Commercial
The Q&A that leads to QPR.
After our bumper bag of entries for our first competition, Post Magazine, in conjunction with Avon I...
Hiscox uses the Wright stuff.
Senior Wright Insurance Brokers has teamed up with Hiscox to launch an online business insurance pac...
Marsh to allay fears on duelfuel vehicles.
Marsh invited insurers and fleet buyers to the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire to allay fea...
Old hand behind the new kid on the block.
Marcus Alcock meets Keith Rutter, chief executive of the newly-launched Underwriter Insurance Compan...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Zoe Bolton and Kate Redmond have been appointed as recruitment consultants by Darwin Rhodes. They wi...
New wizard of Oz.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has appointed Mark Thompson as country manager for Australia. Mr Th...
New Agency cover.
Colchester-based broker schemes specialist Agency Underwriting has launched a new buildings-only com...
Airtours drops CGU as insurer.
Travel operator Airtours Group has dropped CGU as its travel insurance provider and is set to bring ...
Endowments: flexibility must rule.
There is no shortage of people scrambling to stoke the fires of scandal over endowment mortgages and...
Euro poll results.
A survey by Aon Corporate Consulting Practice claims closer European links will accelerate changes t...
Investment bonds - Abbey bond born out of new alliance.
Abbey Life has launched its first investment products since striking an alliance with fund manager H...
Allianz Cornhill forms team to boost personal lines business
Allianz Cornhill has appointed a personal lines business development team which will focus on develop...
US reinsurer to head up GIO run-off.
Los Angeles-based reinsurer Paul Dassenko has joined Australian group GIO on a contract of between s...
To new heights.
Heavy investment is needed to upgrade Argentinian aviation but opportunities for growth abound there and in the rest of Latin America, says Mauricio Kitaigorodzki.
Island fails to make right connections.
With just a little effort Bermuda could have an electronic commerce sector to rival its financial services and tourism sectors, says Roger Crombie.
Third parties finally get in on the act.
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill aims to end the much criticised principle of limiting who can sue in English courts to enforce contracts, writes Richard Eveleigh.
Wising up to e-trading.
Kevin Ashby shares his ambitious plans for developing e-commerce in global (re)insurance with Janina Clark.
Brockbank takes off.
Brockbank Insurance Services (BIS) is to expand its aviation business in the US. From 1 January 2000...
Business interruption creates most claims.
Local insurers are still processing the claims from the Richter 7.3 earthquake that hit Taiwan on 21...
St Paul closes US property.
St Paul Re is withdrawing from facultative property business in the US. The Minnesota-based compa...
Rhine Re shuts London office
Rhine Re has closed the London market office of newly acquired Equus Re. The business underwritten by...
L&G sends out self-regulation rallying call.
Composite insurer Legal & General has called for life and pensions firms to work together in prepara...
No surprises.
With the Millennium Bug looming large, disaster recovery and business continuity companies are preparing for all eventualities. Jonathan Swift looks at what contingency lessons can be learnt and how e-commerce will offer the next major challenge.
Appointment at Vale Insurance Brokers.
Kevin Roberts is to run the new Llandudno office of Vale Insurance Brokers. Mr Roberts was previousl...