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All fired up.
Loss adjusters are under pressure to provide insurers with a slick, 24-hour service. Simon Threadgold says this also means forging better relations with brokers so that customers can benefit from a seamless claims handling service.
Bennetts buys Graham.
Personal lines broker Bennetts Insurance has bought Graham Insurance Brokers of Gosport as part of i...
RSA's new medical insurance cuts out fee cut off point.
Royal & SunAlliance has dispensed with the "customary and reasonable" cut-off point for specialist f...
Access all markets.
Robert Beckett, chairman of the Beckett Group, tells Tim Collison how the group's international approach to placing risk has been one of the major factors in its success.
Appointment at Allan Chapman & James.
Colchester-based Allan Chapman & James has made a string of new appointments. Chris Eyers joins a...
Consumer champion.
Walter Merricks, the first Financial Services Ombudsman, talks to Tim Collison about how he plans to merge the eight current ombudsmen into one single super scheme.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's head of underwriting and risk management, Steve Wood, has been transferred to ...
Worthy opponents.
Competition is fierce in the high net worth market and, with rates as low as they can go, insurers claim to be competing on service rather than price to attract customers, says Shona Cronin.
Brokers get a say on insurance woes.
Brokers are often accused of moaning about the market. Over the last few years, several leading indu...
MIA - new travel policy keeps it in the family.
Specialist health insurance broker the Medical Insurance Agency (MIA) has launched a flexible annual...
Trading standards.
Business in the contracting sector is at last beginning to pick up, although insurance rates are not mirroring this improvement in performance yet, says David Fanning.
Appointment at Crowe Insurance Group.
Crowe Insurance has made Paul Smith regional manager for Colchester. His role will encompass both...
Access all countries.
US-based Assurex International and Europe's Synergy have formed an alliance, creating what they clai...
Report paints gloomy picture.
Standard & Poor's 1999 Insurance Market Profiles report has painted a gloomy picture of the UK provi...
Appointment at Town & Country Assistance.
Town & Country Assistance has promoted section head David Richardson to the role of training manager...
COMMERCIAL BROKING - Mergers hit brokers hard.
The spate of insurer mergers has had a major impact on brokers. Professional Broking asked regional brokers whether they were happy with the post-merger service from insurers. Tim Collison reports.
SVB's Fusion gives brokers control.
Lloyd's managing group SVB, has set up an Internet facility designed to give brokers increased acces...
Assitalia UK is sponsoring exhibition.
Assitalia UK is sponsoring the first ever exhibition of the photographer Luigi Ghirri in this countr...
UK motor to suffer.
Bacon & Woodrow is forecasting that the UK motor market will suffer losses of around £1.2bn for 1998...
Holman adds value to HNW.
Holman Risk & Insurance Management is offering brokers a high net worth policy which boasts several ...
Sedgwick integration.
The integration of Sedgwick into the Marsh structure is not likely to be completed for another two y...
Appointment at Safety Assessment Federation.
Alan Harris, engineering executive at Allianz Cornhill Engineering, has been elected chairman of the...
FSA Bill raises power fears.
What are the insurance companies doing to prevent the Financial Services and Markets Bill being pass...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Hiscox has appointed two new non-executive directors: Dr Carol Franklin Engler and Derek Netherton. ...