Commercial
1st Quote partners Freeserve.
Insurance broker 1st Quote has partnered with online intermediary Freeserve to provide insurance ser...
RSA shake-up for legal team.
Royal & Sun Alliance's in-house legal team is facing a massive shake-up, with the impending departur...
Life sector slammed.
David Worsfold and Diane Smyth report from last week's Post Magazine management briefing on regulation.
Underwriters must make the grade.
Allianz Cornhill underwriters face possible redundancy if they fail to come up to scratch, as part o...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul International has taken on Graeme Roberts as marketing executive in its marketing team. He p...
Capita brings Sherwood on board.
Insurance software and solutions provider Sherwood International has won a contract worth £6m from pr...
Homecheck helps homeowners to clean up.
Homecheck, the online provider of environmental risk information, is to offer cover to homeowners for...
Connex crash.
Railway operators are again under scrutiny after a Connex train carrying staff overshot the platform...
Go west.
Bristol has channelled its energies into attracting the major insurers to its environs, and the city is now experiencing a boom across the board. The insurance industry can only gain, says Edward Murray.
DTI holds firm over Chester Street
The government continued to duck the issue today over whether a full inquiry should be undertaken in...
Fleet of accidents.
Poor returns from the fleet insurance market, reduced capacity and increased risks should all drive ...
ABI introduces endowment code.
The Association of British Insurers is to draw up a new practice code to cater for endowment mortgag...
L&G service online.
Legal & General's mortgage service Mortgage Decisions is now available online after the insurer join...
Appointment at Misys.
Tim Lennard has been appointed sales and marketing director of Misys Financial Systems. He has previ...
Nixon: IIB jibe.
George Nixon, chairman of BIBA, had a dig at the Institute of Insurance Brokers in his opening speec...
Injury start-up in NIG alliance.
New personal injury company Glenshield has teamed up with insurer NIG to offer clients a service, it...
RMS: quake models.
Risk Management Solutions has released new earth-quake models to give insights into Greece and Taiwa...
Brokers in decline.
Anthony Gould reports from this year's British Insurance Brokers' Association conference held in Belfast last week, which attracted about 500 delegates.
Independent is to go end to end.
Independent Insurance believes it will be the first insurer to offer a complete end-to-end commercia...
Software move.
BIBA has appointed technology consultants Garol to develop an independent broker software benchmarki...
Tests get a fair hearing.
I was interested to see the health and safety case study involving FM Green, recommending the conduc...
Staying afloat.
Smaller businesses are still failing to take precautionary measures to prevent their businesses going under in the wake of a disaster. Insurers and brokers need to emphasise the life-line business continuity cover can offer, says Jane Bernstein.
Heath Lambert offers Diabetes cover.
Charity organisation Diabetes UK has signed an agreement with UK insurance broker Heath Lambert Grou...
Dishonesty decision.
Mortgage Express v S Newman & Co; (Chancery Division - judgement: 1 March 2001).