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CGNU's sales soar.
UK insurance giant CGNU has recorded a 14% rise in worldwide new business sales for long-term saving...
Appointment at Merricks.
Merricks has made two new appointments. Steve Loftus has joined as a senior lawyer and Fleur Kitchin...
WPA offers XS health online.
Western Provident Association is to offer its internet-based private medical insurance product XS he...
Appointment at Peoples Choice.
Two promotions have been made at Peoples Choice. Shay O'Gorman has been promoted to compliance offic...
London alliance Xchanges claims.
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association have joined forces with internet specialist X...
Mouse trap.
E-commerce and the internet have fundamentally changed the type of risks that an IT company must protect itself against. And with potential disaster just a click away, it is vital insurers keep up to speed, say Eija Holmstrom and David Savage.
Appointment at Saratoga.
Saratoga Systems has appointed Bradley Palser as vice president of engineering. Mr Palser will be re...
Crowe teams up with Road Operators Safety Council for poster
Lloyd's insurer Crowe has teamed up with the Road Operators Safety Council for the seventh year runn...
Cybersettlement.
The UK version of online claims settlement system Cybersettle, which is now due for launch at the en...
Ecclesiastical delegates power to the regions.
Ecclesiastical Insurance is set to announce a new business strategy next week, reaffirming its commi...
Waking businesses up to the value of risk management.
Many businesses were given a wake-up call during the recent fuel strike by hauliers and farmers. As ...
Appointment at Coventry Building Society.
Paul Cooper has been promoted as the new marketing product manager for Coventry Building Society. Mr...
IFA takes AIM.
Independent financial adviser Lighthouse Group is aiming to boost its numbers to 250 IFAs across 50 ...
Venture tries a slice of life.
A new company is set to capitalise on its experience of the intermediary market, with the launch of ...
Overexposed?
Changes in employment legislation and payment of legal fees, as well as the introduction of the Human Rights Act mean UK businesses are facing greater exposure to liability risks. Demand for commercial legal expenses insurance is growing as companies run…
Gurr to set sail.
The Liberian International Ship & Corporate registry has appointed a new general manager for its UK ...
Attitude to women high-triers under the spotlight.
Fifty years ago, the lack of women in the upper echelons of the insurance industry was under the spo...
German e-warning.
German insurance companies risked being left behind unless they embraced electronic commerce, Stepha...
Prudential goes interactive in Telewest deal.
Prudential began displaying its products on interactive digital television this week, following a de...
All change.
A recent survey highlights the massive changes in attitude to risk management that have occurred over the last two years, placing it more in the domain of corporate governance, explains Simon Marshall.
Banking on a negative image?
In your comment Banking on Small Business (Post Magazine, 12 October, p21) you refer to the banks an...
Six given Indian go-ahead.
Six new licenses have been issued by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, allowing co...
Appointment at Groupama.
Groupama Commercial Insurances has appointed Imelda Cooney as assistant underwriter, credit and bond...
Allstate profits up.
US property and casualty insurer Allstate recorded a 34% increase in third-quarter operating profits...