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Comverse wins Admiral deal.
Admiral Insurance has selected New York-based Comverse Infosys to provide it with call centre record...
2002 good for reinsurance stocks
Insurance industry stocks will do well next year, according to investment bank Fox-Pitt, Kelton (FPK)...
Student site is a qualified failure.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Keith Hall has been appointed as Ecclesiastical's new branch manager responsible for the its offices...
Presentations need more thought.
Why is it that companies spend so much money in getting in front of potential prospects, yet spend s...
Ensign gets right to Limit syndicate 318.
Lloyd's insurer Ensign Holdings has completed the acquisition of the right to manage former Limit's ...
HCRM expands.
Hertz Claim & Risk Management (HCRM) has announced it is offering its motor claims service to insura...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group has taken on two new members of staff. The recruits are Helen O'Connor and Apri...
Experts win in court.
Attempts to reduce the use of expert witnesses, introduced as part of the Woolf Reforms, have failed...
Travel and health market "holds its nerve" after 11 September.
Claims that demand for international health and travel products has soared since the 11 September at...
A store-studded event.
The supply of financial services in the retail sector is growing in popularity with insurers but Simon Threadgold asks whether they are risking alienating brokers through these links and indeed whether they are a profitable source of business.
Please mind the gap.
The demise of the i2i-link initiative recently has left a huge chasm in the market for an electronic interface between insurers and brokers, and while it was a good idea in principle, perhaps the industry was not ready to fully commit. Edward Murray asks…
New survey by AA Insurance Services.
Perth is the cheapest city centre for motor insurance, according to a new survey by AA Insurance Ser...
Report highlights unprofitable Irish motor
A report on the profitability and pricing of Irish motor insurance by actuarial consultants Tillingha...
Lloyd's increases WTC loss estimate to £1.9bn
Lloyd's has increased its estimate of net losses relating to the World Trade Center by 45% to £1.9bn....
Sixth new (re)insurer for Bermuda
US insurers AIG and Chubb, together with GS Capital Partners, an investment fund managed by Goldman, ...
The Arson Prevention Bureau.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has welcomed the Home Office report The Economic Costs of Fire and belie...
Swinton keeps CSC.
Insurance broker Swinton has retained Computer Sciences Corporation as its sole provider of broking ...
St Paul signals change.
Staff at The St Paul will next month discover whether job cuts and international office closures ar...
Making sense of motor.
I am confused by the Motor Insurers' Information Centre's attitude toward the fourth European Union ...
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison & Co has appointed James Ranson to the post of chief accountant. He former...
Sore point.
Employers are becoming increasingly fed up with Ireland's ever-growing personal injury claims, so much so that the government is talking about setting up a Personal Injuries Assessment Board. Veronica Cowan gives her diagnosis.
WTC: cash call means rebuilding plans out.
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has said the claim by Larry Silverstein, leaseholder of the World Trade Ce...
Albany in Kwik deal.
Kwik-Fit Insurance Services has reached agreement with Albany ULR to provide its customers with a mo...