Commercial
Darling resolves not to appeal.
The Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Alistair Darling, has decided not to appeal the decision ...
Court in the crossfire: Unisys result still pending.
The result of United Assurance's £14m High Court dispute with Unisys might not be known for some tim...
Stakeholder advice.
Internet-based resource for SMEs, IS4profit, has published a guide for small businesses on the requi...
RSA tipped for Indie's bikes business.
Specialist motorcycle intermediary Carole Nash was set to announce which insurer would be taking on ...
Saturn halts all new PI business.
Intermediary Saturn Professional Risks will not be accepting any new business for solicitors' profess...
Highway post.
Non-standard motor specialist Highway has appointed Christopher Hill as director of underwriting. He...
Strategists look to the long term for e-business.
Customer retention is the main priority for the majority of insurers when implementing an e-business...
RSA buys PCS for £3m
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has finally announced its acquisition of Property and Casualty Services,...
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...