Commercial
St Paul closes US property.
St Paul Re is withdrawing from facultative property business in the US. The Minnesota-based compa...
Rhine Re shuts London office
Rhine Re has closed the London market office of newly acquired Equus Re. The business underwritten by...
L&G sends out self-regulation rallying call.
Composite insurer Legal & General has called for life and pensions firms to work together in prepara...
No surprises.
With the Millennium Bug looming large, disaster recovery and business continuity companies are preparing for all eventualities. Jonathan Swift looks at what contingency lessons can be learnt and how e-commerce will offer the next major challenge.
Appointment at Vale Insurance Brokers.
Kevin Roberts is to run the new Llandudno office of Vale Insurance Brokers. Mr Roberts was previousl...
Offline brokers.
Over 60% of brokers have no website and only 10% are working towards developing one according to a n...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Although newly-formed London market insurer The Underwriter has come racing out of the blocks with a...
A design disaster.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Simmering in FOIL.
Alex Broad met the president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Martin Bruffell, and found him less than impressed with the reforms.
Wireless' is the future.
The battle for future sales of financial products will be fought over "wireless" devices and not ove...
GE switch will be through its partners.
With reference to your article 'Insurer in switch of tactics' (PM 21 October, p4), I am concerned th...
Alpha expansion.
Accident management company Alpha Accident Management Group is to float on the Alternative Investmen...
Firms face ART tax trap.
Risk managers were warned about the tax and accounting implications of Alternative Risk Transfer tec...
Top marks!
The Underwriter Insurance Company, the new London Market insurer due to open for business on Monday,...
Marsh applies the brakes to fleet accidents.
Global broker Marsh has got behind the wheel with a driver training company to stop fleet management...
Here to stay - but at what cost?
After all the speculation the reality of the Woolf Reforms is with us. So was it a case of much hype...
New faces fuel NU sell-off rumours.
A rash of new appointments at Norwich Union has increased speculation that the company is to abandon...
Avon Insurance display cricket trophy.
Captain Paul Thompson (left) and area manager Bill Atkinson of Avon Insurance display the trophy of ...
New claims man.
Yorkshire broker R P Hodson has appointed a former McLarens Toplis board member to its claims divisi...
Claims & gains.
Loss adjuster Crawford-THG last week dropped the THG from its name. Anthony Gould talked to Mike Reeves, head of Crawford's, about other changes in the sector.
The point is he's missed the point.
The comments of Paul Asplin of DAS Legal Expenses relating to Angel Assistance ('Angel's Angela is a...
Commercial lines service suffering
Commercial lines business is suffering most from the failure by insurers to maintain adequate service...
Axa to restructure
Axa Re and Axa Global Risks have announced plans for a structural review that could lead to a merger ...
New company ready for business.
New London market insurer the Underwriter Insurance Company is due to open for business on 1 Novembe...