Commercial
Chaucer looks to raise £20m as profits dive
Lloyd's underwriter Chaucer Holdings, which recorded a £3.2m loss in 2000 compared to £1.1m in 1999, ...
Chaucer to buy out Brit from joint venture
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Chaucer is to buy the stake held by (re)insurer Brit Insurance Holdings in...
Cashflow cover.
Coverclick.com has introduced a new late payment product to its online portfolio, which guarantees t...
In the legal limelight.
The rising compensation culture and government legislation are bringing legal expenses insurance int...
UK banks slammed.
The Competition Commission has slammed the UK's major banks for operating a complex monopoly in thei...
Heath Lambert moves to new premises.
Heath Lambert has moved its Manchester office to new premises on New Bailey Street. Branch managing ...
L&G: IFA extension.
Legal & General has extended www.LandG.com/ifacentre, its online independent financial adviser websi...
AIT targets insurers.
Customer relationship management specialist AIT is set to make a major push for insurance business t...
RSA extends Enterprise to net.
Royal & Sun Alliance has extended its SME commercial broking solution Enterprise to include the net....
BIBA Impacts on smaller broker training.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is to team up with management consultancy Impact Plus to ...
Insurers ignore emerging market.
Insurers should look more closely at the provision and cost of products for the financially excluded...
Insurers ignore property flood aid.
Insurers have failed to respond to a new property-drying technique that could save them thousands of...
Football competition kick off.
The Post Magazine and Avon Insurance football ticket competition is here again, with three simple qu...
Results - RSA set to slim.
UK insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, which last week reported a 16% fall in operating profits for 2000, ...
Folgate in Golf club.
Towergate Leisure Underwriting has chosen Folgate Insurance as the new underwriter for its Golf Umbr...
MMA reviews motor business
Insurer MMA said this week it had reviewed its motor trade book of business - as insurer Axa also con...
Equitable return.
With-profits pension funds for 2000 showed a return of only 3.3% for policyholders at the Equitable ...
Escalating e-business means new opportunities in cybercover.
Escalating internet crime will create a vast and valuable market for risk consultants and insurance ...
Banking on Allianz.
German insurer Allianz has set up dedicated sales outlets in 10 branch offices of the Dresdner Bank ...
Appointment at Fortis.
Georges Valckenaere has been made adviser to Anton van Rossum, chief executive officer of Fortis in ...
London market: ways of selling the expertise.
The Post Magazine management briefings come right to the heart of the London market on 17 May, when ...
Eurobase to close Synergy deal.
Technology systems provider Eurobase is set to complete a deal with a global media consultancy to in...
IIF welcomes establishing of the Irish FSA.
The Irish Insurance Federation has welcomed the government's announcement that it is to proceed with...
Sizing up the risk.
Small may be beautiful, but in an era where liabilities associated with being a company director have grown alarmingly, the directors of SMEs could find themselves out on the streets. Some D&O insurers are aiming to lighten the load for this group, says…