Commercial
Swiss Life plans major UK expansion move.
Swiss Life is planning a major expansion in the UK, both through acquisitions and organic growth, an...
RSA sheds its sales agencies.
Royal & Sun Alliance's Healthcare & Assistance division has shed its 69-strong sales agency division...
Technology Supplement - Wired for profits?
There has been a great deal of talk about e-commerce by insurers, but, as Alex Broad reports, Post Magazine's annual survey shows that there has been a lot less action.
Technology Supplement - Progress and prosper.
A wide range of insurance industry companies reveal how harnessing new technology has helped them to become e-enabled and increased their future business capabilities.
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Daryl Hine has been taken on by Royal & Sun Alliance as centre manager for the insurer's fourth smal...
Ex-Iron Traders are re-united.
Two ex-Iron Trades big hitters have teamed up again to help provincial intermediaries win more busin...
Technology Supplement - Strategic fix?
Ahead of Post Magazine's e-commerce conference next month, Dr Robert Davies focuses on the new organisational structures and skill sets needed to deliver flexibility within the sector's new competitive landscape.
Risk is off 'b' list.
Marketing, management and e-business solutions company Moffat's Associates has developed bRISK, a th...
CanadaSure for Tester migrants.
Migrant insurance specialist intermediary Dave Tester Expatriate Insurance Services has launched a n...
Wildnet launch.
A new company specialising in the construction, management and marketing of web-based interactive tr...
Sampo gets some pension polish.
Finnish insurer, Sampo Insurance, has acquired the Polish pensions and life insurance operations of ...
Goshawk up as rates harden
Goshawk Insurance Holdings has recorded improved results for the first half of this year, with gross ...
Appointment at Dial Direct Group.
The Dial Direct Group has appointed Anna Bishop as its first e-commerce marketing manager. Ms Bishop...
Grounds for sporting goals hit snags.
As the country looks forward optimistically for what in recent times has seemed completely unattaina...
gtilink hits the net.
Internet insurance start-up Global Transport & Insurance Services has received outline commitment fr...
Brokers miss out on cross-selling.
Brokers could learn from direct writers about the huge opportunities afforded by cross-selling, acco...
Towergate Underwriting appoints new accident and travel team.
Towergate Underwriting has appointed a new personal accident and travel team to replace the one whic...
Allianz profits rise.
German insurer Allianz AG, which recorded a 30% rise in net profits for the first six months of 200...
Chaucer venture: tales of success.
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer has launched a new company to handle consortium arrangements for both Lloyd'...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Keith Morris has joined Euler Trade Indemnity as deputy chief executive, responsible for overseeing ...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Insurance giant CGNU last week admitted making an "isolated" multi-million pound error over...
Sun widens its horizons.
Sun Life Financial of Canada is to broaden its distribution to encompass independent financial advis...
dotRisk signs up financial partners.
Internet company dotRisk has signed up broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and insurer Ace Global Ma...
In the best of health.
Employers are being forced to increase the benefits they offer their employees in the scramble for skilled personnel, and group income protection is one of the ideal candidates, as David Fanning discovers.