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Edging out into cyberspace.
Post Magazine decided to find out whether all the talk about e-commerce was being matched by action. Alex Broad looks at the results of our survey of insurance organisations.
CBS Scheme tenders hit over £140m
Lloyd's agency Christie Brockbank Shipton has received tenders amounting to a total of £141.9m capaci...
Appointment at Royal Liver Assurance.
Bryan Barnacle has been appointed a non-executive director of Royal Liver Assurance, replacing Godfr...
CGU in Romania.
CGU has announced a further expansion of its central and eastern European operations by entering the...
Insurers meet in London over Holocaust payments
A meeting of the international panel set up to ensure European insurers honour policies to Holocaust ...
Zenith and Admiral MBOs are go
Direct motor insurer Admiral, and motor insurer Zenith have been given the go-ahead for their propose...
Everest to move to Bermuda
Everest Re forms Bermuda holding company
Independent looks to Israel as it gears up for e-commerce initiative
Independent Insurance is looking at outsourcing work to Israel as part of a major push into e-commerc...
Cornhill pulls out of health
Cornhill Insurance has decided to withdraw from the healthcare market having failed to make any real ...
Insurers falling behind claims online company
Insurers have failed to keep pace with changes in the small commercial market place claimed the compa...
Bermuda exchange closes
Suspension of trading on the Bermudian Commodities Exchange will have little impact, because there wa...
Cox bites into Internet apple
Internet service provider Freeserve to launch an online, integrated insurance service in the UK next ...
GAB Robins acquired by US investment firm
Loss adjuster GAB Robins, which has been waiting for months to announce its new parent, has finally ...
Offer wins Swan Cup.
The fourth annual Avon Insurance Golf Day saw Adrian Offer of Morgan Insurance Brokers, (left) put i...
CGU: cutting edge for brokers.
CGU has produced a three-stage guide for brokers doing business in the next century called The Cutti...
Making a difference.
Vauxhall has launched a gap insurance product throughout its dealer network to cover motorists for t...
Exclusive - IBM: higher levels for data.
Customer relationship management software has been taken to a new level by solutions company IBM. ...
RSI claims results not predictable.
In my experience, it is not always a foregone conclusion that a decision will be reached which favou...
Donns: top contract.
Personal injury specialists Donns Solicitors has won what is believed to be the largest individual c...
M&G: fixed interest.
Retail unit trust group M&G has launched a fixed interest "Fund of funds ISA" aimed at investors see...
Major league mishaps.
The pitfalls of absent aspects of business continuity planning can have disastrous results. Tony Dowding explains the common misconceptions and back-up actions.
Industry must avoid empty promises.
Relief following the judgment in the guaranteed annuity case will spread far beyond the Equitable Li...
E-commerce neglect.
The UK insurance sector is failing to properly utilise e-commerce systems. The findings are included...
IGI Underwriting Agencies sponsoring Porsche.
Racing driver Hugh Price's Porsche 911 GT2, sponsored by IGI Underwriting Agencies, speeds along the...