Commercial
Sewing up the loose ends.
Forging a partnership following mergers and acquisitions is often not a smooth ride. Simon Threadgol...
Bridging the gap.
Insurance professionals with IT experience, and IT staff with insurance knowledge, are in high demand, says Sarah Price.
Cornhill talks to BT.
Cornhill has teamed up with high-level security systems provider BT Redcare to cut property claims. ...
Distinctly average presence on 'net.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Exclusive - Cover for small firms thinking big.
Cigna International plans to launch a policy aimed at small and medium-sized businesses looking to e...
Stars of Capricorn.
Master Plan has teamed up with underwriting agency Premium Line to launch Capricorn. The new facilit...
Ombudsman pressure pays off.
The government has bowed to industry pressure on its proposals for an all-embracing Financial Servic...
Profits on the up - Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
Broker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, reported a 1998 turnover of £232m, up 3% on 1997. Its operatin...
AIRMIC 99 exhibitors.
We invited most exhibitors to provide details of their companies and stands. Here are the replies we received.
Making waves on the Internet.
Mark Birrell explains how Lloyd's underwriters set their sights on a virtual cargo market.
Aon pushes share income higher.
Aon Corporation, the holding company that includes the world's second largest insurance broking oper...
Making the most of IT.
The reinsurance industry is - at last - on the verge of a new electronic age, but Tony Illinesi asks whether companies will be ready.
Tough conditions forecast for P&I.
Protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs face increasingly challenging conditions as competition from ne...
Lloyd's to make a loss in 1999, says Moody's.
The Lloyd's market faces a small profit at best in 1998 and a loss of 0.2% of capacity in 1999, acco...
Can PMI go the distance?
The UK private medical insurance market will be severely tested as the UK faces an economic slowdown reports Patrick Ho.
Speedier quotes.
Amicus Legal has designed a legal expenses product for companies underwritten through Lloyd's. The s...
Internet is the future'.
Internet leadership is the new focus for Compaq according to its president and chief executive offic...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Steve Trew has joined the Broker Network, an umbrella organisation for provincial brokers and interm...
Tragedy of Robbie fan who cashed in policy.
A teenage pop fan cashed in her life insurance to buy a ticket to see her idol Robbie Williams - but...
Customers should be seen and heard.
It was with considerable intrigue that I read that CGU does not seem to recognise the numerous benef...
Switching on to change.
The remorseless march of new technology has for once not left the insurance industry behind. Elec...
MinibusPlus drives through deal worth £2m.
The UK's leading minibus insurer has boosted its business by striking a deal with a Barnstaple broke...
Appointment at Pinsent Curtis.
Martin Membery has joined the London office of Pincent Curtis' insurance group. A non-marine insuran...
IFAs wary of kiosk plan.
Independent financial advisers are eyeing with caution government plans to introduce interactive ins...