Commercial
Reinsurance trading exchange Inreon ...
Reinsurance trading exchange Inreon has joined Acord, the global insurance standards body to partici...
Trouble at the top.
Now more business is being conducted via e-mail and the internet, top-level staff of smaller firms are more at risk of being held personally liable for their company's failings. Not yet widespread, directors' and officers' cover is a must for SMEs, warns…
Hercules to double acquisition spend.
Paul Davis, commercial director of Hercules Property Services, has stated that he would not be surpr...
Former CEO admits to misappropriating funds.
Vehicle assistance company Accidentcare has recouped £225,000 from former chief executive and direct...
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters ...
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters and the Chartered Insurance Institute have entered formal ...
Chubb has reported that its fourth-quarter profit fell ...
Chubb has reported that its fourth-quarter profit fell 83% on claims paid to customers who lost mone...
Brokasure Enterprise goes live.
Software specialist Rebus iS' new open-platform international broking system Brokasure Enterprise ha...
PartnerRe rockets ahead in fourth quarter
PartnerRe boosted its profit by 74% year-on-year to $28.9m in the fourth quarter of 2001 although the...
Inreon to help Acord set up reinsurance e-commerce standards
The on-line reinsurance trading system Inreon has joined the global insurance standards organisation ...
Commercial breaks.
A hike in premiums across the commercial property sector has left many companies with tough decisions regarding their insurance. It is up to providers to prove their worth, or see customers make the break, says Edward Murray.
Test your football knowledge in the PM/Avon competition.
Test your football knowledge with the three simple questions below and you could win two tickets and...
Post Magazine gets new look.
Post Magazine has been given a fresh new look this week, as part of the ongoing investment in the ma...
Poles apart?
In a market where consolidation - in the name of more efficient service - is king, insurers are still falling short of the mark, providing their broker partners with no more than superficial services, says Andy Baldwin.
What the papers say.
METRO Vibrating computer joypads should carry health warnings, after being linked to a condition ...
Lloyd's: cash call for WTC claims.
Lloyd's is making another cash call of £564m to help pay claims from the World Trade Center, taking ...
Super-union on the cards after double merger vote.
The creation of a single super-union for finance workers moved several steps closer this week, after...
Appointment at Autoglass.
Richard White has been made national sales manager at Autoglass and his new responsibilities will in...
Pegasystems snaps up 1mind Corp.
Customer relationship management software provider Pegasystems is to acquire 1mind Corporation, a pr...
GEFI to target European buys.
European acquisitions are under consideration at GE Financial Insurance, having set itself the goal ...
Corporate capital is real Lloyd's reformer.
Post Magazine readers may be under the illusion that Sax Riley will be remembered as Lloyd's great r...
Life on the web.
Life reinsurers may not have been at the forefront of e-commerce but they are now starting to communicate electronically with their clients and explore ways of doing business on-line. Pravin Jeyaraj reports.
Access denied.
E-businesses are just as vulnerable to business interruption as traditional businesses, say Tony Levitt and Alan Fisher, but (re)insurers can prepare for such claims by doing their research.
Worst year yet for aviation.
Aviation insurers face losses of $5.8bn for 2001, making last year by far the worst ever for the mar...
Misys on target for acquisition as profits increase.
Software provider Misys, has reported a fall in its interim operating profit of 13% for the six mont...