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Allianz Cornhill has launched Property Owners Select, which it claims will enable brokers to offer c...
The price is right.
English Matthews Brockman, the consulting actuary, has launched a pricing software package for the w...
Miller heads Marsh.
Heidi Miller has been appointed to the role of vice chairman of broking giant Marsh. She takes over ...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has made three board-lev...
Phone a friend?
The WAP phone phenomenon was one of the biggest non-events of the e-commerce year, and many insurers are dubious as to its value as a suitable channel for selling products in the long-term. Dom Pancucci explains why WAP is, for the moment anyway, the…
JLT in Yahoo! deal.
JLT Corporate Risks and Services has formed an alliance with global communications, commerce and med...
CGI signs Sun deal.
Independent IT services company CGI Europe has signed a seven-year deal worth £53m with Sun Life Fin...
Appointment at SMG.
The Bradford branch of Smithson Mason Group Financial Services has appointed four new account manage...
Misys extends Screentrade's specialist offerings.
Software provider Misys Interactive Trading has extended its online broker product Screentrade to in...
It's call-back time.
People still have reservations about making purchases over the internet and while many sites now offer secure payment methods, it is the provision of a call-back facility that is preventing cautious customers from slipping through the net, says Veronica…
CBC beats rivals to insure MPs.
London broker CBC (UK) has beaten off competition from rivals Aon and SBJ to broker a new policy for...
L&G plans 25% growth in first year of Barclays deal
Barclays has confirmed it has signed a deal with insurer Legal & General to sell its pensions and sa...
Net yourself the best employees.
Companies of all sizes are seeking to regain control of their recruitment by making the internet work for them. Glenn Smith explains how to avoid the potential pitfalls.
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Allianz Cornhill has appointed Paul Maidment to the new position of national panel operations manage...
JLT faces US suit.
Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson could face a multi-million pound counter-claim from US defen...
Clicking on to credit.
Royal & Sun Alliance is underwriting new credit insurance products from start-up website, www.coverc...
Appointment at Accidentcare Group.
Accidentcare has made Simon Rigby, previously associate director at Lambert French Group, head of af...
NFU close to broker deals.
Insurer NFU Mutual is seeking to expand its 13-strong broker business, which currently has an annual...
Village site goes transparent.
Online insurance intermediary Insurancevillage aims to combat the findings of its own research, whic...
Untimely death.
Geoff Williams, one of the founder members of Universal Salvage, died suddenly just before Christmas...
Wider net cover cast.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has enhanced its corporate and business cover products to take into a...
Appointment at R3: Group.
R3: Group has made two senior appointments. Kevin Rice and Lucy Sinfield have both been made account...
SecurityFirst is safe and sound.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
... a public relations officer.
Moving from insurance into public relations may sound attractive, but you need plenty of patience and a cool head as Jane Bernstein discovered when she spent a busy Monday with Sharon Curd, Allianz Cornhill's PR officer.