News
Appointment at Fortis.
Hendrik Jan Eijpe has been made senior press officer at the international insurance group Fortis. He...
RSA: action needed.
Royal & Sun Alliance has stressed the need for action to be taken as the cost of liability claims co...
Appointment at Trenwick International.
Trenwick International has appointed a new property underwriter Stephen Paddison, who has many years...
Insurer supports network initiative.
Axa has become the first insurer to throw its weight behind a new internet initiative for insurers a...
2001 British Insurance Awards.
You've got to be in it to win it. The entry form for the 2001 British Insurance Awards is enclosed i...
Zurich looks to tied agents.
Zurich Personal Insurances has said it is prepared to "get involved in a dialogue" with potential ti...
ABTA vote due.
The Association of British Travel Agents is expected to submit an appeal against General Insurance S...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Adam Gittins has been appointed as the new branch manager at Ecclesiastical's Bristol and Cardiff of...
Top Scor for Inreon.
French reinsurer Scor has signed up to Inreon, the independent internet-based exchange for reinsuran...
Appeal for ATE sanity.
I was interested to note the article Definitive ruling sought (Post Magazine, 15 February, p1) and t...
Animal magic.
Vets fees vary wildly between practices and it has been suggested that pet insurance gives vets a licence to charge higher rates. While many argue that a level playing field is needed, where all pets are covered, 87% of cats and dogs remain uninsured,…
Appointment at Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter.
Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter (HHWJW), the City-based marine and commercial law firm, has...
Lloyd's broker in US alliance.
Niche Lloyd's broker Berry Palmer & Lyle, a trade credit and political risk specialist, has formed a...
Hunt for asbestosis insurer is on.
The investigation to find a solvent insurer liable for Cotton Traders Mutual's book of employers' li...
ABI to investigate employment tribunals.
The Association of British Insurers is working to raise insurers' awareness of the growth in employm...
CGNU extra charge.
UK insurer CGNU is to be hit with an extra $200m (£140m) charge on the sale of its US general insura...
Who pays up not the issue.
Insurers were caught in a pincer movement of rising costs and rising claims volumes, remarked Tony B...
Insurers explore the cost of rehabilitation.
Insurers and insurance lawyers, all members of the Bodily Injury Claim Managers Association, last we...
Spectra in London.
Spectra Securities Software, which provides wealth management technology solutions to the insurance,...
Liability losses loom.
The rising compensation culture and the activities of firms like Claims Direct are putting pressure ...
Sun sets on life.
Basingstoke-based Sun Life of Canada is to pull out of selling life insurance and pensions to indivi...
Brokers just add costs.
The Consumer Association of Ireland has launched a scathing attack on the country's motor insurance ...
Insurer goes plastic.
Zurich Commercial has launched a new product for the plastics industry. As well as offering all-risk...
Broker networks doomed to fail.
Many broker alliances and networks will not survive in the long term, according to Countrywide Insur...