News
Market improvement.
There will be continued consolidation of syndicates at Lloyd's and corporate capital vehicles will i...
Russian for cover.
The Russian insurance market will become increasingly attractive to European insurers, said rating a...
MP attacks ABI.
Barry Gardiner MP has heavily criticised the Association of British Insurers for failing to publicly ...
Towergate cuts Dickinson's staff.
Towergate has confirmed it has cut two thirds of Midlands-based broker Dickinson's staff, following ...
Thousands are left uninsured.
Car owners and holidaymakers alike are facing the prospect of no insurance cover this week in two ca...
NHS: Envision deal.
The NHS Pensions Agency has awarded Envision, a consortium of technology companies Paymaster 1836 an...
Indie high net worth team goes to Zurich
Zurich Retail Financial Services has acquired a new high net worth team from Independent Insurance. ...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Early deaths through smoking save the Czech government tens of millions of po...
IFAs web service.
Technology supplier to the IFA market Synaptic Systems is to launch a web building service for indep...
NIG opens more offices in commercial drive.
NIG has announced it will open a further four or five commercial offices in the next six to nine mon...
US broker access.
Lloyd's announced that the first ever independent US brokers have been granted access to the London-...
Appointment at Chubb Europe.
Jamie Keaney has been appointed to the newly-created position of fine art underwriting manager for E...
Exchange FS wins e-contract for Bank of Ireland.
E-commerce specialist Exchange FS has won a £2m contract to implement a browser-based, point-of-sale...
CGNU 10-year deal.
CGNU has entered into a 10-year bancassurance partnership with DBS Group Holdings of Singapore. As p...
State of play.
Insurer stability is upmost in brokers' minds - especially as Lloyd's opens its door to all-comers. Kevin Willis explains the rationale behind Standard & Poor's new Lloyd's Syndicate Performance Measures.
Misys rebrands insurance arm.
UK-based Misys has rebranded its insurance arm as the Financial Services Division. It made the annou...
Unique potential.
Business solutions provider Viant has warned insurers they may "miss the boat altogether" if they fa...
CSC goes for brokers.
Technology solutions provider CSC will extend its broker offerings, following the acquisition of sou...
Groupama is put up for sale.
Groupama Insurances has been put on the market by its French parent and expects to conclude a sale b...
Lifespan.
As Italy crosses the economic bridge to greater stability and inflation rates fall, alternative long-term savings products - including life insurance and pensions - are beginning to take off. The challenge is now to ensure the market reaches its full…
Pensions reminder.
Companies with five or more employees will get a reminder letter in August about how stakeholder pen...
Facing up to the worst year.
This year will go down as one of the worst the UK insurance industry has ever experienced. We may be ...
Confusion as bike book split.
Confusion surrounded the future of the Independent Insurance motorcycle book as Post Magazine went t...
RSA backs down over Ryedale hikes.
Royal & Sun Alliance has backed down on premium hikes in the constituency of Ryedale, following mount...