News
Net increase.
In the next 12 months, 80% of general insurers will be writing online business, according to Steve V...
Sampo fares well.
Finland's Sampo Insurance, a multi-line insurer offering both general and life products, has been gi...
Polaris: focus on b2b revolution.
Polaris revealed it is investing in several business-to-business websites, benefiting brokers and in...
CIS finds companies socially responsible.
Companies across the UK are taking their wider social responsibilities increasingly seriously, accor...
InsurE goes live.
New internet start-up InsurE-com, which connects insurers and brokers, has now gone live and said it...
Insurers get genetic test green light
Insurers have been given the go-ahead to use the results of a genetics test to identify people with ...
Fuelling action?
A survey by Longford Insurance Schemes has shown 60% of motorists would back a return to blockades i...
Alliance AIMs to acquire Bernard Knope.
Commercial lines broker Alliance Insurance Management is to acquire Suffolk-based insurance agent Be...
Prumerica seeks European acquisitions.
Prudential Insurance of America, which is not part of UK giant Prudential, is actively looking to ac...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
GAB Robins has recruited David Germaine as sales & marketing director. Mr Germaine joins the company...
White heat web wait.
Neil Utley, chief executive of Cox Insurance Retail Division, warned brokers they "hadn't yet experi...
Investment in people is a must.
It was pleasing to hear that 'People are the key' was a clear message throughout the Chartered Insur...
Banking on small business.
The corporate mid-market sector is on most insurers shopping lists as a market sector ripe for growt...
Equitable set to be stranded.
Equitable Life could fail to find a buyer at the end of its bidding process, a leading analyst warne...
Intech takes flight.
Intech Solutions has chosen Hummingbird software company as its preferred supplier of components for...
Marsh boosts agents in SME business push.
Broker Marsh is to make a concerted push into the small and medium business, commercial insurance ma...
Insurers believe they are on track.
Insurers believe they have taken a leap forward in the race to trade online, according to a survey b...
Appointment at Keoghs.
A prominent insurance solicitor at Keoghs, Barry Taziker is retiring. He was with the firm for 30 ye...
New section for Scor.
French reinsurer Scor Group has launched a new division, Scor Business Solutions. This will be dedic...
Appointment at Chartwell Group.
Neil Baxter has joined the Chartwell Group in Warrington as an account executive. He leaves Aon afte...
Misled over Marketform.
In your article, "Unionamerica sale uncertainty" (Post Magazine, 28 September, p2), you state that t...
Hello to free art.
In a joint venture called "Hello Dali" with the National Galleries of Scotland and Arts & Business, ...
Building the future.
The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association has teamed up with retail motor training company ReMI...
Appointment at The St Paul.
St Paul Syndicate Management has made Robert Long active underwriter for Syndicate 183 - DF Bradstoc...