News
Internet technology will "unlock huge benefits".
Using internet technology to integrate the supply chain could unlock huge benefits in terms of custo...
Britannic seeks scale via a merger.
Insurance group Britannic said this week it is seeking to merge, as it posted poor results showing a...
Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Norwich Union join forces.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Norwich Union have joined forces to raise funds for breast cancer res...
Hill House Hammond Business acquires Galloway Whitfield and Co.
Hill House Hammond Business has acquired independent commercial intermediary Galloway Whitfield and ...
Folgate ready for take-off.
Andy Homer, who this week took over as chief executive of start-up the Folgate Partnership, talked to Anthony Gould about the company's ambitious plans.
RSA and Aviva future fortunes falter.
Last week, the UK's two biggest insurers, Royal & Sun Alliance and CGNU - sorry, Aviva - both announ...
Appointment at Royal London.
Royal London Group has appointed Chris Ide as chief executive of its retail operations. Before he jo...
Other results this week - Domestic & General Insurance.
Domestic & General Insurance has posted a 6.7% growth in operating profits to £9.5m for the six mont...
Further hint towards Eureko denial.
The new Polish government has dropped its strongest hint yet that it will not allow Pan-European ins...
Amlin posts loss for 1999.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has posted a £28.34m loss for the 1999 year of account, in line with its previ...
Customer service can be improved says Helphire director.
David Robertson, group operations director of Helphire, set out the role accident management compani...
Appointment at Association of Consulting Actuaries.
Gordon Pollock, a worldwide partner with consulting actuaries William M Mercer, has been elected cha...
Appointment at Beckett Risk Management.
Three new sales executives have been recruited to the general insurance division of Beckett Risk Man...
BRIC: bodyshop warning.
The joint organisation set up to find evidence of alleged market distortions in the relationship bet...
Directory site launch for www.insurance-broker.biz.
Business-to-consumer website www.insurance-broker.biz is launching its directory site after three y...
Compensation payments for collapsed insurers set to soar.
Compensation payments for collapsed insurers are expected to soar this year and may force the Financ...
Hodgdon heads Transamerica Re in Dublin
Rick Hodgdon of Transamerica Re of the US has been appointed executive managing director of the group...
Scor drops into large loss in 2001
The French reinsurer Scor made a Euro 278m loss in 2001 compared with a Euro 59m profit the year befo...
Benfield analysis to use RMS hazard models
Reinsurance broker Benfield Blanch is to use natural hazard modelling software produced by Risk Manag...
Fadden replaces Duffy at St Paul Re
Jerome Fadden, 44, has taken over from the retiring James Duffy as chief executive of St Paul Re. H...
FSA looks for new full-time head
The Financial Services Authority, which revealed last month that is was on the look out for a number ...
Minister gives industry six weeks over asbestos compensation delays
The insurance industry has been given six weeks to provide "evidence of significant progress" over c...
Safeco buys Swiss Re's medical excess of loss book
US insurer Safeco is to acquire Swiss Re's medical excess of loss and group life insurance business f...
Catex sells through Online Re
Catex, the New York-based catastrophe risk exchange, has arranged to sell its products through Austra...