Commercial
RAC to target road safety.
The RAC is to target road safety among fleet drivers, after it found more than a third of drivers, w...
WISe signs up Claims On Line.
WISe, the standards and implementation body for commercial insurance e-business, has signed up claim...
LawAssure launch.
Epoch Software has teamed up with Royal & Sun Alliance subsidiary First Assist to launch a subscript...
High cost of flying.
British Airways has said it will cost about £17m to make the modifications to its fleet of seven Con...
Crawford eyes Quote and Buy for helpline link-up.
Loss adjuster Crawford is in talks with online insurance intermediary Quote and Buy to provide a 24-...
The wheel thing.
Fleet motor is set to move into profit for the first time in years, reports Rachel Gordon, with risk management approaches and advances in technology by insurers and loss adjusters a major factor.
Fifthmoon: the dawning of the third age?
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Ground control.
New laws force polluters to clean-up contaminated land - and that includes gradual pollution from previous owners. Standard liability policies are not enough. Insurers must redevelop a variety of solutions to the exposures faced. Simon Threadgold digs…
Virtual value.
Selling insurance over the internet has its critics and several net intermediaries have bitten the dust lately. However many predict that e-value will soon become apparent as net trading rises sharply. David Fanning is virtually convinced.
RSA offers Foresight.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to offer a free business continuity management tool to its brokers. Called F...
Underwriter in BIBA access deal.
The Underwriter is to distribute its products to brokers outside its 100-strong network, after strik...
Aon signs up to new quality mark.
Broker Aon has launched the first of its pilot schemes encouraging contractors on its home assistanc...
Snowball rolls onto board
Richard Harvey, deputy group chief executive and group chief executive designate at insurance giant G...
Aon set to make e-affinity move
Broker Aon and the electronic trading company (etc) are to develop a full cycle, online personal line...
CGNU bancassurance failure
CGNU looks set to shelve its plans for an alliance with France's Societe Generale and is to review wh...
JLT merger results in new team
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed a new senior management team for its new employee benefit...
TPG makes a play for broking market.
Travel insurance intermediary Travel Protection Group is set to make a major play for the insurance ...
Tailored to suit.
Allianz Cornhill has launched Property Owners Select, which it claims will enable brokers to offer c...
The price is right.
English Matthews Brockman, the consulting actuary, has launched a pricing software package for the w...
Miller heads Marsh.
Heidi Miller has been appointed to the role of vice chairman of broking giant Marsh. She takes over ...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has made three board-lev...
Phone a friend?
The WAP phone phenomenon was one of the biggest non-events of the e-commerce year, and many insurers are dubious as to its value as a suitable channel for selling products in the long-term. Dom Pancucci explains why WAP is, for the moment anyway, the…
JLT in Yahoo! deal.
JLT Corporate Risks and Services has formed an alliance with global communications, commerce and med...
CGI signs Sun deal.
Independent IT services company CGI Europe has signed a seven-year deal worth £53m with Sun Life Fin...