Commercial
Mapping and web.
Giant Italian insurer Assitalia aims to put its brokers on the map with the launch of its website de...
Breaking the lore.
The shape of the legal expenses insurance market is changing and in ways that some of the sector's major players believe are not for the better. Marcus Alcock investigates.
Learning from the past is the key to the future.
The only certainty in the future is change - massive, relentless, uncompromising change. Tim Ablett points a finger at the insurance industry and says the best way that it can help itself is by learning from past mistakes.
BRIT's share buy.
BRIT Insurance Holdings has bought from broker Benfield Greig the remaining 70.01% share of BRIT Ins...
Learn today, win tomorrow.
The UK general insurance market has never been in such turmoil. Against a background of continuing...
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting.
Peter Saunders has joined Towergate Underwriting from Lloyd's broker EJ Weltons to become developmen...
Free quote service.
Martin Sheppard, director of Brokers Only, the Caerphilly-based insurance underwriter, has launched ...
GM foods low on ethical funds list.
Seeds of doubt over genetically modified foods have not been planted in the minds of ethical fund in...
Be a runaway winner.
Athletics has given Great Britain many of its legendary sporting heroes - Roger Bannister, Sebastian...
Royal & Sun Alliance Panathlon Challenge.
A pupil of Phoenix School, Hammersmith, ponders his next move as he takes part in the Royal & Sun Al...
Mondial Assistance races to raise money for charity.
Insurance and finance customer service company Mondial Assistance raced to raise £23,000 for charity...
Appointment at Wilby Insurance Brokers.
Bob Brownlee has been made managing director of Halifax-based Wilby Insurance Brokers. He joins from...
Ready for the big bang.
Mark Huxley says that the Internet explosion is fast-approaching and suggests how insurers can get the most from it.
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Engineering.
Phil Godwin has been promoted to business development manager by Allianz Cornhill Engineering. Previ...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A driver who has lost an appeal against a careless driving conviction had a c...
Denver deal is done.
Insurance software provider Policy Master has acquired Denver-based Insurance Business Solutions for...
Room service.
An IT supplier to the insurance industry has a policy of recruiting before a new contract is secured...
Online to save.
Everybody accepts that e-commerce is the way forward for businesses in the 21st century, so with the technology there for the taking, how much use are insurers making of new innovations? Richard Griffiths finds out.
Millennium Conference of LIA.
International sprinter and gold medal winner Kris Akabusi will share the secrets of his success as a...
End of the roadshow for the GISC.
The General Insurance Standards Council wound up its series of roadshows to promote its second consu...
Appointment at The Recruitment Works.
A new recruitment consultancy for the insurance and financial services sector has opened in Scotland...
Insurer's 10% off.
A rates hardening in the travel insurance sector has prompted one provider to offer a 10% discount a...
Crowe write off.
Crowe Syndicate Management - part of Crowe Insurance Group - has ceased to underwrite a book of non-...
The IBRC has failed no-one.
I have to respond to Chris Arter's letter (PM 11 November, p18). The Institute of Insurance Broker...