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Germans hope slimming will make them attractive.
German insurer Allianz and reinsurer Munich Re plan to cut their crossholdings from 25% to 20% by th...
Antidote must be found for e-viruses.
The so-called Love Bug computer virus which swept through business across the world would seem to un...
Deal for Oxygen.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has signed a £750,000 contract with e-business specialist Oxygen Solutions ...
Insurers slammed for poor Internet attitude.
The UK's leading insurers are failing to service customers via the Internet, according to a survey c...
Lloyds TSB homes in on panel
Lloyds TSB has set up a panel of insurers as part of its plan to start selling buildings and contents...
PartnerRe net income falls
PartnerRe, the Bermudian multi-line reinsurer, has announced a 66% drop in its net income in the firs...
BIBA calls for benchmarking.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has initiated a ground-breaking benchmarking scheme for l...
BIBA starts to get active.
Throwing stones is one thing. Turning criticism into constructive activity is another. And this is e...
Rebus carves itself a niche.
Insurance IT specialist Rebus Insurance Systems intends to carve out a niche for itself in the life ...
Touchline removes temptation.
There has been a great deal of comment recently concerning dual pricing arrangements being operated ...
Damaging attitudes to disaster recovery.
You would think that when it comes to a company's priorities, disaster recovery would be high on the...
Bennetts launches new online quote facility.
Motorcycle stunt team The Purple Helmets were on hand as motorcycle specialist Bennetts launched its...
Standard Life fights vote.
Standard Life is to target younger policyholders in its attempt to defeat a vote on demutualisation....
WeatherNet online.
WeatherNet's insurance validation services are now available online, providing access to over half a...
Truckers can lens a hand to keep down claims.
Fleet drivers should carry cameras in their cabs to protect themselves against inflated insurance cl...
The sky's the limit.
Premium rates for motor fleets have experienced a huge turnaround. The market has swung from under-capacity to over-capacity and rates are still rising as Simon Threadgold discovers.
Policy has rights.
Insurance software provider Policy Master has secured the rights to distribute the Polaris ProductWr...
IBM solution.
IBM has teamed up with software provider Versata to develop VisualAge Application Rules. They claim ...
Appointment at Cigna Healthcare.
Kate Wakefield has been made healthcare services sales manager at Cigna Healthcare. She joins from B...
JLT launches US joint venture
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has launched a US-based specialist risk services business in a jo...
A land of stark realities.
Mergers, takeovers, demutualisations, privatisations and collapse. It is all happening in the Australian insurance market. Richard Willsher reports.
Odyssey Re swallows CTR in reorganisation.
Compagnie Transcontinentale de Reassurance (CTR), the Paris-based subsidiary of US group Odyssey Re,...
ERC Frankona goes wireless.
ERC Frankona's customers can now communicate with the reinsurer via mobile phones or hand-held compu...
Cyber-liabilities.
In the second of four articles investigating the insurance needs of e-commerce, Jill Hampton and Charlotte Waters identify the risks that need to be covered.