Commercial
Internet trading battle begins.
An internet-based reinsurance trading system set up by Gothaer Re of Germany has gone live in compet...
Lloyds ups bid for Abbey National
Lloyds TSB, which has a substantial general insurance operation, has bid £19.8bn for Abbey National. ...
Helphire acts to secure future
Credit hire specialist Helphire plans to raise £17.6m through a new share offer in a last ditch attem...
Allied Dunbar brand axed
Zurich Financial Services has announced that it is to rebrand its customer facing Allied Dunbar franc...
IIB and BIBA in war of words.
The war of words between the Institute of Insurance Brokers and the British Insurance Broker's Assoc...
Net-working.
Although complex risk management issues still require the human touch, the internet is proving its worth where smaller risks are concerned. Insurers are clamouring to take advantage of the benefits it offers, says Edward Murray.
DM: new PI team.
Dickson Manchester has launched a new team concentrating on professional indemnity insurance for ins...
Aon set to launch e-com platform.
Aon is to launch a personal lines e-commerce trading platform in conjunction with the Electronic Tra...
Top the league in our football competition.
The Post Magazine and Avon Insurance football ticket competition is here again with three simple que...
New team for JLTBS.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed a new senior management team for its new employee benefi...
United states.
There has been a flurry of activity in insurance mergers and acquisitions in the US, in response to the Financial Services Act, which allowed banks and insurers to merge. Jeremy Golden reports on the state of play for those that have united.
Sun shines on IFAs.
Sun Life Financial of Canada is to expand its IFA offering, combining an IFA network with a new cons...
CGNU set to shelve plans for alliance.
UK insurer CGNU looks set to shelve its plans for an alliance with France's Societe Generale and is ...
Open to health.
Expatriate healthcare provider, ExpaCare Insurance Services, has selected Open Health plus from Inte...
HMO talks to combat fraud.
US health insurers Humana, Cigna, United Health and Pru of America are expected to follow Aetna's le...
Halifax travels alone.
Halifax Travel Insurance has beaten off competition from four other insurers to become the sole trav...
RAC to target road safety.
The RAC is to target road safety among fleet drivers, after it found more than a third of drivers, w...
WISe signs up Claims On Line.
WISe, the standards and implementation body for commercial insurance e-business, has signed up claim...
LawAssure launch.
Epoch Software has teamed up with Royal & Sun Alliance subsidiary First Assist to launch a subscript...
High cost of flying.
British Airways has said it will cost about £17m to make the modifications to its fleet of seven Con...
Crawford eyes Quote and Buy for helpline link-up.
Loss adjuster Crawford is in talks with online insurance intermediary Quote and Buy to provide a 24-...
The wheel thing.
Fleet motor is set to move into profit for the first time in years, reports Rachel Gordon, with risk management approaches and advances in technology by insurers and loss adjusters a major factor.
Fifthmoon: the dawning of the third age?
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Ground control.
New laws force polluters to clean-up contaminated land - and that includes gradual pollution from previous owners. Standard liability policies are not enough. Insurers must redevelop a variety of solutions to the exposures faced. Simon Threadgold digs…