News
Lightening the load.
Schemes can be a profitable business, but it can be a long haul keeping profitability levels up. Offering a scheme on a sub-brokered basis is one option that can lighten the work load, says Jane Bernstein.
News in brief.
Icelandic insurance company Vatryggingafelag Islands hf, is preparing for a listing on the Reykjavik...
What the Papers Say.
The Sun "Poorly" Martine McCutcheon is to return to My Fair Lady - after The Sun snapped her out ...
Temporary solutions.
Consolidation means the insurance sector is in a state of flux. And temporaries are the ideal way of filling the flexible staff gaps that result, says Kirsten Quarman.
Norwich Union bags more and more exposure.
I recently ordered a sandwich for my lunch and it was delivered in a bag on which Norwich Union Dire...
A little help from your friends.
Networking is a long established way of boosting business and Simon Threadgold says, as long as you are careful who you choose as your friends, it still pays off.
Wellington hits acquisition trail.
Jilted Lloyd's insurer Wellington is set to go on the acquisition trail, having posted promising res...
Sax Riley reign to run until 2002.
The chairman of Lloyd's Sax Riley is to have his chairmanship extended to the end of 2002. The co...
Rehabilitation First campaign takes to the road again.
Post Magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign - shortlisted for the PPA Campaign of the Year 2001 - ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
One realises that companies like to promote effective lines of communication between employees and m...
New Channel sets sites on laptop market.
Insurer New Channel, a subsidiary of venture capitalist the Summit Group, has launched a computer an...
Chubb unlocks net.
US insurer Chubb is set to take its property and casualty claims processing online, following an ong...
A case to be heard.
Acoustic shock syndrome has been described as the industrial disease of the 21st century, and call centre employers are taking it very seriously indeed. Lynn Rouse discovers how they are protecting their staff.
US losses soar.
The latest figures from the Insurance Services Office and the National Association of Independent In...
Speedy e-solutions.
Software and consulting company IDS Scheer is to launch a suite of e-finance B2B and B2C solutions i...
Lloyd's is losing the plot.
Lloyd's has been "consistently losing ground" to other insurance markets since the mid-1990s and urg...
Survey Overview.
The results of this salary survey suggest insurers and intermediaries have more in common than they think. Mark Cliff considers why this might be.
Death duties.
A multi-state task force of state regulators is investigating dozens of life insurers, including Met...
Insurance Industry Annual Salary Survey 2001.
This salary survey, to be an annual event, is the first step to the insurance industry understanding its own business, says Anthony Gould.
Draft Indian pay rules welcomed.
The Indian government is set to introduce draft legislation to allow commission payments to insuranc...
How qualified are you?
Methodology/sample info This report was commissioned by Post Magazine and AXA Insurance and carrie...
Appointment at SVB Underwriting Services.
Anita Hawkes has been taken on by SVB Underwriting Services as its marketing and communications mana...
Swiss rolls in profits.
Swiss Life net profit more than doubled in 2000 to Swiss francs 924m (£338m), boosted by a 49% rise ...
The need for a level playing field.
I work for a regional commercial brokerage, based in Manchester, and am constantly dealing with pers...