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Ace Europe keeps MUM.
Ace Europe is to invest in a minority shareholding in new start-up Momentum Underwriting Management,...
Technology Supplement - Window on the e-world.
We asked several companies to explain their e-commerce strategies and to gauge their own progress so far.
PolicyMaster up 5%.
PolicyMaster's interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2000, show an increase in turnover o...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was shopping this week for a new dress for Friday's Chartered Insurance Institute annual dinne...
Northern lights are in training.
I read the article Manchester United, (Post Magazine, 7 September p15) with interest, as we have a 2...
Folgate opening.
Broker-only insurer Folgate Insurance has opened its third new commercial regional office this year ...
Plumeri to head broker Willis.
Joseph Plumeri will take over as executive chairman and chief executive officer at global broker Wil...
High quake stakes for US.
The US is facing annual earthquake property losses of £3bn and an additional £550m for damage to con...
GISC well-placed to rule code.
I applaud the efforts to establish a robust claims code for the handling of personal lines claims (P...
Davis Group looks set to earn £50m.
Commercial broker Roberts and Davis has become a public limited company and has rebranded itself The...
Lloyd's Connection.
The Corporation of Lloyd's has selected Albany Software's Connect eTransactions solution to enable t...
XL in its Element.
Bermuda-based insurer XL Capital is to form a new unit, Element Re, to provide weather risk manageme...
Aon to rebrand UK operations.
Global broker Aon is looking at rebranding its UK operations as part of an ongoing business restruct...
Wesleyan transfers its salesforce to FMCG.
Wesleyan Assurance is to follow Prudential's lead and transfer its direct salesforce to FMCG Homeser...
Fraser joins AMP.
Australian insurer AMP has appointed Tom Fraser as managing director of its UK financial services op...
Restorex recognition.
Damage control specialists Restorex has become the first company to be awarded the British Damage Ma...
Insurance Village makes connections.
A new online broker, Insurance Village, is to start trading property, motor, general and house produ...
CGNU sells up in US.
Insurer CGNU this week announced the sale of its US general insurance business to White Mountains In...
A Direct reduction.
Club Direct has reduced the price of its annual travel insurance by 20%. The travel insurer said it ...
QBE plans Lloyd's giant.
Australian insurer QBE is to establish the largest managing agent at Lloyd's, however it admitted it...
Wesleyan takes the Select route.
Wesleyan Assurance Society has replaced its Guaranteed Growth and Midas bonds with a new product. ...
Unum sponsors debate.
Income protection insurer Unum sponsored a debate between several leading think tanks on the issue o...
Technology Supplement - Policing cyberland.
Insurers are increasingly selling over the net, but issues of security and fraud are keeping potential customers away. Dom Pancucci believes it is vital companies police their sites and make them secure, if this trend is to be reversed.
Aon Risk Services named Charity Insurer of the Year.
Aon Risk Services was named Charity Insurer of the Year at the UK Charity Awards, based on a poll of...