News
Anti-euro slip up.
International broking giant Aon this week moved to distance itself from the anti-euro campaign, afte...
MD snaps up rival's business.
Medicals Direct Group, which specialises in providing medical reports to the UK insurance industry, ...
Cornhill quits travel sector.
The travel scheme sector contracted further this week with Allianz Cornhill confirming it had withdra...
A winning hand?
When solicitors' indemnity went on the open market, insurers were cautious about gambling on a relatively unknown entity. One year on, the stakes look set to rise and Jane Bernstein asks if insurers could have got their odds wrong.
Helphire and AA in joint venture.
Credit hire group Helphire's services could soon be offered by the AA, as part of a major joint vent...
Inreon: Swiss move.
Inreon, the internet-based reinsurance trading exchange set up by Munich Re, Swiss Re, Accenture and...
NFU "ripe" for demutualisation.
Former director of NFU Mutual, John Murray, believes the insurer is ripe for demutualisation, despit...
Francis to head flood delegation.
Mary Francis, director general of the Association of British Insurers, and senior representatives fro...
Hibernian Ignites.
Hibernian has become the latest Irish insurer to introduce a scheme to help reduce claims among youn...
What the Papers Say.
Daily Express Smokers have long had to pay higher life and health insurance premiums, but now boo...
HST to take AIM.
HST Financial, the financial services distribution company, plans to seek admission to trade on AIM ...
Moody's forecasts substantial losses for Lloyd's
Rating agency Moody's is predicting substantial losses for Lloyd's, with £1.7bn forecast for 1999; £1...
Mortgage cover.
A new website www.insureyour mortgage.co.uk, has gone live, offering customers mortgage payment prot...
The fast buck stops where?
The government's belated decision to launch an inquiry into what went wrong at Equitable Life is wel...
Loss Recovery Group set to float.
The Loss Recovery Group plans to seek a stock market flotation in 2003 on AIM, according to managing...
Five-a-side charity challenge launched.
Post Magazine is delighted to announce a new football challenge for the insurance industry - The Pos...
BSIA: a good effort, but no spark.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Football quiz: a ticket to ride.
Win a pair of tickets and return travel to a match at a Barclays Premiership or Nationwide League clu...
Mix and match.
The small business sector is growing, and some, such as self-employed contractors, need the extra support that employers' liability can provide as legislation mounts. Brokers are cementing EL's value by adding other relevant products into the mix, says…
Rapid recovery.
Guardian iT has launched its new disaster recovery service Rapid Relocatable PC LAN, which can suppl...
Disgruntled Names continue their legal fight.
Disgruntled Lloyd's Names refusing to accept last November's Jaffray judgement are carrying on in th...
Support for CI cancer reword.
Consumer groups have given their unanimous support to insurers offering an amended definition of pro...
No safety from mould damage.
The article Mould threat to US homes (see below) suggests insurers will refuse to insure water-damage...
New Act: more work.
When the existing Sex Discrimination Act is amended on 12 October, bosses will face a huge administr...