News
RP Hodson aims high with off-shoot.
West Yorkshire broker RP Hodson has set up a specialist off-shoot to boost its corporate and individ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
The news that the Chartered Insurance Institute has been doing a bit of forward planning and lined u...
Aegon deal is done.
Dutch giant Aegon has completed its acquisition of Transamerican Corporation, which incorporates pre...
RSA's instalments.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched a new building defects insurance package which can be paid by inst...
Oughtred & Harrison.
Hull broker Oughtred & Harrison has made its fifth acquisition of the year by buying Lincoln broker ...
Brokers lash insurers over poor service.
Brokers are frustrated by the poor standard of service they receive from insurers. Complaints abo...
CII must get balance right for would-be presidents.
The potential line-up of presidents of the Chartered Insurance Institute over the next few years can...
Tailored marketing to suit you, sir.
Recognition Systems Group has launched a new electronic marketing system, Protagona. The system i...
Hot news on paper.
The quantities of mould-stained and rust-damaged documents are soaring with the temperature, warns p...
Benfield Grieg Interactive.
Benfield Grieg Interactive has launched, in conjunction with Lloyd's syndicates Wellington, Venton a...
Stop this arguing and get innovating.
May we please bring to a close this literary battle between mutuals and stock companies ('Mutuals no...
Now insurers can track weather come rain or shine.
A new on-line service from the Meteorological Office will allow insurers to assess weather-related r...
Broad appeal.
Tony Dowding takes a look at the wide range of risk management advice and services on offer to compliment commercial lines policies.
Staff from Lincoln take breather.
Staff from life and pensions firm Lincoln take a breather before completing the Three Peaks challeng...
Lure of cash is clogging up courts.
In recent weeks we have witnessed two more claims for compensation, illustrating just how far this c...
Appointment at Garwyn Liability Adjusters.
Several new board appointments have been made by Garwyn. Steve Ford and Declan Trevor both become co...
Trades on the 'net.
Insurer Iron Trades has launched ironsure.com, a direct service for Internet users. It provides a co...
When I grow up I want to be ...
... a broker with a multi-million pound turnover. Simon Threadgold looks at the growing pains for provincial brokers who are forced to think big.
Societies' £11bn.
The Friendly Societies Commission reported assets this week of £11.7bn at the end of 1997 for the la...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS The tobacco industry deliberately suppressed a revolutionary 'safe' cigarette in the ...
New design for Swiss Re's London offices.
This is Sir Norman Foster's radical new design for Swiss Re's London offices, on the site of the old...
Internet not a threat but an opportunity.
Financial services business solutions specialist TC Group has hit back at claims that thousands of c...
£1m call system.
Windscreen repair giant Autoglass is making a 'one-call-does-all' promise to its customers after lau...
Asset confusion.
China is to allow domestic insurers to use 2% of their total assets to buy corporate bonds, the Chin...