Commercial
Overexposed?
Changes in employment legislation and payment of legal fees, as well as the introduction of the Human Rights Act mean UK businesses are facing greater exposure to liability risks. Demand for commercial legal expenses insurance is growing as companies run…
German e-warning.
German insurance companies risked being left behind unless they embraced electronic commerce, Stepha...
All change.
A recent survey highlights the massive changes in attitude to risk management that have occurred over the last two years, placing it more in the domain of corporate governance, explains Simon Marshall.
Banking on a negative image?
In your comment Banking on Small Business (Post Magazine, 12 October, p21) you refer to the banks an...
L&G: no more going round the houses.
Legal & General has added online functionality to its mortgage sourcing software system Mortgage Dec...
CMG makes tracks.
IT company CMG has published its fourth eCom index, which tracks the number of companies recording m...
Scottish entrants.
Scottish Provident has welcomed the decision by Scottish Equitable to enter into the personal protec...
Fuelling the crisis.
The recent petrol crisis has brought the importance of business interruption cover sharply into focu...
Aon goes online with credit cover.
Aon is to launch an online underwriting agency providing brokers with trade credit insurance product...
Gerling takes oil cargo on-line
German insurer Gerling has launched an internet-based trading system for oil cargo insurance. The s...
Bennetts joins HFS in affinity life venture.
Motorcycle insurance intermediary Bennetts has teamed up with Homeowners Friendly Society to target ...
Oils well for Gerling trading system
Gerling at Lloyd's has launched a new internet-based trading system for oil cargo insurance, which wi...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Steve Coates, who joined Independent Insurance in 1991 as an area underwriter, has been made UK prov...
Debts forgotten as TBH heads for £15m profit.
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath & Bond predicts it will make a £15m profit for the next financial year...
Euclidian exits contingency
Following a review of the contingency account, the board of Euclidian Underwriting has decided to clo...
Oaktree launch.
Oaktree Financial Solutions has launched two new packages for brokers aimed at retailers including s...
Caravan cover.
Towergate Underwriting has been appointed by London broker Bray Wintour to underwrite insurance prod...
IFAs must net costs.
Independent financial advisers have been warned they could go bust within a year if they fail to emb...
A mark of industry determination.
The new Raising Standards quality mark scheme, launched this week, has been endorsed by the life & p...
Goshawk Syndicate Management to pay out £500,000.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk Syndicate Management looks set to payout £500,000 after several people claim...
Non-stop shop.
A new insurance industry initiative to create a shopping mall for insurance products, and a new constant-access online broking service, look set to propel the broking industry forward. Anthony Gould reports.
Phoenix assesses the damage restoration.
A new consultancy has been set up that aims to save insurers and insureds money by offering independ...
Appointment at Chaucer Insurance.
Chaucer Insurance, the personal lines division of Chaucer Syndicates, has appointed Andrew Chesters ...
Skandia to end its paperchase.
Insurer UK Skandia has selected software provider ActionPoint to help transfer information from hard...