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Policy Management Systems Corporation has lauched its e-commerce system PMSCiSolutions for the UK in...
Misys to pull plug on system.
Misys has pulled the plug on the Penta insurance broker system. The technology trader to the UK in...
A game of tug.
Jonathan Swift asks if the P&I sector's fixed premium insurers will ever be able to wrench control of the market from the mutual P&I clubs.
Insurers get stuck into 'Net.
The death of the traditional insurance industry has been proclaimed by a new virtual insurer. US-...
CNA Re dumps IGI as it quits sector.
CNA Re has severed its relationship with London market firm IGI Underwriting Agencies following a de...
Appointment at Aegis Energy Syndicate.
Aegis Energy Syndicate 1225 has made three new appointments. Simon Clegg and Robert Woods will head ...
Lambert wins Contract
Axa Sun Life and Provincial has appointed Lambert Smith Hampton to manage the disposal of Axa's natio...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Norwich Union has made Tom Fraser executive director, international on its board of directors. Mr Fr...
iSee a TV bargain.
Retail technology firm Media Logic is to launch iSee, a TV home shopping system for the financial se...
Appointment at Direct Line.
Oliver Prill has been appointed by Direct Line as the first managing director of e-commerce to overs...
JLT up for challenge.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to sponsor the Cumbria Challenge again next year. The endurance team chall...
One Call feels wrath of advertising watchdog.
One Call Insurance has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading the public ...
End of the Troubles?
Recent political developments and industry announcements have focused attention on Northern Ireland. Francis Higney finds it a very parochial market that mainland companies struggle to enter.
Health on the mend.
Accident & Health business in the London market looks set for an upturn, according to a report relea...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance has made several new appointments to the board of its UK commercial business. Ro...
JLT doing too well to merge'.
An analyst has dismissed rumours of a possible merger between Jardine Lloyd Thompson and South Afric...
Fleet service is go.
Royal & Sun Alliance has rolled out its fleet risk management service for all its brokers and their ...
£2m campaign.
Direct Line is to spend £2m in the first three months of 2000 to market its website, directline.com....
Internet test in an Instant.
Software consultancy firm Reasoning has launched an Internet-based product that tests insurers' prog...
Appointment at HSBC Select.
Nick Weaver has been recruited as a director of HSBC Select, the national telephone broking division...
Can't cope, won't cope.
Work-related stress has hit the headlines again, with an estimated one in three 16-24 year olds stressed at work. Unfortunately many employers seem unable or unwilling to recognise the importance of dealing with stress. Deborah Edwards reports.
Aon buys Velo to kick-start pan-European fleet dream.
Global broker Aon has bought Velo Motor Accident Management in a bid to develop what it claims will ...
St Paul acquires marine business
St Paul has acquired Norwich Union's marine portfolio. The acquisition gives the insurer's Lloyd's ...
Aegon's list.
Dutch Insurer Aegon has reached an agreement with the California Department of Insurance over compli...