Commercial
Leah gets lucky in ticket competition.
The winner of the final Post Magazine/Avon Insurance football ticket competition is Leah Rinaldi, in...
Budget - Small comfort for brokers.
The chancellor last week claimed his Budget contained a string of measures aimed at helping smaller businesses. However, in reality, the Budget changes mean smaller brokers will have to run faster just to stand still, argues Mike Slack.
Davies issues MMA with writ.
Loss adjuster Davies is understood to have issued a high court writ against insurer MMA seeking sub...
NIG has strengthened ties ...
NIG has strengthened ties with agricultural insurance specialist FarmWeb with the opening of a new c...
Risk threat warning for brokers.
Brokers failing to provide risk management services to small to medium sized enterprises were warned...
Co-op confirms CFS formation.
The Co-operative Group has confirmed it has merged its banking and insurance arms together to form C...
Ockham Holdings has posted an after tax profit ...
Ockham Holdings has posted an after tax profit of £7.2m for the year ended 31 December 2001, in comp...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This is a nice site that turns out to have a bit of a sting in its tail. It has been set up by an in...
Young brokers must push for career progression.
Young brokers should not be put off from pursuing a career in insurance, said Tim Rolfe, director of...
Allianz profits halved.
German insurer Allianz last week said its 2001 net profits had more than halved to EUR1.6bn (£1bn), ...
Dublin-based technology company Fineos ...
Dublin-based technology company Fineos has launched its complaint management solution for the insura...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed Graeme Monce, previously of Capita McLarens, as home services busi...
Good customer care inspires great confidence.
Responding to Peter Hubbard's comments, (View from the top, PM 18 April, p17) I think that the main ...
The heart and soul of business.
Strategic Shorts is a new series in which a management consultant offers insights into planning for successful business.
Arthur Gallagher reports 24% rise in profit
(Re)insurance broker Arthur Gallagher has reported a net profit of $33.7m for the first quarter of 20...
Moody's downgrades Chaucer syndicate
Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the syndicate performance rating of Chaucer's syndicate 1096 fr...
Investigating and reserving subsidence claims - 18 June 2002, The
Subsidence poses an enormous challenge to insurers, loss adjusters and a wide range of specialist co...
Magnetic north.
Manchester is attracting a great deal of interest. Rejuvenation and renewal has secured it the Commonwealth Games, the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conference - not to mention the many brokers and insurers that have made this exciting…
CILA: admitting assessors is bold step.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has taken a bold step in agreeing to admit loss assessors ...
Bluesure studies broker-only option.
Insurance start-up Bluesure this week said it had received 474 applications from brokers wanting to ...
SPS Infoquest bought by Business & Decision.
Consulting and data engineering company SPS Infoquest has been bought by French consultancy Business...
Harman Wicks & Swayne implements new telephone system.
Harman Wicks & Swayne, which deals in broking and servicing of insurance and reinsurance, has implem...
Medical brokers have voted Standard Life Healthcare as winner ...
Medical brokers have voted Standard Life Healthcare as winner of their 2002 insurer performance surv...
On the straight and narrow?
Ian McNeil encourages risk managers to widen their scope of reference when risk profiling by being aware that a company's ethics and values can also be a key area of risk.