News
Modelling at HHH.
Hill House Hammond is seeking to achieve profit increases at its call centre with the help of a new ...
New standard splits LIA, SOFA.
The adoption of a new professional standard by the Life Insurance Association has signalled the end ...
Tools to quote on the 'Net.
E-commerce specialist insurE-com has launched two systems enabling insurers and brokers to arrange q...
Illie Nastase taking part in The Marsh Classic.
One-time terror of the tennis courts Ilie Nastase will be taking part in The Marsh Classic - a senio...
Exclusive - Foreign investors plan £1bn swoop.
Foreign financial institutions are preparing to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in the UK insu...
Remon Rihani v J Wareing & Son (WREA Green Ltd).
10 February 2000 Court of Appeal The claimant suffered noise induced deafness. He was advised by ...
BLM retains position on RSA panel
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has retained its role as a member of Royal and Sun Alliance's commercia...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Car alarms do nothing to deter thieves, according to a new report, because their sound is s...
Direct Line deal.
Chordiant Software has signed a deal with Direct Line to launch products and services over the Inter...
In the dark over e-comm risks.
The risks derived from e-commerce are still little understood but could be very considerable, accord...
FSA denies rash of applications.
The Financial Services Authority has dismissed suggestions that the UK is braced for an influx of ne...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Keith Stern has been appointed as Lloyd's general representative in Australia. He will be based i...
Lamy's WTO talks.
European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said some technical and tariff issues with China remain to b...
Exclusive - GISC rejects third consultation period.
The General Insurance Standards Council is set to reject the idea of a third consultation period at ...
Data protection fears alarmist.
Insurance companies are not taking a relaxed approach to the new Data Protection Act, which came int...
Brockbank's out.
Mark Brockbank, chief executive of Lloyd's managing agency Brockbank Syndicate Management, is leavin...
IT solution providers.
This table shows a selection of companies offering IT solutions for the insurance industry. It is by no means comprehensive, but provides useful contact information for those planning to invest.
Upbeat about downtime.
Phil Wright explains how a prevention-is-better-than-cure outlook is seeing risk management thrive alongside business interruption cover.
Hiscox to provide first failsafe insurance aginst unanticpated
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to provide the UK's first failsafe insurance against unanticipated copyrig...
BA looks outside home services.
Britannic Assurance is expected to look outside the home service sector for future acquisitions afte...
Job losses predicted.
Around 15,000 jobs will disappear from the UK insurance industry over the next twelve months, accord...
Everest acquisition.
Everest Re is to acquire Gibraltar Casualty from Prudential of America for book value at closing. La...
E-comm at Lloyd's.
IT Direct, part of Lloyd's Insurance Services, has signed an agreement with software house Cover.Net...
Appointment at Audatex.
Paul Richardson is the new insurance services director at Audatex. He was previously with Lloyds TSB...