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GAB eyes £3m profit but seeks small tenders
GAB Robins chief executive Kieran Rigby said the company was looking to target smaller claims business, as he predicted profits would reach £3m in 2007.Rigby said the loss adjuster wanted to remain on the panels of the top insurers, but was looking to grow its business and believed success might ...
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AMG shake-up moves group MD
AMG group managing director Kevin Wood has been appointed chief operating officer in a management shake-up at the loss adjuster. And former Euler Hermes boss Richard Webster has been appointed chief executive. The company said the changes were designed to provide a platform from which the newly-enlarged group could grow. ...
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Climate change satellite plan
The government is being urged to consider investing in a major European satellite initiative to address climate change that could provide groundbreaking benefits for the insurance industry.The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is a European initiative that could collect data from earth observation satellites and ground-based information to ...
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RI3K chief warns of changing standards
RI3K chief executive Alex Letts has warned that the London market’s adoption of electronic systems is being slowed by changing messaging standards.Letts said that the continued development of the Acord and Market Reform Programme Office (MRPO) standards meant that providers of electronic placement systems, such as RI3K, had to modify ...
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NU telematics system highlights driver fatigue
More than half the motorists monitored by Norwich Union’s (NU) telematics devices are exceeding the government-recommended maximum journey time without taking a break, running the risk of fatigue-induced collisions, said the insurer.Kay Martin, head of telematics, proposition and strategy for NU, said fatigue and nodding-off behind the wheel was one ...
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New Allianz division as weather hits profits
Allianz Insurance saw its profits for the first nine months of the year hit by the £83m cost of weather-related claims in 2007.The company also announced the creation of a new personal lines division.The insurer reported third quarter pre-tax profit of £109.4m, down £62m compared to the same period last ...
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Ecclesiastical to combat metal theft epidemic
Ecclesiastical teams up with forensic security company r to protect insured churches from metal thieves
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SSP gears up for electronic delivery of motor insurance certificates
Secure digital content to boost speedier and cost effective service
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Open GI and Towergate unveil future plans
Andy Homer and Phillip Bell attended the Open User Group AGM last week
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Can insurers be the change the climate needs?
Insurers can play leadership role in helping the financial sector to become more eco-friendly, experts say
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Insurer turns to 'digital fingerprinting'
Warranty Direct to avoid using Royal Mail by sending business electronically
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Paint fire engines yellow, says research
Fire engines should be painted yellow to make them more visible, according to research.Motor insurance provider yesinsureranc.co.uk said its research and a number of other studies showed that vehicles painted with darker colours, such as red, are often less visible than those which are yellow. In the insurer's research, conducted ...
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MPs in last ditch attempt to force U-turn on plaques
Government refuses to overrule Lords’ judgment as pressure builds
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NU confirmed as insurer of blaze warehouse
Norwich Union has confirmed it is the insurer of the warehouse that caught fire in Warwickshire last week.The insurer said the loss could be millions of pounds. Loss adjusting sources put the figure at nearly £20m. The blaze at the vegetable packing warehouse in Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire, last Friday ...
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Aon invests in claims advocacy initiative
New support units established in Glasgow & Birmingham
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Online onlyThe end of pleural plaques?
Despite the bombast, the Lords' controversial decision appears to be final
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ABI calls for more stringent climate change bill
Govt must act on costs, not just prevention
