Commercial
Words must be backed up with action.
Anthony Gould and David Worsfold report on last week's Post Magazine management conference, Insurance 2000, Customer Focus: Myth or Reality?, sponsored by CSC Financial Services Group and Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Mutual plays down carpetbagger talk.
Scottish Provident has denied rumours it is to face a demutualisation vote at its May annual general...
Axa in buyout talks with Sun Life & Provincial.
French insurance giant Axa is set to move closer to establishing a single global insurance brand wit...
100 lawyers for RSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance plans to recruit 100 in-house lawyers this year in a drive to reduce its claims...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Allen Brown has been appointed as e-commerce manager for Aon Consulting. He will be based at the com...
Fleet training firm aims to cut claims.
The government's Road Safety Strategy has spawned the birth of a new risk reduction company. Risk...
Muslims targeted in new venture
An Islamic financial services website, IslamiQ.com has been launched which will offer a range of ban...
Space market mourns satellites.
The decision by US telecommunications group Iridium to destroy its 66 orbiting satellites is a furth...
Sleighed on slope.
RAF team leader Wing Commander Tim Hill was left bruised but exhilarated after an armed services bob...
Simple and effective but limited.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Pass it on.
Third party administration firms offer a wealth of services to insurers - but getting the insurers to acknowledge this is another matter, says David Fanning.
End this contractor merry-go-round.
I refer to a letter from Stan Noakes (PM 16 March, p16). Evidently Mr Noakes is unable to differenti...
Looking Sharp.
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired Romford-based insurance broker JR Poel. The broker will be...
Nosedive warning to aviation insurers.
The reality gap between client and market expectations could send the aviation insurance industry in...
Branding crucial.
Online brand significance is crucial in the modern marketplace, according to Marlborough Stirling e-...
Shareholders are king for insurers.
European insurers are favouring the needs of shareholders over those of policyholders, according to ...
The clock's ticking.
With under a month to go until the deadline for entering the British Insurance Awards 2000, now is t...
Internet start-up targets insurers.
Entreprecision, a new independent e-commerce business development consultancy, was launched on Tuesd...
RSA boldly goes with Enterprise.
Royal & Sun Alliance hopes that its small business service for brokers, Enterprise, will leapfrog it...
Marsh McLennan sets up enterprise risk division.
The Marsh McLennan group of companies has created an enterprise risk division to co-ordinate risk re...
More move online.
Eleven of the 19 leading insurers are now delivering online quotations to IFA's via AssureWeb, accor...
Exclusive - Legal insurer bought by rival.
Specialist provider CPO Legal Expenses has been bought by business rival Victory Legal Protection. ...
Online insurer teams with BT.
Online insurer Insurance Wide.com has linked up with British Telecom. InsuranceWide will provide ...
Budget Special - Cash incentive to enter world of e-commerce.
Brokers and independent financial advisers look set to benefit from measures to encourage them to in...