Commercial
CGNU in french tie-up talks
UK insurer CGNU is in preliminary discussions with French mutual insurers MMA and MAAF to establish a...
Fearful insurers.
Paul Saffer, managing director for technology supplier Enterprise IS, www.enterpriseis.co.uk, has sa...
IFAs to access iE.
Italian insurer Generali has deployed e-business application supplier iE to create a business platfo...
Indie leftovers.
Cornhill's Animal Health Division has confirmed that it has taken over the underwriting of Sussex-ba...
Market on the move.
M-commerce clearly offers great opportunities for reaching a wide insurance-buying audience, by tapping into mobile technology. However, until the text generation comes of age, this potential is unlikely to be realised, says Lynn Rouse.
CGNU: Unicaja deal.
UK insurer CGNU has agreed a bancassurance deal with Spanish savings bank Unicaja to sell life and p...
Russia opens to West.
The Russian insurance market is expected to open up to western insurers, following German giant Alli...
An AMPle Investor.
Australian insurer AMP is set to takeover financial website Interactive Investor International in a ...
Axa's new business plan.
Axa has launched a new version of its commercial package Business Plan Plus - the first of many prod...
Learning from Indie's demise.
It strikes me - as an unbiased observer of the events surrounding the demise of Independent - that w...
Price discrepancies.
Standard Life Healthcare's Treatment Information Service has found discrepancies in the cost of priv...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Friends Provident has announced the appointment of Martin Palmer as manager, pension products. He wi...
Hill travels south.
Insurance broker Warren Hill has taken over East Grinstead-based PW Kirk & Company as part of a camp...
Capita clearout at McLarens.
Outsourcing specialist Capita has started to restructure the recently acquired loss adjuster McLarens...
Broker Network escapes NU cuts.
A broker who was told its commission rates were to be slashed by Norwich Union witnessed a dramatic ...
CNA expands in Indie's wake.
CNA Europe looks set to capitalise on the collapse of Independent with a £39m investment by its US p...
US motor rates rocket by 38.9%.
Motor insurance rates in the US jumped by an average 38.9% nationwide between 1989 and 1998, accordi...
CII goes on the promotional trail.
The Chartered Insurance Institute last week kicked off a series of roadshow presentations, led by di...
Creditors seek legal redress from insurer.
The Creditors of Independent Insurance Group declared its intention to seek legal redress from the in...
Home Comforts.
Fleet and driver safety specialist Driving Services and motorhome insurance provider Comfort Insuran...
"Where's Lucky?" more than a gimmick.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Building in risk assessment.
Maria Kielmas explains how new contractual relationships such as partnering and public-private partnerships are changing the role of (re)insurers in big construction projects.
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's has made Phillip Bungey chief technology officer of its website www.lloyds.com. Mr Bungey ha...
Extremes do have value.
Adrian Leonard delves into extreme value theory modelling, which might be just the thing to predict the most unlikely events when pricing high-level excess of loss contracts.