Commercial
Friends teams up for IFAs online.
Friends Provident has teamed up with e-business software provider Allfinanz to provide independent f...
Graduating to better things?
In a bid to secure the highest quality graduates, insurers are having to fight hard in the recruitment arena. Richard Adams talks tactics and looks at the postgraduate packages on offer from some insurers.
Fair claims service.
Insurance company claims departments are on the whole "fair, courteous and efficient", according to ...
Aspect expansion.
Aspect Software International, which provides eCRM applications for the insurance and banking sector...
Central reservations.
Call centres have answered the public's call for 24-hour service from insurers. However, the cracks are beginning to show and critics believe the integration of systems has fallen short in the rush to provide a solution, says David Fanning.
All bets off over security.
Insurers are not prepared to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to IT security, ac...
Round of applause for plausible Coverclick.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Bupa ties up with Old Mutual
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to deliver a new international healt...
NU fails in move to use Human Rights Act
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...
NIG gets new ARM
Broker-only insurer NIG has taken a majority shareholding in Glasgow-based All Risk Management, a pro...
CGNU makes Hungarian acquisition
CGNU has acquired Hungarian high net worth life insurer Mebit from Dutch banking group ABN Amro Bank ...
Miller sells off insurance arm
Miller Fisher, support service provider to the insurance and financial service industries is to sell ...
Cancelled race meetings affect AIG.
Underwriters are paying out millions for the cancellation of horse racing in the wake of the foot & ...
Weathering the market.
The reinsurance cycle is changing. Rates increased during 2001 renewals, despite overcapacity. However, it is unclear for the moment how hard the market is likely to get. Jeremy Mather believes rates will not follow tradition.
Chaucer to raise capital for losses.
Lloyd's underwriter Chaucer Holdings, which recorded a £3.2m loss in 2000 compared to £1.1m in 1999,...
Appointment at Taylor Nelson Sofres.
Tony Anderson has been appointed e-commerce director for Taylor Nelson Sofres. In this newly-created...
Insurers get the minimum.
Life insurers received a boost last week from Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget, with the government ...
Paper chase.
Several insurers have suffered at the hands of the press recently. But can you believe everything you read in the papers? asks Rachel Gordon.
Policy Master looks for link ups.
Insurance software specialist Policy Master, which signed a partnership deal with Towergate Underwri...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has expanded its information technology department with the appointments of Graham Billett and F...
NU: windfall rap.
The UK's biggest insurer Norwich Union has been singled out for criticism in the run-up to a crucial...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Graham Harvey has moved to the position of director of e-commerce at Friends Provident. He joined th...
IIB fights on.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has welcomed the GISC's decision to set a dead-line of 1 Septembe...
Royal appointment.
Liverpool-based law firm Hill Dickinson has been appointed as primary property adviser for Royal Liv...