Commercial
Annual NSPCC City Group dinner.
The annual NSPCC City Group dinner at the Savoy raised £107 980 last week. The 400 guests from 35 Ci...
From segregate to aggregate.
John Butler explains why a Court of Appeal decision has taken an important step towards clarifying the legal definition of policies written on an aggregate basis.
A case of utmost importance.
Disregard for the fundamental principle of uberrimae fides landed one US reinsurer with a settlement twice the size of the claim it disputed, reports Ellen MacDonald.
Pitching to those without a plan.
Janina Clark discovers that life and pensions players see distribution as the key to future product sales.
Zurich pulls plug on London market.
Zurich Financial Services (ZFS), one of the world's 10 largest reinsurance groups, is to cease reins...
Prices rise at Lloyd's auctions.
The total capacity traded during this year's Lloyd's auctions fell slightly as the cost of capacity ...
Key cases in a critical year.
Legal issues may have been overshadowed by competition, consolidation and alternative risk transfer over the past year, but our comprehensive review is still essential reading.
Insurers sign Armistice Day agreement for Nazi victims.
Six European firms agreed on Remembrance Day to set up a £54.2m humanitarian fund to aid Holocaust v...
Senitel UK launches package.
Software provider Senitel UK has launched a comparative quotations package for general insurance pro...
Exclusive - 'Ignore the 'net at your peril'.
Insurers have been told to look beyond Y2K and EMU and focus their IT resources towards making their...
Canadian province to sue the tobacco industry.
British Columbia is the first Canadian province to sue the tobacco industry over the health costs of...
Countryside Diamond edge a step closer to the complete package.
Countrywide Diamond has taken a further step towards becoming a complete solution for members' trans...
Battling to raise cash for Romanian orphanage.
The gloves are off as Michael Lawless, Leeds branch manager of Highway Motor Policies, battles to ra...
Balancing for satisfaction.
In the non-stop world of claims handling, striking a balance between all parties offers scope for en...
Kelsh bows out with blast at 'threat' posed by regulation.
Insurance Brokers' Registration Council founder member Michael Kelsh announced his retirement from t...
Technology the key to fight new brands.
The managing director of Lloyd's TSB General Insurance has warned the industry that it has to face t...
Going the distance.
Never before has the pressure been so great for insurers to hang on to their clients. Kevin Pratt reports.
Year 2000: soldiering on.
The latest instalment of millennium bug panic hit the headlines this week when two government minist...
Life insurers opt for affinity.
One third of life companies currently sell organised affinity marketing through their head office, a...
Axa's revenues rise.
The Axa Group's consolidated revenues rose for the year up to October 1998 by FF271.8bn (£28bn) over...
R&SA denies it is to quit commercial fleet.
Royal & Sun Alliance has denied it is set to pull out of the commercial fleet market, but has stated...
Fleet deal on the road.
Fleet companies can keep trucking in safety following a joint venture between Ryland Multifleet and ...
Names not forgotten yet.
The tenacity of Lloyd's individual Names is something to be wondered at. There is a widespread belie...
Nobody's fool Huppi dismisses mergers.
Zurich chief executive Rolf Huppi has stressed that despite increased participation between insurers...