Commercial
Desperately seeking.
Alex Broad finds out that insurers' training courses boost broker standards and more recruits are using word of mouth.
A healthy move.
Bupa is to launch a web-site designed to give customers worldwide the chance to contact its staff wi...
Business backers.
Warren Hill continued to support the Federation of Small Businesses by sponsoring its annual confere...
Premium hikes won't yield better profits.
I write regarding the article 'RSA asks brokers to back rates rise' (PM 11 March, p8). The articl...
£59m makes for a bleak day in Marlboro country.
Tobacco firms and their insurers were left gasping last week after a US court awarded a smoker's fam...
Between the lines.
Over the last year, a team of actuaries has been working on how best to measure the competitiveness of personal lines business in the UK. Kathryn Morgan explains.
GAB positive over its new owner.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins expects to know its new owner by the end of the month. The invitation date ...
Big five take third of all life business.
One third of all new life business in the UK went to the five biggest companies, according to consul...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul International has promoted two of its senior managers to deputy general managers. David Beva...
When the stars don't come out.
A star performer failing to turn up for an event is just one situation when contingency insurance can save the day. David Fanning reports on a diverse market.
Smart idea pays off.
Yorkshire broker Smart & Cook has received 10,000 Internet hits in the first month of its Internet s...
The British Insurance Awards - Last chance to be a winner.
Hurry, hurry, hurry - it's just over a week away to the entry deadline for the 1999 British Insuranc...
Chase crashes pile up.
Calls for the police to polish up their driving standards have grown after four people were killed b...
£120m deal with IBM.
J&H Marsh & McLennan has teamed up with IBM, e-business experts and insurers to develop a solution t...
Insurance cover for refugees.
The insurance industry was working to provide cover for the transportation of Ethnic Albanian refuge...
Overseas make good recovery.
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners bounced back from a disastrous third quarter investment result...
Copenhagen chief.
Former executive director of Liberty Re and general manager of Mercantile & General Re Robert Johnst...
Ball organisers call for sponsors.
A group of London market insurers known as the Square Marketeers are organising a ball at the Hotel ...
What's that in English?
Bermuda's World Insurance Forum in February (see p10) provided a showcase for some of the best talen...
Weighing up options.
A study by Insurance Services Office shows how insurers can optimise their mix of risk financing.
New name for Gemini Re.
The reinsurer being set up by ex-Centre Solutions president David Brown and Bermuda's former finance...
Relishing risk pays off.
Alex Beatty talks to Rims president Mark DeLillo about changes in the role of risk managers - and the attractions of company cars.
Brokers shown new NU ropes.
Norwich Union is going face-to-face with ITT London & Edinburgh brokers to explain how it plans to r...
Hassle free ticket.
The Crowe Insurance Group has launched a new 'hassle free' facility for provincial brokers who want ...