All Insurance Times articles in Issue 02-12-2010
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News
Chile earthquake tops table of costliest disasters in 2010
Deepwater Horizon spill and Xynthia winter storm also feature in Swiss Re’s top eight
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NewsABI: corporation tax proposals ‘encouraging’
Foreign branches of UK firms will be exempt from corporation tax under new framework
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NewsABI battles for credit-checking exemption
New directive will require insurers to credit check policyholders who pay in instalments
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News‘Big acquisition’ on the horizon for Henderson
Broker fought ‘difficult’ environment to post 11% rise in pre-tax profit
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NewsGallagher remains on the look-out for acquisition targets
Recent talks with PI broker have not progressed further
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NewsDual role will not compromise Confused, claims Admiral
Business will continue to act with impartiality, spokesman says
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NewsQBE’s property head leaves amid European reshuffle
Ash Bathia replaces Bernard Mageean to lead new property, casualty and motor division
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NewsHardy on defensive to thwart Beazley offer, say analysts
Underwriter announces trio of measures after latest 330p-a-share bid from Lloyd’s rival
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BackchatBackchat: LV= Broker’s pheasant plucker
When we have too much time on our hands we take up shooting … or inventing, muses the Insider. Or there’s always the rugby
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People & OpinionLeader: Beazley is just the start
Many potential buyers will be drawing up their insurer Christmas shopping lists
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Markets & RisksThere will be blood
Doctors involved in fraud should face a fitness-to-practice hearing at the General Medical Council. But a loophole is allowing many of them to slip through the net
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News AnalysisThe monster PPO claims are coming …
The little man trying in vain to battle the unstoppable monster is a staple of the horror movie genre. But insurers could be about to face their own nightmare: claims inflation
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FeaturesInterview: Graham Clarke
A calm and unassuming exterior belies the Miller chief executive’s ambitious nature. Here he tells us how he plans to take on the big brokers
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NewsOFT drops probe into use of premium comparison tools
ABI's guidance already exceeds consumer protection standards in other industries
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NewsIreland stands firm on corporation tax rate
Senior opposition party figure argues it is 'counter-intuitive' to change the policy
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NewsDevelopers to match government spending on flood projects
£500m could be raised for flood defences via local taxes
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People & OpinionEric Galbraith: Europe is in need of marriage guidance
An apparent lack of understanding about our sector means a European single market is still some way off
