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Industry must make best use of new systems
Straight-through processing of commercial lines for the small and medium-sized enterprise sector is...
IBM: E-market warning sounded
Technology giant IBM has claimed commercial lines insurers could reduce their expense ratio by betw...
Network launches set for new year
Several new commercial broker networks are understood to be close to launch, according to industry ...
Regions gain as insurers move north
The insurance industry has not fared well over the last decade. Many companies, seeking to keep costs down, have increased their presence outside the South-east, with significant implications for recruitment in the regions, says Nick Purdue.
Plus One Services commissions Whitespace Software
The Southend based insurance provider, Plus One Services has commissioned Whitespace Software to wr...
Mould claims hit peak, says Fitch
Mould-related claims have probably peaked or are close to doing so, according to a report by rating...
E-mail key to cycle safety
It was very refreshing to hear the voice of an executive pushing for increased cycling initiatives ...
Appointment at Insurance Claims Service
The Insurance Claims Service has appointed Paul Mitchell, president of the Insurance Institute of S...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This is a good web-site aimed at selling all sorts of sports insurance. The main site starts we...
Abbey move leads to 40 redundancies
Abbey National has relocated its Bradford-based insurance marketing and communications operation to M...
Appointment at Le Mans Re
France-based reinsurer Le Mans Re, part of XL Capital, has recruited two specialist underwriters. T...
Appointment at HPMBC Clyde & Co.
A team of insurance lawyers from SG Archibald has joined the Paris office of HPMBC Clyde & Co. The t...
25 years ago.
The industry's image is a perennial problem and was top of the Chartered Insurance Institute Confere...
Polaris E-Market sets up advisory forum.
Polaris E-Market has set up an intermediary advisory forum to help in the development of the forthco...
Aegon UK buys 8% stake in IFA internet portal.
Aegon UK has bought an 8% stake in Assureweb, the Misys-owned internet portal for independent financ...
View from the Top - Andrew Torrance
Andrew Torrance, general manager, Allianz Cornhill This week marks the first anniversary of 11 Sept...
A change in perspective.
The financial losses experienced after the World Trade Center attacks were enormous but it was the loss of life that was most shocking. Grover Davis says this has reinforced a team ethic within the industry.
Legal & General reports life protection now submitted online.
Legal & General has reported that half its life protection business is now submitted online by inter...
Wind of change essential for CII's continued progress.
In response to your letter (Wind of change at CII has left local institutes out in the cold, Post Ma...
Hard reinsurance market could end soon, warns S&P
Rating company Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the European reinsurance sector a 'negative outlook'...
Converium moves into profit
Swiss reinsurer Converium made a net profit of $31.6m in its first full six months as an independent ...
Eurobase International delivers Prism to the insurance market.
Eurobase International has delivered Prism, its business intelligence report server, to the insuranc...
The Achievement Award - Scott Bell CBE.
The Achievement Award saw the insurance industry honour a man who has never lost sight of the fundamental values on which the industry is founded. Scott Bell has successfully steered Standard Life through the upheavals of the last few years with his…
Legal inconsistencies?
How does one reconcile the decision in Co-operative Retail Services v Taylor Young Partnership, rece...