Commercial
The great divide.
The recent launch of Iron Trades and Direct Line websites to sell cover over the Internet has brought the e-commerce discussion to the fore. Marcus Alcock examines how willing the industry is to accept e-trade.
Stuart on verge of acquisition.
City intermediary Stuart Alexander is soon to acquire another broker. The firm said it expects to...
MP slams Canada Life over windfalls.
An MP has hit out at Canada Life for shortchanging policyholders of demutualisation windfall cash fr...
Exclusive - Loyalty on the cards.
A Lloyd's insurer is to launch its own loyalty card next week in a bid to secure greater customer re...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes has appointed Kate Redmond and Zoe Bolton at the company's Covent Garden headquarters....
There is no Liver deal says Society.
The Family Assurance Society has denied it is in talks with Royal Liver Assurance with a view to cre...
Insurers told to embrace claims technology.
IT solutions provider Policy Management Systems Corporation has warned insurers that they must revol...
Senior staff in Lloyds TSB takeover refuse to go north.
Lloyd's TSB's takeover of Scottish Widows has hit problems over the siting of the new fund managemen...
Closure threat to JLT's Beijing office.
The Chinese Insurance Regulator has threatened to shut Jardine Lloyd Thompson's representative branc...
LUC's Labour link.
The London Underwriitng Centre is hosting a live satellite link of a fringe meeting at the Labour Pa...
Waiting for take off.
It's good to talk, but even better to do something about it. While insurers may rattle on about the ...
More to Angel than meets the eye.
You recently published a letter from Paul Asplin of DAS describing both Angel Assistance and Country...
SLPH makes Haste.
Andy Haste has been made chief executive of Sun Life and Provincial Holdings. He replaces Les Owe...
Edging out into cyberspace.
Post Magazine decided to find out whether all the talk about e-commerce was being matched by action. Alex Broad looks at the results of our survey of insurance organisations.
Independent looks to Israel as it gears up for e-commerce initiative
Independent Insurance is looking at outsourcing work to Israel as part of a major push into e-commerc...
Insurers falling behind claims online company
Insurers have failed to keep pace with changes in the small commercial market place claimed the compa...
Cox bites into Internet apple
Internet service provider Freeserve to launch an online, integrated insurance service in the UK next ...
CGU: cutting edge for brokers.
CGU has produced a three-stage guide for brokers doing business in the next century called The Cutti...
E-commerce neglect.
The UK insurance sector is failing to properly utilise e-commerce systems. The findings are included...
Best reviews rates.
Rating agency AM Best has placed its B (very good) rating of London based Colonia Baltica Insurance ...
The human touch.
Cyber call centres may appear cutting edge, but they contradict a lesson learned earlier, says Lorraine Wright.
Quake loss covered.
Marsh & McLennan Securities Corporation has completed a £31m insurance-linked transaction for a majo...
Chatset predicts 3.17% losses for Lloyd's.
Chatset has released its latest forecast for the Lloyd's market, and, in line with analyst's predict...
Exclusive - City of London police investigate collapsed broker.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the brokerage Denis Hilton la...