penny is used to her fair share of moonshine, but even she takes her hat off to the brave London-based staff at loss adjuster McLarens.
Marsh claims executive Croll joins Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey has hired Marsh claims executive Brian Croll as a customer service consultant based in Glasgow.
McLarens Aviation handling Virgin Galactic claims
McLarens Aviation has been appointed to handle claims emanating from the Virgin Galactic Space Ship Two crash, Post understands.
Charles Taylor unhampered by large claims drought
Charles Taylor has reported performance in line with expectations, in spite of a drop off in numbers of large commercial losses.
Lloyd's senior manager How joins Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey has recruited Lloyd’s senior manager Simon How as global specialty markets director.
Crawford-backed energy adjuster LWI to launch in Singapore
Lloyd Warwick International will open an Asia-Pacific regional office on 1 November in Singapore with four recruits from rival Charles Taylor.
Didcot power station loss 'preventable' says FM Global
The majority of the loss emanating from the fire at Didcot B Power Station over the weekend was preventable with better risk management, according to FM Global.
Triton bolsters Asia-Pacific adjusting arm
Triton Adjusting Asia-Pacific has appointed Jason Olivo as a senior engineering adjuster.
Cunningham Lindsey hires Griffin as head of forensic advisory services
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed Matthew Griffin as head of forensic advisory services within its major and complex loss team after moving from Cunningham Lindsey Australia.
ERS owner Aquiline splurges on US adjuster
Private equity house Aquiline Capital has announced a deal to buy one of the largest independent claims adjusters in the United States.
Interview: Mike Jones: Generation game-plan
CILA president Mike Jones tells Post how he hopes to shed loss adjusting’s image as the domain of middle-aged white men by enticing more young talent into the industry and increasing its diversity
Video: Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters president Mike Jones
Speaking to Post news editor Callum Brodie two days after inheriting the CILA presidency from Candy Holland, Mike Jones outlined his plans to help bring through the next generation of adjusters, while changing the institute's qualification structure and…
Trade Voice: Recommendations on the Riot Act
Following the riots in 2011 there was considerable discussion in the media and with government ministers about the response of insurers, the performance of the claims industry and indeed the relevance and application of the Riot Damages Act.