Commercial
Go west.
Bristol has channelled its energies into attracting the major insurers to its environs, and the city is now experiencing a boom across the board. The insurance industry can only gain, says Edward Murray.
DTI holds firm over Chester Street
The government continued to duck the issue today over whether a full inquiry should be undertaken in...
Fleet of accidents.
Poor returns from the fleet insurance market, reduced capacity and increased risks should all drive ...
ABI introduces endowment code.
The Association of British Insurers is to draw up a new practice code to cater for endowment mortgag...
L&G service online.
Legal & General's mortgage service Mortgage Decisions is now available online after the insurer join...
Appointment at Misys.
Tim Lennard has been appointed sales and marketing director of Misys Financial Systems. He has previ...
Nixon: IIB jibe.
George Nixon, chairman of BIBA, had a dig at the Institute of Insurance Brokers in his opening speec...
Injury start-up in NIG alliance.
New personal injury company Glenshield has teamed up with insurer NIG to offer clients a service, it...
RMS: quake models.
Risk Management Solutions has released new earth-quake models to give insights into Greece and Taiwa...
Brokers in decline.
Anthony Gould reports from this year's British Insurance Brokers' Association conference held in Belfast last week, which attracted about 500 delegates.
Independent is to go end to end.
Independent Insurance believes it will be the first insurer to offer a complete end-to-end commercia...
Software move.
BIBA has appointed technology consultants Garol to develop an independent broker software benchmarki...
Tests get a fair hearing.
I was interested to see the health and safety case study involving FM Green, recommending the conduc...
Staying afloat.
Smaller businesses are still failing to take precautionary measures to prevent their businesses going under in the wake of a disaster. Insurers and brokers need to emphasise the life-line business continuity cover can offer, says Jane Bernstein.
Heath Lambert offers Diabetes cover.
Charity organisation Diabetes UK has signed an agreement with UK insurance broker Heath Lambert Grou...
Dishonesty decision.
Mortgage Express v S Newman & Co; (Chancery Division - judgement: 1 March 2001).
Brokers face confusing IT choice.
The commercial lines sector is set to undergo massive change in the next year as insurers, faced wit...
Weather Direct and HSBC in joint launch.
London-based insurer Weather Direct has teamed up with HSBC Insurance Brokers to launch EventMaster,...
New auto network.
Auto Indemnity, provider of no-fault accident management services, has teamed up with Fleet Accident...
Brit profits jump.
Brit Insurance Holdings has reported pre-tax profits of £1.5m for the year ending 31 December 2000, ...
Insurers' digital status called into question.
Norwich Union and Misys, which offer personal lines insurance as part of cable TV network NTL's TV c...
Delegates take centre stage.
When Adrian Leonard attended the second biennial Dublin insurance conference in March, he found that it was the delegates themselves that provided the most informative feedback.
Direct benefit for Munich Re.
Munich Re has claimed that the proposed complex restructuring of German financial firms, in which Eu...
News in brief.
Employers Re has bought CyberComp from Reliance Insurance for an undisclosed sum. CyberComp will quo...