News
Everybody's talking at me.
The telephone has become perhaps the most valuable business-selling tool to companies, and more insurers are exploiting its benefits through call centres. Alex Miller reports.
LAVA deal in full flow.
Life insurance administration is about to become simpler following the announcement of a business pa...
CIS enjoys business boom.
A record surplus on life assurance and pensions business of £667m, alongside a 38% rise in new life,...
World Cup firm hopes to score with strategy.
Sybase, the official software provider for this year's World Cup, has announced that it has created ...
Stage is set for industry's Oscar night.
The hundreds of entries to the 1998 British Insurance Awards have been whittled down to just 54 - wi...
Key motor law hits major delay.
A legislative logjam has delayed debate on a proposed new European Union directive designed to make ...
Alarming rise in number of computer 'muggings'.
The number of claims involving computers which have been stolen in the street has shot up by 19%, ac...
Pension for the jobless.
The self employed, a group so often ignored by many insurers, can now sign up to Standard Life's Gro...
Over-zealousness could ruin good name of fraudbusters.
This week has seen another major success in the industry's battle against organised fraud with the g...
Jobs for the girls as plentiful as those for the boys.
The past 20 years has seen a rise in jobs for women and a reduction in the number of men working.
Guardian staff to sponsor owl nest boxes.
Convinced it is a wise move, staff at the Ipswich branch of Guardian, have agreed to sponsor the con...
Mixed marks for scorecard.
The talking point at last month's US Risk and Insurance Management Society conference was the result of president Stephen Wilder's Quality Scorecard, which rated and slated insurers. Janina Clark reports.
Two-year sting busts fraudsters.
An undercover operation by police and a specialist loss adjusting unit has smashed a major Midlands ...
Appointment at Clyde & Co.
Eight new partners have been appointed at Clyde & Co, bringing its worldwide total to 95. Former Roy...
Poor plans for EMU.
Insurers are far from ready for the arrival of EMU, an IBM study said this week. The study showed le...
Ocaso in London boroughs deal.
Ocaso has launched monthly paid buildings insurance schemes with three London boroughs for council l...
Wrong word in the right place.
There is a fundamental error in the reproduction of my letter (Absurd broad brush approach, PM, 30 A...
CV that should figure in everyone's career.
The challenge of recruiting and retaining the right staff has grown enormously over recent years, as...
Football always scores with charity.
It is often said that there is nothing new under the sun. Next Thursday will see Post Magazine hand ...
Weddings - new policy launched.
A new policy has been launched by Entertainment and Leisure Insurance Group to make sure a bride's b...
Just what is it that ULR firms are scared of?
From time to time over the past few years, certain uninsured loss recovery (ULR) companies have soug...
Candid camera cock-up.
Investigators hired by Uponors' Swedish Insurance firm, who spied on the wrong couple for four years...
Costing charitable choices.
Insurance companies have always had a close affinity with the charitable sector. Indeed, many of them had their origins in 19th century philanthropy. Nowadays, as Simon Threadgold reveals, attitudes are a little more hard-nosed.
Appointment at Horwich Farrelly.
Mark Hudson has been made a partner in Horwich Farrelly's Manchester office, where he will continue ...