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Lloyd's Connection.
The Corporation of Lloyd's has selected Albany Software's Connect eTransactions solution to enable t...
XL in its Element.
Bermuda-based insurer XL Capital is to form a new unit, Element Re, to provide weather risk manageme...
Aon to rebrand UK operations.
Global broker Aon is looking at rebranding its UK operations as part of an ongoing business restruct...
Wesleyan transfers its salesforce to FMCG.
Wesleyan Assurance is to follow Prudential's lead and transfer its direct salesforce to FMCG Homeser...
Fraser joins AMP.
Australian insurer AMP has appointed Tom Fraser as managing director of its UK financial services op...
Restorex recognition.
Damage control specialists Restorex has become the first company to be awarded the British Damage Ma...
Insurance Village makes connections.
A new online broker, Insurance Village, is to start trading property, motor, general and house produ...
CGNU sells up in US.
Insurer CGNU this week announced the sale of its US general insurance business to White Mountains In...
A Direct reduction.
Club Direct has reduced the price of its annual travel insurance by 20%. The travel insurer said it ...
QBE plans Lloyd's giant.
Australian insurer QBE is to establish the largest managing agent at Lloyd's, however it admitted it...
Wesleyan takes the Select route.
Wesleyan Assurance Society has replaced its Guaranteed Growth and Midas bonds with a new product. ...
Unum sponsors debate.
Income protection insurer Unum sponsored a debate between several leading think tanks on the issue o...
Technology Supplement - Policing cyberland.
Insurers are increasingly selling over the net, but issues of security and fraud are keeping potential customers away. Dom Pancucci believes it is vital companies police their sites and make them secure, if this trend is to be reversed.
Aon Risk Services named Charity Insurer of the Year.
Aon Risk Services was named Charity Insurer of the Year at the UK Charity Awards, based on a poll of...
Appointment at Merricks.
Lindsay Baker, Jane Ashton, Jonathan Leech and Tim Willis have become associates at Merricks Solicit...
Axa cuts CL ties.
French insurer Axa has said it is considering breaking its ties with French bank Credit Lyonnais, in...
GE nets travel cover.
GE Insurance subsidiary WorldCover Direct has launched its online travel insurance site at www.world...
Credit hire goes to Appeal Court.
It appears the Court of Appeal will, next year, be asked again to explore and give judgement over a ...
Appointment at Crutes.
Crutes has introduced a new management board and appointed a new senior partner. Tim Wallis takes on...
Moody's in Japan.
Moodys' has affirmed its ratings, following the business alliance between Tokio Marine and Fire Insu...
Lincoln UK sale collapses
US insurer Lincoln National has decided not to continue with the sale of its UK operation and cease w...
Fraud hits the headlines.
Fraud is once again in the news, and Post Magazine's one-day management briefing Insurance Fraud Upd...
More cash for The Underwriter.
Commercial liability insurer The Underwriter is believed to have approached its original backer Morg...
CIFAS: fraudbusters.
CIFAS, the fraud avoidance system that several major insurers including Direct Line and Churchill ha...