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IT - win by a nose.
The key to maximising investment in new IT systems is "right under the nose" of most companies, acco...
Primary Direct launches new buildings and contents products.
Primary Direct is looking to grab 10% of the direct home insurance market within three years, after ...
Figures from NFU Mutual show increase in theft.
Theft and property damage in rural areas have risen by a third in the first quarter of 2000, accordi...
Zurich sales up.
Zurich Financial Services has reported that its UK arm, Zurich Financial Services, saw a 16% increas...
Roman invasion.
Roman Associates is to take over the client book of credit hire company Optionclaim, which went into...
Zurich: new D&O.
Zurich's commercial business unit has launched a new directors and officers policy aimed at small an...
Hart takes up the baton against Standard Life.
Fred Woollard, who led the recent campaign against Standard Life for demutualisation, believes that ...
No publicity is bad publicity?
"Insurance publicity, they say, compared with that of other interests - financial and otherwise - do...
Companies not tuned in to WAP.
The latest survey by communications technology group CMG revealed that 81% of companies in the banki...
CGNU rebranding: OHRA next in line.
The rebranding of CGNU subsidiaries continued this week, with UK private medical insurance policies ...
Canada Life profits.
Canada Life Financial recorded a net profit of C$91m (£40.6m) for the second-quarter on the back of ...
Axa: life boost.
French insurer Axa reported a rise in turnover to EUR41bn (£27bn) in its interim results, boosted by...
Crowe retires.
Michael Crowe, founder and chairman of Lloyd's managing agent Crowe Insurance Group, is to retire at...
MIIC: free seminars.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre is to run two free seminars for IT professionals in the insur...
Pension tension.
Insurers are up against the clock as they prepare for the low-commission world of stakeholder pensions. Edward Murray reports on how insurers are working to cut costs with electronic communication, and warns that it may not be the answer for everyone
Moody's reviews Sterling's rating following losses.
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded property and marine excess of loss syndicate 529 at Lloyd's - S...
CGNU: priced down.
CGNU is expected to announce it has a buyer for its US property and casualty operations, in a deal t...
Record payout.
Eight water workers have won record compensation after contracting vibration white finger. The £1.2m...
Tiredness kills.
The government has launched Think, a campaign to reduce motor accidents caused by people falling asl...
BILA establishes contract law forum.
The British Insurance Law Association will establish a new forum to review insurance contract law, f...
Euclidian in bid for e-auction guarantee.
One of the world's largest online auction houses e-bay has signed an agreement with Lloyd's insurer ...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Mark Campbell is Axa Insurance's new Birmingham branch manager. He joins the company from CGU Insura...
US venture offers DIY rates to drivers.
Motorists in the US will be able to set their own premiums under a new online joint venture between ...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Macclesfield-based broker The Bollington Group has taken on Paul Stagg as motor trade underwriting m...