Commercial
Ri3k names six of the cedent companies
Ri3k has named six of the cedent companies who will be placing treaty business through the platform ...
E-business - Round-the-clock e-business
Strategic Focus
Cullum splits CEO role
Towergate chief executive and chairman Peter Cullum is to split his role, passing the mantle of chie...
Folgate acquires commercial broker Vulcan
Folgate has acquired Kent-based commercial broker Vulcan, which has a premium income of £6m. The Vul...
Welcoming in new blood
New Companies
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection
Sheena MacGregor has been appointed head of the Lawphone department at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protec...
Mis-selling claim hit by aggregation failure
Lloyds TSB General Insurance Holdings v Lloyds Bank Group Insurance Company (House of Lords - 31 July 2003)
New reinsurers prosper in difficult market
New reinsurers are prospering in the difficult post-11 September 2001 market, according to rating age...
Halifax General Insurance launches healthcare products.
Halifax General Insurance has launched three new low-cost healthcare products - Personal Accident Pl...
View from the Top - Peter Hubbard, chief executive, Axa Insurance UK.
It is increasingly clear to me that, as an industry, we have a responsibility to make sure our busin...
Takeover target HLF admits rationalisation.
Broker Heath Lambert's UK regional office network looks set to be slimmed down as part of the compan...
Sectornet: HML quote system is "a first".
Broker software supplier, Sectornet, has developed a web-enabled, full-cycle commercial combined pro...
A bad time to lose its head.
While the British Insurance Brokers' Association is to be congratulated for doing its utmost to find...
Budget turns to e-mail to boost business.
Budget Insurance Services, which last month signed a deal to administer home insurance for Bradford ...
The time is now.
Underwriters need to make better use of real-time business intelligence to reduce risk calculation time, says Jeremy Hill.
Salvage - SalvageSale set to announce claims alliance
US online salvage marketplace SalvageSale has revealed that it will announce a new strategic global ...
D&O - Remedies for a hard market
The explosion of securities litigation, combined with the weak economy, has complicated the market for directors' and officers' insurance
A buyer's view - talk first, act later
Behind the scenes at St Paul International - Martin Hudson gives a reinsurance buyer's view on the market, and says reinsurers need to remain connected to insurers' concerns
WTC court battle continues
The legal battle over the 11 September 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre (WTC) is continuing, as...
RMS models Israeli earthquake risk
An Israeli earthquake model has been developed to analyse the catastrophe risk within the area. Acc...
Brit closes direct aviation book
Brit Insurance has stopped underwriting direct aviation risks, including airlines, general aviation ...
Expect no surprises
If current conditions prevail, 2003 looks set to be pretty stable for property catastrophe reinsurance, says Sal Zaffino
Appointment at Glencairn
Steve Hearn has been appointed group chief executive of Glencairn. He joined the group in September ...
NU ships out marine account to Towergate.
Towergate Marine Underwriting has won a contract to administer Norwich Union's Marine Trade, Yacht &...