Commercial
Inside information.
With the IT focus firmly on the global reach of the internet system, the value of intranets as business tools is often overlooked. Richard Adams tries to redress the balance.
Playing on the same team.
Contrary to popular belief, Rachel Gordon finds that in today's ever evolving market loss adjusters and brokers are finally realising they are on the same side. By pooling their resources and concentrating on their clients they can only come out ahead of…
Appointment at JST Mackintosh.
Liverpool-based commercial and insurance law firm JST Mackintosh has made two new appointments. Jona...
Insurers 'also rans'.
Insurers have again been branded as 'also rans' in the world of e-commerce when compared with the ba...
Insurers must get political.
A whistle-stop tour of Irish economic history since the beginning of the 1970s ended in delegates be...
Borrett: closer look at risks needed.
The London market must get closer to the risks it is writing, said Kevin Borrett, class underwriter ...
HSBC and Avon target small businesses
HSBC Insurance Brokers has teamed up with Avon Insurance to offer small businesses a new insurance qu...
PWC predicts further merger activity.
Consultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers has forecast further merger and acquisition activity within...
Taking legal action.
Insurance law is a competitive and highly-specialised area, but there are different entry routes, as Richard Adams discovers.
Hiscox relocates its terrorism unit.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has moved its UK terrorism unit to its recently opened Birmingham office. ...
High-flying specialists.
The notion that small, provincial brokers will soon be a thing of the past has been mooted for several years now, and with powerful insurers holding all the aces there will be winners and losers. Rachel Gordon believes it is the high-flying smaller…
Speculating and accumulating.
I was disappointed to read in your article on premium finance (PM, 10 May, p29) comments speculating...
Compass expands.
Surrey-based IT consultancy Compass Management Consulting has opened its first satellite office in B...
Ace launches new D&O operation.
American insurer Ace has launched a new UK-based operation Ace Corporate Risks, which is developing ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Allianz Cornhill has appointed Gareth McChesney as its new personal lines business support manager. ...
e-asy does it.
The internet offers many opportunities for insurers to sell personal lines. Many aim for a fully integrated, seamless function, but, says Edward Murray, it is vital not to lose sight of the customer, and the simple approach is still the best.
UK: insurers face increasing fraud culture.
A report commissioned by Royal & Sun Alliance has found that seven out of 10 people would exaggerate...
Aspect creates jobs.
Aspect Software, which provides Customer Relations Management operations for the European insurance ...
Panel problems fuel gossip-mongers.
At last, it appears there is some foundation to the rumour and speculation that are rife across the h...
Keeping up with IT.
A survey conducted by IT consultancy CMG Admiral has highlighted the increasingly important role tha...
Kiosks for Bennetts.
Motorcycle insurance intermediary Bennetts is to extend its distribution by introducing fully transa...
Holocaust Era spending row.
A body established to settle Holocaust-era insurance disputes has spent 10 times more money than it ...
NIG furthers regional push.
Broker-only insurer NIG is to continue its push into the regions by extending its network of commerc...
Lloyd Anderson opens for business.
A new broker has opened for trade specialising in professional indemnity, directors & officers insur...