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Stakeholder take up.
Almost 70,000 new stakeholder pensions were bought in July, according to figures released this week ...
Commerce One targets top six.
US-based technology company Commerce One is targeting the top six UK insurance companies' motor and ...
CNA withdraws capital support to Lloyd's.
US insurer CNA Financial Corporation is set to become the latest to withdraw its capital support to L...
Drive to outsource.
West Midlands construction company Thomas Vale has become the latest business to outsource its accid...
NRMA rebrand as new CEO joins.
NRMA Insurance is to re-brand itself Insurance Australia Group after appointing Westpac Banking Corp...
"Vast majority" of Aon staff safe
Aon Corporation said that the vast majority of its approximately 1 100 World Trade Center employees h...
Appointment at AM Best.
AM Best has appointed Clive Thursby as European manager, alternative markets. He was previously head...
View from the top - Martin Long
Martin Long, Chairman & chief executive, Churchill Insurance Group. The fallout from the recent col...
Investing in the future.
As insurance company share prices dive this week and insurers continue to report poor investment ret...
Helphire in bullish mood.
Credit hire company Helphire Group, which is still in dispute with several insurers and expects these...
Costs must be agreed.
Some two years after the introduction of the Woolf reforms, there is very little agreement about how...
Direct bank launch.
US insurer Metropolitan Life has confirmed it plans to launch a direct bank in the autumn. The bank ...
Miller shuns major panels.
Outsourcing services provider Miller Fisher is to turn its back on the major UK insurer loss adjuste...
NU unveils academy.
Norwich Union has revealed details of its academy to hone the skills of more than 4000 of its underw...
CD seeks discussion.
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct's new chief executive has backed his chairman's new concili...
Sherwood releases Amarta Risk.
Insurance software and solutions company Sherwood International this week launched its new internati...
TEP floats on AIM.
TEP Exchange, the online trading platform for traded endowment policies, floated on the Alternative ...
Shipshape.
The 127th IUMI conference sails into the Italian port of Genoa later this month, drawing marine insurance delegates from around the globe. Marcus Alcock looks at what is likely to be on board.
Connecting with people power.
Though recruitment is another area of business that is reaping the benefits of the internet, Richard Adams explains why people are still essential when it comes to choosing the right candidate for the job.
Adjust and thrive.
As more and more risks to corporates come out of the woodwork, attracting ever higher claims, risk ma...
ABI: pay-off review.
The Association of British Insurers is expected to look into whether it can devise contract guidelin...
Willis targets banks.
Global broker Willis will eventually become a distributor, not only for insurers and reinsurers, but...
Sharpen up.
With insurance costs rising, brokers would be wise to sharpen up their risk management skills, as they could prove lucrative. Failure to do so, says Rachel Gordon, could prove to be a costly mistake.
Highway outsources IT functions to NMT.
Highway, the motor insurance arm of Ockham Holdings, is to outsource much of its information technol...