Commercial
Focus of attention.
The schemes sector is currently undergoing significant change. Benefits could be in sight for insurers and brokers if they manage to avoid the pitfalls and are clear about refocusing business strategies, say Vincent Branch and Sarah Redgers.
There is more to being customer-focused than meets the IT.
Practically all organisations are desperate to see themselves as customer-focused, and will go to an...
LMP2001 boosted by launch of Xchanging's on-line repository
Business services contractor Xchanging has launched its London Market Repository (LMR), which allows ...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has taken on Martin Smith in the newly-created position of complia...
RSA aims for top position.
Royal & Sun Alliance's new UK chief executive Duncan Boyle intends to make the company in country's ...
Yarl's Wood closes due to lack of cover.
More selective underwriting in the current market has been cited as a reason for the closure of the ...
Request from Brit Insurance Holdings.
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings has requested that rating agency Standard & Poor's withdraws...
Churchill opens broker division.
David Hiddleston, the executive director heading up Churchill Insurance's new broker division, plans ...
Invest in investors.
Insurers should turn to external asset management companies to deal with the investment side of the business, in order to free up time to focus on their core activities and ensure a good return for their shareholders, says John Troiano.
An EL of a balancing act.
The Woolf reforms and other new legislation has brought great weight to bear on insurance companies for the swift settlement of employers' liability claims. Front-end loading is held to be the best way to counterbalance this. Lynn Rouse gauges insurers'…
Analysis goes live.
Next week, Post Magazine's online service, www.insurancewindow.net, goes live with a new service called Analysis, an essential and comprehensive source of financial data on insurance and reinsurance companies, major brokers and loss adjusters in the UK…
Home and dry.
With the recent floods and other weather-related catastrophes having a huge impact on home owners, disaster recovery specialists are beginning to see the potential in the residential market. David Fanning reports.
Royal & Sun Alliance faces legal battle with Chemring.
Royal & Sun Alliance is facing a legal battle with Chemring, the UK defence contractor, over an unpa...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made John Keeble director of knowledge management. He joins from Enterprise Oil, where he wa...
Appointment at TCA Consulting.
IT consultancy to the financial services sector TCA Consulting has appointed three new directors. Ba...
Axa has signed a deal with Towergate Leisure Underwriting.
Axa has signed a deal with Towergate Leisure Underwriting to underwrite its Golf Umbrella, Caddysure...
Art attack.
The owners of the Atlantis Gallery in East London stepped up security last week after two attacks ag...
Appointment at Schroders.
Schroders has taken on Steven Wood as global head of trading. Mr Wood, who will take up his position...
Back in business.
Following last year's terrorist attacks and the unexpected demise of Independent Insurance business continuity is again a hot topic, and the implementation of effective disaster recovery strategies is more important than ever, claims Helen Da Silva.
Thanks and goodbye.
Would the last chief executive to leave please turn out the light? It's spring in the northern he...
Gerling Global Re faces uncertainty over future.
The fate of Gerling Global Re (GGRe) remained unclear as Reinsurance went to press, following the an...
General Electric reorganises global P&C business.
General Electric (GE) has combined its property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance operations into one g...
Meeting in cyberspace.
Riskclick's Howard Green argues that collaborative networks and not on-line exchanges are the answer to the reinsurance industry's e-commerce needs.
Beware hitting too hard over asbestos concerns.
While I share Geoff Charlton's concerns over the new asbestos regulations (Are insurers prepared for...