Commercial
Groupama snaps up web-based claims service.
Groupama Insurances has signed a deal with U-plex, UK subsidiary of e-commerce specialist Plexus Int...
Appointment at ICL.
ICL, the e-business services company, has taken on insurance specialist Manjit Rana to strengthen it...
Insurers banking on Stakeholder.
Next week's introduction of stakeholder pensions has so far resulted in a flurry of activity by UK-b...
NU to reveal panel.
Norwich Union's new loss adjuster panel will be announced in a month's time, a spokesman for the com...
Zurich to offer training for broker support.
Zurich's commercial business unit is to run a range of training programmes for all levels of its bro...
Munich Re could join in German companies' restructuring
Munich Re looks likely to buy the 18% stake in Germany's second-largest bank, HypoVereinsbank, held b...
St Paul's Petrobras loss limited to $5m
The St Paul Companies says that its economic loss from the sinking earlier this month of Brazil's big...
Travel cover on site.
Screentrade, the online broker product from Misys Interactive Trading, has gone live with travel ins...
RSA texts on claims.
Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders can now receive updates on the progress of their claims via text ...
Countryside checks.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has warned customers to check their travel insurance poli...
Cornhill losses.
Allianz Cornhill blamed poor international market conditions and £20m flood losses in the final quar...
Norwich Union fails in human rights appeal.
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...
Chubb fuels tie-up talk.
US insurer Chubb's European arm fuelled rumours this week that a tie-up with a bank could be in the ...
Appointment at AMP.
AMP has recruited John Blowers as head of marketing and proposition for its new online investment se...
NIG: ARMed with majority stake.
NIG has acquired a majority shareholding in the Scottish risk management firm All Risk Management. N...
Friends teams up for IFAs online.
Friends Provident has teamed up with e-business software provider Allfinanz to provide independent f...
Graduating to better things?
In a bid to secure the highest quality graduates, insurers are having to fight hard in the recruitment arena. Richard Adams talks tactics and looks at the postgraduate packages on offer from some insurers.
Fair claims service.
Insurance company claims departments are on the whole "fair, courteous and efficient", according to ...
Aspect expansion.
Aspect Software International, which provides eCRM applications for the insurance and banking sector...
Central reservations.
Call centres have answered the public's call for 24-hour service from insurers. However, the cracks are beginning to show and critics believe the integration of systems has fallen short in the rush to provide a solution, says David Fanning.
All bets off over security.
Insurers are not prepared to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to IT security, ac...
Round of applause for plausible Coverclick.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Bupa ties up with Old Mutual
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to deliver a new international healt...
NU fails in move to use Human Rights Act
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...