News
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has reorganised its claims department. As the new manager of claims operations, Derek...
A strong Finnish.
Rating Agency Standard & Poors has announced a "stable look" on the Finnish insurance market, in lig...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White has appointed Tracy Shadbolt as senior consultant. Tracy joins from Mynd/CSC where ...
What the Papers Say.
THE MIRROR When Cecily Gray's husband died, she wrote to car insurers Axa to request a refund on ...
WISe appointment.
WISe, the principal standards body for the global insurance industry, has appointed Alison Payne as ...
Global investigation.
Royal & Sun Alliance is investigating the apparent fraudulent use of the name Globe Indemnity Compan...
Brokersure goes live.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox's internet-based broking solution, has gone live and an additional 'low-user' ...
Joint Master-piece.
Martin Wiggins, head of business operations at claims management specialist Accidentcare, above left...
AIG to raise cash.
Auto Indemnity Group decided last week, at an extraordinary general meeting, to increase the authori...
IIF welcomes establishing of the Irish FSA.
The Irish Insurance Federation has welcomed the government's announcement that it is to proceed with...
Sizing up the risk.
Small may be beautiful, but in an era where liabilities associated with being a company director have grown alarmingly, the directors of SMEs could find themselves out on the streets. Some D&O insurers are aiming to lighten the load for this group, says…
Fleets about Town.
Electronics and telecommunications giant Siemens has signed appointed motor claims specialist Town &...
Pets on the net.
Internet intermediary Inspop went live with pet insurance on Monday. The company, which is currently...
Interim CEO for Lindsey Morden.
Canadian claims specialist Lindsey Morden, which owns UK loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey, has draft...
CII boosts its marketing power.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is boosting its marketing firepower in one of the first indication...
Aon acquires ASI.
Aon Corporation is to acquire ASI Solutions Incorporated, a world-wide provider of human resources a...
Threat to with-profits is unjust.
There is a powerful head of steam building up that threatens to blow away traditional with-profits l...
High cost of storms.
The storms in the UK and France last year cost CGNU £285m - higher than expected. Overall, CGNU unve...
Brit snaps up Peoples Choice.
Brit Insurance, the specialist insurance and reinsurance group, is to take over Leicester-based tele...
Technological breakthrough?
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Allianz set to swoop on UK life insurer.
Allianz is set to acquire "a major UK life insurer" by the summer, a director at the company reveale...
20 agencies cancelled after review.
The Association of British Insurers confirmed that up to 20 intermediaries are expected to have agen...
Wising up to the litigation meltdown.
Employment-related litigation is in fashion and any business can be a victim - even the brokers and insurers that offer protection against it, says Lynn Rouse.
Lloyd's denies FBI interest.
Lloyd's has denied it has become embroiled in the fall out following the recent scandal in the Calif...