Commercial
Brit jumps into the black
Brit Insurance Holdings, the parent of Brit Insurance, has reported pre-tax profits of £1.5m for 2000...
Fortis ups anchors on yacht business
Fortis is to withdraw from the yacht and pleasure boat sector and is to cease underwriting the busine...
Bright resigns as chief executive at Independent
Michael Bright, chairman and chief executive of Independent Insurance has resigned from his post and ...
McGrath takes helm.
Marsh UK's regional director Tom McGrath, pictured, has been appointed as the new chairman of the No...
CIM in Glagow move.
US-based Davox Corporation, provider of customer inter-action management (CIM) solutions, this week ...
The right solution.
Broker-specific application service providers allow brokers to put the IT debate behind them and focus on what they do best - bringing in business, argues Julie Rodilosso.
Cook: recovery move.
Joe Cook has joined his former Relectronic-Remech colleagues Paul Steventon, Simon Walker, Roger Smi...
Sherwood in Deloitte deal.
IT solution provider Sherwood International is set to make a major play for the worldwide general in...
Redundancy threat hangs over insurance sector.
Just over 50% of staff working in insurance companies and brokers worry about the threat of redundan...
Debt day looms.
Insurers that have refused to settle their bad debt with credit hire company Helphire, believe they ...
Training gets on track.
Brokers are becoming more receptive to the idea of training their staff, and with the introduction of GISC rules on the competence levels of brokers, it's vital they take it on board quickly. There is no shortage of courses on offer, says Catherine…
Broker e-volution.
The electronic revolution is well underway and is progressively furnishing the broking industry with new business models, better communication and cost-cutting automation, but, asks Edward Murray, who are the real beneficiaries?
Norwich Union bags more and more exposure.
I recently ordered a sandwich for my lunch and it was delivered in a bag on which Norwich Union Dire...
A little help from your friends.
Networking is a long established way of boosting business and Simon Threadgold says, as long as you are careful who you choose as your friends, it still pays off.
New Channel sets sites on laptop market.
Insurer New Channel, a subsidiary of venture capitalist the Summit Group, has launched a computer an...
Survey Overview.
The results of this salary survey suggest insurers and intermediaries have more in common than they think. Mark Cliff considers why this might be.
NU takes on CGU specialist property cover.
Norwich Union has dropped its specialist property owners' product in favour of CGU's and moved the C...
Appointment at Donns.
North-West-based Donns solicitors has made Stephanie Tatton its new training manager. Ms Tatton join...
Marine: GIT launch.
Cox subsidiary HML Marine has launched a hauliers and goods in transit liability product to help pro...
CGNU life sales up
CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the first three months of 200...
Meeting of minds.
The broker market is currently seeing a huge surge in merger activity - particularly among commercial lines specialists. Rachel Gordon believes that to combine resources with a like-minded partner is a sure way to thrive.
Beyond integration.
Life and pensions provider Pearl Assurance has gone live with an integrated system to connect its sa...
CGNU reports increase in new business
CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the first three months of 200...
Indie shares dip as rumour mill restarts
Shares in Independent Insurance fell this morning following the news of the resignation of chief exec...