Commercial
Masters of reinvention.
High praise indeed for new improved Wren Life, for its clever combination of traditional professionalism with the latest technology and best practice, says Marcus Alcock.
Axa in the fast lane.
Axa UK chief executive Mark Wood competed with racing legends Stirling Moss and Barry Sheene at the ...
GISC opens its doors.
Now the General Insurance Standards Council has opened its doors, with the unequivocal endorsement o...
Lift off for network.
Problem: Willis had minimal penetration in the SME sector and provincial brokers were losing leverage with insurers. Tim Collison discovers the enter-prising solution that the company came up with.
Masters of disasters.
It is fitting that in a year when the issue of rail safety reached a head with the Paddington train crash, the loss adjuster of the year award should be given to a specialist rail division, writes Jonathan Swift.
Marketplace launched.
Post Magazine has launched a new service for readers to help them find and then get in touch with sp...
A rapid response.
St Paul's strategy of identifying the needs of specific market segments before developing products for them, has won the insurer praise from all quarters - no mean feat, writes Anthony Gould.
Appointment at Green Flag.
Michael Henderson has been made relationship manager in Green Flag's new retailer and affinity sales...
Zurich calls for change on risk.
Zurich Commercial has called on brokers and fleet managers to change the way they approach risk mana...
Call centre solutions.
Call centre specialist C3 launched a new virtual call centre solution based on its state-of-the-art ...
Gerling "e-first" launch cancelled.
German insurer Gerling has cancelled the launch this week of what it predicted would be "an e-commer...
Great Scot.
For the great enthusiasm and deep commitment he has show during his 40-year career in the insurance industry, Simon Bolam is the winner of this year's Achievement Award, writes David Worsfold.
Mission accomplished.
Legal & General met regulatory change head on - and saw its annual premium for individual life business rise by a massive 37%, says Jonathan Swift.
Winners all round.
Matthew Townsend congratulates the winners of the Millennium's first British Insurance Awards at the...
MMA gets ahead with Gemini EDI.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance aims to help brokers gain an advantage in the commercial property ...
Mynd a share?
American-based Computer Sciences Corporation has launched a $16 (£10) per share bid for e-business s...
OFT says PMI is being unfriendly.
The Office of Fair Trading has said the Private Medical Industry is still not consumer friendly enou...
Rising above the rest.
Cameron Andrews unearths the solid foundations on which CNA Re has built its reputation, enabling it to weather storms and move forwards.
Lloyd's under fire.
Lloyd's chief executive Nick Prettejohn insisted that the corporation was already taking action to r...
JLT risks internet venture
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson, through its corporate risks and services division, has created JLT Int...
CSC to take over Mynd
Computer services giant CSC is to acquire US rival and insurance specialist Mynd, which recently chan...
Lime St. leaders.
For the first time, Reinsurance has ranked the leading reinsurance syndicates at Lloyd's. Adrian Leonard reports on the state of the reinsurance market at Lloyd's and profiles five of the top six syndicates.
PWS may go private.
Managers at reinsurance broking group PWS are considering a buyout of the company. Group managing...
Taking stock of ILVs.
Integrated Lloyd's Vehicles (ILVs) have failed to be a hit with the stock market. Robert CB Miller finds out why the share prices of Lloyd's corporates have remained so low.