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Getting IT right
While businesses are aware of the benefits of an IT strategy, their approach is often misguided. Dan Francis warns that as IT expenditure comes under increasing scrutiny, failure to plan adequately for an IT strategy will leave the investment lacking…
Chubb set to quit European HNW lines
US insurance giant Chubb has announced plans to stop writing regular high net worth insurance acros...
View from the Top - Barry Smith, chief executive, Fortis Insurance
Damaging media coverage, such as the front-page report on employers' liability in The Times (3 Marc...
Watered-down slam for FSA
The General Insurance Standards Council has widely criticised the Financial Services Authority's pr...
Rating agency Fitch is confident about The Underwriter's future
Rating agency Fitch says it is "confident" about The Underwriter's future, after meeting the group'...
Appointment at Manson Warner Healthcare
Manchester-based healthcare intermediary Manson Warner Healthcare has recruited Simon Pickup as hea...
Consolidation could see Highway sold
Highway chief executive Andrew Gibson believes the motor insurer could end up being sold in the cur...
Appointment at Chem-Dry UK
Chem-Dry UK, the claims management company for accidental damage, fire and flood claims, has appoin...
Churchill "overpriced"
Churchill Insurance is overpriced at £1.5bn, according to City analysts, following rumours that its...
Lloyd's chairman reiterates his view
Lloyd's chairman Lord Levene has reiterated his view that unless the London market seriously embrac...
Appointment at Miller
Richard Essex has joined Miller's retail operation based in Beckenham, after 10 years working at Ha...
Penny Black's restaurant review
Penny Black, the insurance industry's very own 'it' girl, pens the first in an occasional series of...
DJ Freeman to re-brand after practices lost to rival
Former City law firm DJ Freeman is re-branding as insurance specialist Kendall Freeman, following t...
Xchanging seeks Europe expansion
Xchanging Ins-sure Services, the business process outsourcing company, is looking to expand into th...
Ordnance Survey continues drive into insurance industry
Ordnance Survey has continued its drive into the insurance industry, with the launch of a new partn...
New PIA gets cash backing
The new cross-industry claims management body the Personal Injury Association this week said almost...
Allianz Cornhill chief exec to retire
Allianz Cornhill has announced that chief executive Ray Treen plans to retire in June after 34 year...
Claims handling: drainage protocols could ease problems
Mr Elderkin (Blocked insurance claim is draining, PM, 27 February, p12) highlighted the problems ma...
International Civil Aviation Organisation to alter aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organisation was looking to alter its planned aviation insurance mu...
Turning over a new leaf
In the fight against the rising costs of workplace absenteeism, some private medical insurers have turned to a more natural, holistic approach to managing policyholder's health. While the lifecycle mindset seems to be popular, Lynn Rouse wonders whether…
Inreon aims to be big in Japan
The online reinsurance marketplace Inreon has expanded its international operations into the Japane...
ABI and Biba health split
The Association of British Insurers has called upon the Financial Services Authority to reconsider ...
Health, wealth and happiness?
With the cost of corporate private medical insurance rising steadily, companies need to be clear about the function they want it to serve and who exactly should be included in the cover. Mike Williams explains.
Seek out the bad apples
Responses to the Financial Services Authority's fundamental consultation on general insurance regul...