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Fusion set to capitalise on insurer's failure.
Lloyd's insurer SVB's subsidiary Fusion Insurance Services aims to capitalise on the failure of Inde...
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Royal & Sun Alliance has made John Perera consultant marine surveyor in the UK Marine Practice. He j...
Albion ditched in Sterling move.
The Albion insurance name is set to disappear at the end of the month, as parent company Sterling Ins...
Tackling stress is a great relief.
As stress claims rise with the cultural move towards litigiousness, insurers are being forced to look to their own workforces as they tackle the problem head on. Richard Adams reports.
Lillian Boyle takes over at CII.
Lillian Boyle became the first female president of the Chartered Insurance Institute earlier than ex...
Fully mouse-trained?
The training sector has seen a cultural shift towards e-learning. And while both employee and employer gain from the benefits this form of tuition offers, companies ignore the value of the old tried and tested methods at their peril, warns Jane Bernstein.
Job losses are now inevitable.
There will "inevitably" be job losses at Independent, said provisional liquidator Pricewaterhouse Co...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS Soft-hearted Britons lavish £1bn a year on food and healthcare for their pets. The bi...
Engineering change.
As plant and equipment is upgraded and new legislation is introduced in engineering, insurers are having to devise new strategies and products to keep pace with the constant changes that have historically characterised this sector, says David Fanning.
Anti-bike theft scheme steered by Carole Nash.
Broker Carole Nash has launched a scheme to sell security products at discounted rates in a bid to h...
Mediquote set to expand and push into consumer market.
Mediquote, the comparative private medical insurance portal owned by software provider Sirius, is se...
Crunch time for Lloyd's.
Marcus Alcock reports on the Association of Lloyd's Members' national conference held in London last week.
Axa bosses under investigation.
Henri de Castries and Claude Bebear, present and previous chief executives of French insurer Axa, we...
Appointment at SMG Risk Managers.
Smithson Mason Financial Services has appointed two new account executives. Phil Dixon and Carol Cli...
WISe and ACORD to merge.
Standards bodies for the insurance industry WISe and ACORD are to merge and create a single non-prof...
Experian partnership.
Information solutions company Experian has entered into a strategic partnership with eCRM provider A...
Miller waits on Pearl.
Churchill has acquired the underwriting portfolio of Pearl's existing general insurance business in ...
Independent brokers look set to struggle to replace cover.
Fears were expressed this week that Independent Insurance's brokers might struggle to find replacemen...
Culture of blame and distrust.
I read with interest the article Turning up the heat (see below), in which some of the great and good...
QGP: five adjusters.
Liability and loss adjuster The Quest Gates Partnership has appointed five adjusters to its nationwi...
Asbestos claims to soar in US.
Asbestos claims and costs in the US will total $200bn (£126bn), according to consultant Tillinghast-...
Eagle Star defends website.
Eagle Star Insurance has attacked claims that its web-based insurance site is one of the worst perfo...
Appointment at Deloitte Consulting.
Deloitte Consulting has recruited Andrew Power to its UK Insurance Practice, where he will be workin...
The wire brigade.
Insurers and brokers are understandably cautious when it comes to committing themselves to new technology, but will the ASP model, now being touted by software houses as the most efficient and cost-effective way to wire them up for better business, catch…