Commercial
Sun Life it hot.
Mark Wood, group chief executive of Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, is the second insurance chief to take on the challenge of the Eversheds/Post Magazine hot seat. Among items on the agenda were Europe and pensions mis-selling. Alex Broad reports.
Roll of honour.
1995 AWARDS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Sponsored by Legal & General Peter Wood - chief executive, Dir...
Equifax turns to Yellow Pages.
Equifax has joined forces with the Yellow Pages Group to provide a three-point business-to-business ...
Buyout risks of ignoring EMU.
I read with great interest both your EMU editorial ('Firms should learn that euro is one EMU that wi...
Things can only get better.
Having been a consistent and keen advocate of the merger of the various London market representative...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Sherwood International has appointed John Loewenberg as a non-executive director to spearhead its gl...
Hitting a high note.
Behind the glittering night which marks the culmination of The British Insurance Awards is a year of hard work by organisers, entrants and winners. David Worsfold reports.
On-line motorbike plan.
NIG Skandia has launched a new screen-based motorcycle product, Trophy Screen. Available initially o...
Open all hours for recovery.
Newsagents are trying to corner the lucrative breakdown and vehicle recovery market by delivering a ...
BIIBA enters PMI market.
The British Insurance & Investment Broker's Association (BIIBA) has signed up to a personal medical ...
Why we have lost sight of what good faith means.
Insurance is founded on three fundamental principles - indemnity, insurable interest and good faith,...
What the papers say.
THE BIRMINGHAM POST A Birmingham pub manager was so embarrased at having to wear flared trousers ...
Direct Line cashes in on uncertainty at RAC.
Frantic merger activity in motor breakdown recovery has resulted in booming business for recent mark...
Hard selling in the soft market.
US reinsurers continue to perform well, but rates just keep on falling. Alex Beatty reports.
The brownfield boom.
Elizabeth Keefe reviews the development of the environmental impairment liability market in the US.
New Labour, new market.
This year's Swiss Re Life & Health Insurance Report indicates that UK consumers are taking financial matters into their own hands, says Peter Maynard.
S&P ratings unreliable, say P&I managers.
Managers of some protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs are unhappy about the first set of club rating...
Huge liability claims likely after crash.
Huge liability claims look likely to hit (re)insurers following the crash of a high-speed Inter-City...
Exclusive - Crawford staff fall victim to the margins war.
Over one hundred jobs will be shed as a result of massive restructuring by leading loss adjusters Cr...
What the papers say.
THE SUN A German tourist told a court how his family's sunshine holiday was ruined because his co...
Going west?
Commercial legal expenses is still a relatively untapped market, despite the first policy having been written in the mid-70s. Regulations are now swinging in favour of employee over employer. Report by Alex Miller.
Lloyds opt for Miller.
The Miller Insurance Group's Miller Kelsh operation has been made insurance broker for The Corporati...
Buyout will result in AGF brand vanishing in the UK.
The Assurances Generales de France (AGF) brand will disappear in the UK following its acquisition by...
Zurich to buy Swedes.
Zurich has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sweden-based marine insurer Trygg-Hansa (T...