Commercial
Pegasystems snaps up 1mind Corp.
Customer relationship management software provider Pegasystems is to acquire 1mind Corporation, a pr...
GEFI to target European buys.
European acquisitions are under consideration at GE Financial Insurance, having set itself the goal ...
Corporate capital is real Lloyd's reformer.
Post Magazine readers may be under the illusion that Sax Riley will be remembered as Lloyd's great r...
Life on the web.
Life reinsurers may not have been at the forefront of e-commerce but they are now starting to communicate electronically with their clients and explore ways of doing business on-line. Pravin Jeyaraj reports.
Access denied.
E-businesses are just as vulnerable to business interruption as traditional businesses, say Tony Levitt and Alan Fisher, but (re)insurers can prepare for such claims by doing their research.
Worst year yet for aviation.
Aviation insurers face losses of $5.8bn for 2001, making last year by far the worst ever for the mar...
Misys on target for acquisition as profits increase.
Software provider Misys, has reported a fall in its interim operating profit of 13% for the six mont...
Cracking the leakage problem.
Clamping down on the problem of claims leakage in the household sector is something all insurers aspire to. Many believe the best way to get to grips with it is, like the motor sector, to introduce an electronic estimating system. Hugo Cranmore gets…
IIB thorn in AIIB/ BIBA side.
Having just read Post Magazine (IIB sets sights on AIIB/BIBA, PM, 17 January, p3), I must comment on...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
MMA Insurance has made Daniel Andrews its travel manager - underwriting. Mr Andrews has seven years'...
Appointment at Holman Insurance Brokers.
Holman Insurance Brokers has added to its broking team with the recruitment of Nick Cook as senior w...
InFront Solutions appointed by MMA.
Claims systems specialist InFront Solutions has been appointed by MMA to handle the insurer's subsid...
Wap ad campaign.
Lloyds TSB is currently piloting a month-long Wap advertising campaign to promote Screentrade, the o...
Churchill targeted by NIG brokers.
Direct insurer Churchill could join several specially selected NIG-broker panels, chairman Martin Lo...
Safeonline covers all angles.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Zurich joins the ranks of insurers that have cut commission rates.
Zurich has become the latest insurer to cut broker commission rates on commercial lines products. It...
Bluesure signs panel.
Insurance start-up Bluesure is poised to sign up its first four panel brokers within a fortnight, as...
Munich Re increases stake in Commerzbank.
German reinsurance giant Munich Re has increased its stake in Germany's third-largest listed bank Co...
Scottish Boiler clause was clear.
George Hunt Cranes v Scottish Boiler & General Insurance Co (Court of Appeal - 3 December 2001).
Alea's move into D&O market delayed until summer.
London market reinsurer Alea's plan to enter the volatile directors and officers market has been put...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has appointed Ian Boys as broker network manager. Mr Boys has work...
Be on the Safe side.
Developer of digital risk insurance Safeonline, has launched SafeEnterprise, its errors and omission...
The bitterest pill.
Post-Shipman, medical bodies are keen to protect themselves should the issue of medical malpractice come up. And with the number of reported cases rising, insurers offering this cover are starting to withdraw from the market. Simon Threadgold wonders…
Mould on course.
A series of courses tackling the problem of mould remediation and prevention began in Bolton this we...