Commercial
An injection of life for UBS AG.
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its hom...
Dial Direct calls up Pinnacle.
Coventry-based intermediary Dial Direct has entered the pet insurance market with the help of an est...
InsureStream: a steady flow.
Online insurance market, InsureStream, has been launched in the UK by US company e-Insurance Systems...
Premiums decline rapidly.
Marine insurance premiums declined in 1999 according to statistics presented by Tore Forsmo, managin...
IFAs cry for help.
In response to the high demand from IFAs for practical help with their reviews of free-standing addi...
Don't believe the HRA hype.
Ian Gascoigne, a partner in the commercial litigation group of European law firm Eversheds spoke to Marcus Alcock about his thoughts on the Human Rights Act.
Leagold Miller goes plastic.
Broker Leagold Miller has gone live with its insuranceforplastics.com product which is aimed at plas...
Insurance industry haunted by past deeds.
The insurance industry - including the Financial Services Authority - has once again been labelled a...
Phone deal for Cornhill.
Insurer Allianz Cornhill has joined up with BT CommSure to boost its new business recovery service, ...
A healthy option.
Opus Holdings' new division Opus Health and Safety has acquired the business of Ashborne Hill Manage...
Our football ticket give away is back.
Post Magazine's ever popular football ticket giveaway is about to get even bigger. Run in conjunc...
L&G pioneers e-standards.
Legal & General has launched what it claims is the first product for which common internet trading s...
Driven by finance.
For credit insurers the key parts of their business often vary between credit management and specific claims cover. Andrew Newman takes a look at the trends in a thriving industry.
Claims managers miss out on internet revolution says Post survey
Over 80% of claims managers questioned by Post Magazine do not have an internet-based claims handling...
Sandy Leitch to head New Deal Task Force
Sandy Leitch, the chief executive of Zurich Financial Services has been appointed to head the Governm...
Swiss bank opens life arm
Swiss banking group UBS AG is setting up its own life insurance firm which will first target its home...
E-com not as e@sy as it looks.
The media attention on e-commerce - both consumer and business - would suggest that every organisati...
... a Lloyd's broker.
Marcus Alcock spent a day with Scott Mills, a motor fleet specialist at Holman Insurance Brokers. At just 25, the high-flying Mr Mills is a rarity in the pressured world of the trading floors, which has remained virtually the same for 300 years.
New venture for Shipley.
Former lead underwriter on Amlin's syndicate 362, David Shipley, expects to be trading with a new £1...
Protection board pays out £25.2m
The Policyholders Protection Board make payments of £25.2m for the year to the end of March, compared...
ActionPoints to e-boost for RSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance has chosen ActionPoint, a provider of e-commerce interaction management softwar...
Appointment at Bennetts.
Bennetts, the motorcycle insurance provider, has promoted Simon Jackson from group affinity manager ...
Manchester united.
Manchester's positive attitude to business has made it home to several major insurers. The insurance community and its trade bodies have worked hard together with the aim of making the city the biggest market outside London, says Edward Murray.
Gerling UK goes online.
Gerling UK is to launch a series of internet-based products, starting with the unveiling of an onlin...