Commercial
Friends chooses Wipro for IT.
Friends Provident has selected information technology services provider Wipro as its software develo...
Esure goes live.
Esure, the Halifax-backed insurance start-up from Peter Wood, the founder of Direct Line, went live ...
Windfall rule hits insurers.
The insurance industry was landed with a multi-million-pound bill by the High Court this week in a c...
Insurers knock e-commerce survey.
Insurers have rebuffed findings of a survey of UK insurers carried out by e-commerce software and se...
Brands net damage.
Insurers are worried they may be harming their brands by running sub-standard websites, according to...
Markel improves result
Markel Corporation made a profit of $812 000 for the second quarter of this year. The result was a ...
JLT up 18%
Jardine Lloyd Thompson today reported a pretax profit before goodwill amortisation and exceptional it...
Collegiate loses crucial windfall shares test case
The insurance industry was landed with a multi-million pound bill by the High Court today in a crucia...
Russian for cover.
The Russian insurance market will become increasingly attractive to European insurers, said rating a...
Towergate cuts Dickinson's staff.
Towergate has confirmed it has cut two thirds of Midlands-based broker Dickinson's staff, following ...
Exchange FS wins e-contract for Bank of Ireland.
E-commerce specialist Exchange FS has won a £2m contract to implement a browser-based, point-of-sale...
Facing facts.
As the relationship between insurers and brokers begins to change in the wake of technological advances and as capacity in the commercial lines sector rises, face-to-face contact and good personal service can make all the difference, believes Diane…
Rising standards.
Insurance standards body Acord, which merged with data and e-commerce standards association WISe on ...
GEFI wins rights for Nationwide.
GE Financial Insurance Europe has won the exclusive rights to provide travel insurance to Nationwide...
Insurers must protect their name overseas.
Intellectual property solicitors have urged insurers to adopt risk management strategies to better pr...
Crossing the Rubicon.
Max Carruthers talks to Edward Murray about his new insurance industry venture Rubicon, which is adopting a whole new approach to the scope of insurance and, hopes Mr Carruthers, will move the traditional boundaries to processing business.
Appointment at iE.
iE has strengthened its insurance ebusiness management team with the appointment of Terri Sheperdigi...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
Tom Doherty has been made senior vice president, UK corporate accounts at AIG Europe. He has spent n...
NU: broker lifeline.
Norwich Union is set to offer a lifeline to intermediaries that decide not to join the General Insur...
E-xercising caution.
In holding back from committing themselves fully to the opportunities that e-commerce can offer, insurers run the risk of losing competitive strength in the market place, warns Martin Langham.
Uphill struggle?
Small to medium-sized businesses are currently experiencing a slump in the market cycle, but to keep pace as the competition steepens, brokers must use their initiative to reach and maintain a profitable level. Veronica Cowan explains.
Appointment at Miller Insurance Group.
The Miller Insurance Group has promoted Clive Adams of the group's UK business risks unit to directo...
Grievance with insurer.
John Withan, who rammed the glass-fronted CGNU building in London last week, was due in court on 20 ...
Lloyd's Members only.
Lloyd's has made sweeping changes to the way it deals with brokers, with centralised regulation being replaced with an accreditation programme. Rachel Gordon asks whether this has opened doors for brokers or is driving business away.