Commercial
McManus move.
Brendan McManus has joined the Royal & Sun Alliance commercial executive team as marketing and distr...
CGI forms Allianz.
IT software and services company CGI Europe has rolled out its Global Insurance Open Solution to ove...
RSA's sixth sense.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched its sixth product for Enterprise, its SME business broker club. En...
Slipping' on banana skins.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Raising the standard?
Last year saw the fall of many underperforming syndicates. Marcus Alcock investigates whether or not this is a trend that is likely to continue this year.
The e-volution of life as we know it.
Peter Le Beau takes stock of today's e-business world and looks at how (re)insurers are responding to the digital opportunities.
Lloyd's Canada has been set up.
Lloyd's has set up a Canadian subsidiary, Lloyd's Canada, which has contracted out services to Telus...
Playing with fire.
The Asian economic crisis has led to a severe drop in business confidence in the region, along with a growing demand for political risk insurance, says Daniel Wagner.
A chance for the little guy.
So who will win the race to develop the internet-based reinsurance trading system of choice? For ...
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...