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RSA confirms Unisys outsourcing deal
UK insurance giant Royal & Sun Alliance has confirmed a £300m outsourcing deal for its life busines...
IT: Harvard warns insurers
A senior professor of Harvard Business School has warned that up to £1bn spent on IT initiatives by...
Insurers attack Ladbrokes plan.
Insurer Zurich has attacked betting shop giant Ladbrokes for announcing that it is looking to underc...
Wellington Underwriting Agencies forecasts profit
Lloyd's managing agency Wellington Underwriting Agencies is forecasting a profit of between 7.5% to...
Aquilo enters into strategic partnership
Insurance IT and businesses services provider Aquilo has entered into a strategic partnership with ...
TIG acts to prop up balance sheet
The Innovation Group is hoping its recently announced rights issue, to raise £9.18m to prop up its ...
Direct Line reviews panel
Direct Line is close to reaching a decision on the shape of its next loss adjusting panel, in what ...
Barton set for Lloyd's return
Former Faraday Underwriting Chief executive Nigel Barton could return to Lloyd's by the summer with h...
Oil on troubled waters?
The recent increase in tropical storms and hurricanes has buffeted the oil and gas rig market, with some insurers paying the ultimate price. David Fanning examines what the offshore energy sector is doing to keep the risks to a minimum, while ensuring…
Platinum forecasts $1bn of premiums in 2003
New Bermudian reinsurer Platinum Underwriters expects to write just under $1bn in net premiums this y...
Scor maintains premiums with new strategy
Higher rates and a "strict approach" to underwriting helped the Paris-based reinsurer Scor to increas...
Country Mutual set to swoop
Country Mutual, the insurance broking network of NFU Mutual, has received a major boost to its expa...
Treasury to advertise for new chairman of FSA
The Treasury this week planned to advertise for the new chairman of the Financial Services Authorit...
Face up to underwriting complex risks
The insurance industry's present propensity to fight shy of risk, as evidenced by the ongoing debat...
UK repair costs escalate
Insurers' moves to reduce car repair shop labour rates and repair times have been matched by a 43% ...
What the papers said this week
FINANCIAL TIMES The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland took out special insurance in 1987 to cove...
Appointment at Unum Provident
Peter Dewis has been promoted to the new role of director of customer care at income protection pro...
Big Fish in negotiations
Benfield Greig's fledging premium finance subsidiary Big Fish is in negotiations to be the sole pro...
Insurers losing out to start-ups in online sales
Online benchmarking specialist eBenchmarkers has warned that many established insurers are losing o...
Kerry London plans growth
Broker Kerry London is aiming to double its brokerage income to £8m within three years after hittin...
A fresh approach to risk
Paul Howard, the Institute of Risk Management's new chairman, talks to Lynn Rouse about his plans to modernise and revitalise the body's educational syllabus and provide wider networking opportunities.
IT's not what you do ...
The effectiveness of IT lies very much in the way it is implemented and call centre technology is a case in point. Roisin Tims looks at ways managers can monitor and evaluate operator performance using IT and beef up customer satisfaction and…
Brit Insurance to transfer accounts
Lloyd's insurer Brit Insurance Holdings is on target to transfer its UK motor, property, and employ...
US firm set for second UK push
Cybersettle, the US online claims settlement company, is set to make a second attempt to establish ...