Commercial
Insurers failing over e-commerce
The insurance industry has failed to address the business risks associated with e-commerce, warned Ma...
Murray expands.
Insurance Village, which is developing an online insurance quoting service, has been bought by Edinb...
Scott Prov refutes sales talk.
Scottish Provident has dismissed speculation it has put itself up for sale. At Tuesday's annual g...
Broader vision for web ahead.
A new alliance is set to offer large financial services companies the option of transferring their c...
Massive blaze at Spaform plastics factory.
A massive blaze at the Spaform plastics factory in Portsmouth last week is expected to result in a £...
Back office beware.
Dennis Backer, vice president of technology research at Aspect Software, said the Internet threatens...
Air Miles defensive too.
With reference to Richard Griffith's article (PM 18 May, Nil Points, p13), it is important to note t...
CSC holds the Key.
Consumer Sciences Corporation has integrated its marketing services group, Key Choice, into its Insu...
e-tempest thinks insurers should embrace IT.
Internet solutions company e-tempest, has launched into the Internet business solutions market and i...
Reshuffle at Munich.
Munich Re and Allianz are to cut their cross-shareholdings from 25% to around 20% by 2003 and restru...
Losses on Lime St.
Soft rates and high capacity have given the insurance sector little to smile about and Lloyd's is no...
In close touch.
Cameron Andrews finds IT suppliers keeping very close to reinsurers and the reinsurance market so that they can develop the products their clients need.
A golden opportunity.
The world's largest risk management event was the perfect venue for showcasing e-commerce initiatives. Janina Clark reports from last month's Rims meeting in San Francisco.
2020 vision.
The winners in any business are those able to predict the future most accurately. Janina Clark hears top executives at the Reinsurance Lunch Forum envisaging life in 2020.
Internet code for Bermuda.
Bermuda is to introduce a code of conduct for internet businesses next month. The code will apply...
Voice of dissent.
Lord Justice Waller disagreed with the majority view in a recent credit insurance case before the Court of Appeal. John Butler looks at both the views of the dissenting judge and the majority verdict.
Swiss Re sets up UK-based e-business
A new e-commerce business is being set up in the UK by Swiss Re which will be headed up by chief exec...
Print and be damned.
Veronica Cowan looks at the difficulties that arise when providing some parts of the media with professional indemnity insurance.
Exclusive - Promark offers 'fix' for online trading problems.
Promark Software has launched a new Internet quotation solution for online trading which supports it...
Exclusive - New ARM muscles in on ratings.
A former boss of rating agency Fitch IBCA has set up a new ratings market for small-to medium-sized ...
eMerge revealed.
IT solutions company Sapiens has launched eMerge, which the company said allows insurers to leverage...
Online storm site.
Insurers and reinsurers will be able to track live probability estimates for hurricane risk as storm...
Beard's clean break.
Steven Beard, financial controller at Brockbank Syndicate Management, is to follow in the footsteps ...
Compris Contractor relaunched.
Watford-based broker Dickson Insurance has teamed up with Lloyd's underwriter DP Mann to relaunch it...