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Technology Supplement - Virtual minefield.
The arrival of internet technology is opening up a whole new spectrum of liability issues. As new legislation is being drafted to cope with the virtual risks, says David Fanning, insurers are having to rethink their existing covers.
Appointment at Select & Protect.
Select & Protect, the Essex-based underwriting agency has recently appointed Malcolm Watson as key a...
eSynergy allows website savings.
Software and consultancy supplier Eurobase, believes it can save insurers up to £15,000 per web page...
Euclidian to buy marine from Cox.
Lloyd's insurer Cox is to sell its marine business to fellow Lloyd's insurer Euclidian as part of a ...
Big bucks in 1990s.
General insurance business continued to make an underwriting loss last year - £2.3bn in the UK, acco...
IRM: risk course.
The Institute of Risk Management and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health have launched...
Appointment at Kennedys.
Kennedys has taken on Jo Plumstead from Clyde & Co where she has worked for 10 years, latterly as se...
Ex-Indie managers may go it alone.
Ex-Independent Insurance board member Kevin Pallet and former colleague Geoff Crisp are planning to ...
Appointment at Aon.
Adrian Fisher has been appointed by Aon as its head of corporate health & welfare division. He takes...
AIG president quits.
Evan Greenberg, son of AIG chairman Maurice Greenberg, has resigned from the company as president an...
Broken Promise.
Promise, the mortgage business of Winterthur Life, has closed its doors to new business with the exp...
A dose of liability.
Miller Insurance Group has helped broker a new liability insurance package for the biopharmaceutical...
Bristol Water works.
Bristol Water has joined forces with intermediary Personal Insurance Plan Services to offer househol...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans has recruited three new members of staff to its London office. Christopher Oakland joins ...
UK Axa is a drag.
The performance of the UK arm of French insurer Axa and winter storm damage in France helped drag do...
Appointment at Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
Joe Green has been appointed head of client services in Europe at Watson Wyatt. He joins the company...
Environment WP a liability for UK.
UK insurers still have reservations about the European Commission White Paper on environmental liabi...
Indian backtrack.
Germany's Allianz has withdrawn from a general insurance joint venture in India with Alpic Finance. ...
EU rules create level playing field.
The European Commission published its long-awaited draft directive on insurance mediation this week,...
Internet threat to rate rises in motor sector.
Motor is one of the few areas of the market where real rate increases are coming through. But there ...
Appointment at St Paul.
John Hemmings has been promoted to product manager - automotive at St Paul International Insurance. ...
Ace Europe keeps MUM.
Ace Europe is to invest in a minority shareholding in new start-up Momentum Underwriting Management,...
Technology Supplement - Window on the e-world.
We asked several companies to explain their e-commerce strategies and to gauge their own progress so far.
PolicyMaster up 5%.
PolicyMaster's interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2000, show an increase in turnover o...