Commercial
Appointment at Cigna Healthcare.
Kate Wakefield has been made healthcare services sales manager at Cigna Healthcare. She joins from B...
JLT launches US joint venture
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has launched a US-based specialist risk services business in a jo...
A land of stark realities.
Mergers, takeovers, demutualisations, privatisations and collapse. It is all happening in the Australian insurance market. Richard Willsher reports.
Odyssey Re swallows CTR in reorganisation.
Compagnie Transcontinentale de Reassurance (CTR), the Paris-based subsidiary of US group Odyssey Re,...
ERC Frankona goes wireless.
ERC Frankona's customers can now communicate with the reinsurer via mobile phones or hand-held compu...
Cyber-liabilities.
In the second of four articles investigating the insurance needs of e-commerce, Jill Hampton and Charlotte Waters identify the risks that need to be covered.
Gold medal or silver bullet?
It's almost a year to the day since Lord Woolf's civil procedure reforms were introduced. Have they shaken up the legal profession for the better, or have they created a new set of problems? Marcus Alcock finds out.
Qualifications are overdue.
Training and professionalism are the cornerstones of any industry and are often the first things to ...
Promise of cheaper way to buy cover.
US company dotRisk has developed an Internet platform for business insurers which it claims will gre...
Helphire pretence slammed by judge.
A County Court judge has labelled a credit hire arrangement by specialist Helphire a "pretence" in a...
Cash 'n' grab for ex-cons.
City broker Ian McCall International is to tackle financial exclusion with a range of products devel...
Hear this?
Dr Stewart Stoneman argues that proactive intervention by insurers in the management of noise-induced hearing loss risk could significantly reduce claims costs.
Under-reserved & under pressure.
Rafael Villarreal explains a crucial aspect defining the credit risk profile of Italian general insurers and its implications for the insurance industry.
Full Steam ahead.
Open Text Corporation, a provider of e-business applications, has announced that Steamship, an insur...
Closures follow JLT merger.
The merger of Jardine Lloyd Thompson and Burke Ford's retail operations (PM 22 April, p3) looks set ...
DBS hardens up software plans.
DBS Management has forged a strategic alliance with Microsoft, PC Engineering and SoftAd to advance ...
Royal Liver completes Irish deal
Royal Liver Assurance has completed its £83.8m acquisition of Guardian Life Ireland from Sun Life and...
Barclays recruited.
Barclays Mercantile is the latest user of Chordiant's eBusiness software which offers personalised w...
Appointment at Oak Underwriting.
James Guthrie has joined high net worth specialist Oak Underwriting as agency development manager. P...
Insurers bottom in web poll.
In today's world where technology is everything, a company which has a website that doesn't offer it...
Eastgate Assistance adds 24-hour helplines.
Eastgate Assistance has added 24-hour legal, medical and domestic helplines to the family legal prot...
Managing the future.
Investing in staff in the form of training is a long-term proposition which can be risky, but for companies that are keen to make their mark, it is a vital strategy for ensuring future success, says Diane Walker.
Minibus overhaul.
MiniBusPlus has undergone a corporate respray. The leading provider of minibus insurance will be kno...
Ensign new Lloyd's giant
Ensign Underwriting is to be formed following the confirmation of the merger of Lloyd's underwriters ...