News
CNA Re makes net operating income.
US-based reinsurer CNA Re made a net operating income of $27m (£17.7m) in the second quarter of 2002...
Standard Life denies PMI rates too high.
Standard Life Healthcare has rebutted claims in the latest Datamonitor report on UK health insurance...
Insurers focused on wrong ATE ruling.
It is interesting, though perhaps not surprising, that the insurance industry claims to find clarity...
SSP set to target commercial.
Software provider SSP is to court the commercial market, with an expansion of its Key Choice product...
Lloyd's first auction starts in September.
Lloyd's first capacity auction for 2002 will start on 17 September. Two further auctions are planned...
Aon U-turn over sale.
Some 2000 of Aon's UK staff face the prospect of a new owner, after the US broker did a U-turn this ...
Wither RSA?
The question on everyone's lips at the moment is what is going to happen to Royal & Sun Alliance. The...
Facing the music.
A consortium of underwriters including Lloyd's insurer Liberty Syndicates looks set for a claim in e...
Seniority a qualified success?
I was very pleased to see your editorial (CII harks back to a bygone era, PM, 1 August, p13) was aga...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Brian Heale has returned to software developer Sherwood International this time as global life produ...
70 jobs created as HGIS moves call centre to Leeds.
Halifax General Insurance Services is to re-house its call centre sales operation for household and ...
Flood defences funding gives cause for concern.
Steve Broughton takes a long hard look at the detail behind the government's spending plans on UK flood defences and does not like what he finds. However, despite the spin, he believes there are some grounds for optimism.
NU capacity push in SME assault.
Norwich Union plans to significantly increase its ability to underwrite commercial lines next month i...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Credit insurer Euler Trade Indemnity has taken on Richard Webster as chief executive officer. During...
Wind of change at CII has left local institutes out in the cold.
Since the arrival of Dr Sandy Scott two years ago, the Chartered Insurance Institute has seen massiv...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This site has been set up by regional broker Waveney Insurance. It is not a large site. The front pa...
Appointment at MCE.
Wellingborough-based insurance broker MCE has appointed Lisa Hunt to the newly-created position of t...
Appointment at Alan Boswell.
Alan Boswell has appointed Caroline Cooper as a supervisor at its Attleborough branch. In the past, ...
Folgate Partnership signs Axa in broker support venture.
The Folgate Partnership has signed Axa up to support its brokers Smithson Mason Group in Leeds and D...
Appointment at TT Club.
TT Club, provider of insurance and related risk management services to the transport and logistics i...
What the papers said this week.
THE TIMES Drivers who drink moderate amounts of alcohol to disguise their cannabis taking pose a ...
Insurers set to reject flood extension.
Insurers are expected to reject calls for an extension to the existing moratorium on flood insurance...
RSA looks at outsourcing option for remaining life business.
Royal & Sun Alliance is considering outsourcing the administration of its remaining life business, w...
Penny Black's insurance week.
As Penny scours the country seeking evidence of the escalating liability crisis, her friends in Bolt...