Loss adjusting
Das adds flood and fire offering
Das has launched the latest version of its Loss Assist product to provide assistance for households that have suffered damage to their property or contents due to a major incident such as a flood, fire, theft or storm.
Lorega appoints former Keelan Westall boss
Lorega has recruited former Keelan Westall boss Sam Purcicoe as business development manager for the north.
Lorega launches new loss recovery products for SMEs
Lorega has launched two new loss recovery insurance products for UK SMEs.
QuestGates boost Scottish presence with new office
QuestGates has opened a new regional office in Scotland.
QuestGates chases Scotland expansion with Merlin hires
QuestGates has added two former Merlin employees to its Scotland team.
Former Merlin man snubs LAS for Direct Group
Former Merlin loss adjusting and claims services director Russell Crewe has snubbed LAS Claims and instead joined Direct Group.
Axa and GAB Robins extend contract by three years
Axa has renewed its commercial property loss adjusting contract with GAB Robins by three years.
Merlin in administration
Merlin Claims has entered administration with BDO confirmed as administrators over the Merlin group of companies.
Brokers urged to check property covers amid cannabis "menace"
Questgates has warned brokers to check their property owners' covers amid a rise in UK cannabis factories.
Equity and Cunningham Lindsey in claims partnership
Equity Red Star’s home insurance division has paired up with Cunningham Lindsey UK to form a dedicated claims team.
Corporate Underinsurance: Improving understanding of business interruption cover
Last year's riots brought the problem of a lack of business interruption cover to the fore. What are the solutions to underinsurance in this area?
Insurance 360 Research: Loss Adjusters Insight Report 2011
Based on comprehensive input from 90 unique claims professionals, the Loss Adjusters Insight Report 2011 gives detailed performance insight on the broker market's 10 most commonly-used firms of loss adjusters for commodity-type claims - and also for the…
New claims mediator launches to brokers
Expedite Resolution has launched a new service that it claims could bring a flexible and cost effective approach to claims settlement.
Lorega and Keychoice join forces
Lorega has joined with Keychoice to provide commercial loss recovery insurance and services for its members.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Loss adjuster insight: Hitting the bullseye?
Insurance 360 takes another look at the performance of loss adjusting firms to reveal who is performing well and who needs to raise their game.
Garwyn appoints ex-Marsh CEO
Loss adjuster Garwyn has appointed Artur Niemczewski as chief executive officer.
Barbican appoints Questgates
Barbican Insurance Group has appointed Questgates to provide liability adjusting services.
Zurich extends claim notification period to 30 days
Zurich has increased its notification period for property insurance policyholders from seven to 30 days, where a condition exists on policies for the reporting of riot claims.
Loss adjuster pushes surge status to red as it copes with riot fallout
GAB Robins has announced that its surge status has moved to red after receiving a "considerable" number of claims following the London riots.
Up to 50 redundancies announced at Crawford
Crawford & Company has confirmed that following a business review it expected to make up to 50 roles redundant across central support services and Crawford General Insurance.
Regional round table - Bournemouth: Fraud focus
Our expert panel discusses how the Insurance Fraud Register and other developments in the market will impact brokers' attitude to fraud. Liz McMahon reports.
Opinion – public perception: insurance to the rescue
Could the industry do more to encourage more positive media coverage and improve public perception, asks Alistair Steward.
News analysis - professionalism: brokers slow to embrace Aldermanbury Declaration
The Aldermanbury Declaration is a year old this month and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has signed up nearly 200 brokers, insurers, loss adjusters, claims companies and managing agents. However, despite this early success, particularly with…
Reportage - Commercial property: Businesses under the weather
Louise Phillips examines the risks facing commercial property when it comes to weather and how brokers should advise their clients to prepare for the worst and put in place measures to limit damage.