Commercial
Travel jobs to go.
Norwich Union has shut down its travel scheme business, with the loss of 40 jobs at its Croydon offi...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Keeping her hand in with media relations types, Penny was intrigued by the arrival of Jenny Chapman...
Insurers lag on XML.
As insurers come under increasing pressure from reduced return on equity investments and industry re...
NU: new co-brand.
Norwich Union has extended its partnership with the Royal Automobile Club under plans to bolster its...
Davis on course.
Newmarket-based specialist commercial insurance brokers The Davis Group has said it is on target for...
Marsh reshuffle.
Broker Marsh has reshuffled its managerial structure in the UK, with the creation of three new senio...
Appointment at The St Paul.
Simon Catt and Tony Curtin have joined the St Paul as claims managers in the wholesale division. Bot...
Appointment at Lloyds.com.
Max Carter has become commercial director of the new lloyds.com internet portal. He is the former ch...
PremiumClear ready for roll-out.
Start-up company Speed-Clear has launched an online global premium tracking and collection service a...
Industry too complacent over mould
The insurance industry is being too complacent over the threat of mould, and could face civil and cri...
Sirius looks for new boss to take Mediquote forward
Sirius Group, formerly known as Policy Master, has outlined ambitious growth plans for MediQuote, it...
Solid profit for NIG
Broker-only insurer NIG has reported a pre-tax profit for 2000 of £22m. Gross assets increased to ove...
Bernstein talks on risk
Peter Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The remarkable story of risk, speaking at this year's As...
NU closes travel arm
Norwich Union has decided to to quit selling travel insurance through schemes business to the travel ...
Indie relegated from FTSE 250
Independent Insurance has dropped out of the FTSE 250 following another drop in its shares. The com...
Runaway market.
Unless there is fundamental change in the market, aviation reinsurance will become more and more expensive. John Hamblin and Richard Williams chart the effects of higher exposures and greater consolidation.
News in brief - Wise
UK telecoms giant BT has ended its relationship with the insurance industry e-commerce standards body...
Risk managers look outwards.
Among delegates at the 39th Risk and Insurance Manage-ment Society (Rims) conference in Atlanta last...
Get ready for take-off.
Times have been tough for space (re)insurers, with heavy losses, overcapacity and restricted access to data for assessing risks, but the market may now be looking up. Vic Wyman reports.
Misys courts buyers.
Software giant Misys is currently in talks with five well-known financial sector companies over the ...
Insurers fail on e-risks.
The insurance industry has failed to respond to the need for products covering e-risks, the growing ...
Technical hitch.
Last week's Post Magazine round table highlighted some important issues, claims Theo Duchen, particularly relating to the problems generated by the use of technology in the troubled commercial lines sector.
Strategic focus points to good future for brokers.
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Allianz profits rise.
German insurer Allianz, reporting its first quarter profits for the first time, said premium income ...