Commercial
IBM targets personal lines.
IBM Global Insurance has unveiled the latest stage in its insurance marketing product, DecisionEdge,...
Appointment at Scottish Mutual.
Scottish Mutual Portfolio Managers has made two appointments. Kathryn Wood becomes investment manage...
NU's bargain web deal.
Insurance intermediaries can now untangle the mystery of the Web thanks to Norwich Union. The ins...
Woolf Reforms pushing up costs.
Far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the Woolf reforms are costing insurers more, a...
Trend spotting.
Convergence with the capital markets will join the current reinsurance trends of globalisation and the 'flight to quality' in the next decade, predicts Donald Watson, director of Standard & Poor's in New York.
Net sales support.
Brokat has launched an interactive Internet sales support application combining call centre and web ...
Iron Trades on track for Top 10.
Iron Trades appears to be steering a steady course in its bid to become one of the top 10 UK general...
Insurers clash after law gets its first test.
A groundbreaking High Court judgment has left two insurance companies at loggerheads. Bernadone v...
Nordic merger.
Skandia has confirmed it is to ditch its Nordic non-life companies and merge them with those of othe...
How an insurer helped move old house of God in new mysterious ways.
I would like to recognise the outstanding way that my insurance company, NIG Skandia, and the adjust...
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting Group.
Lynda Thwaites has joined Towergate Underwriting group as human resources co-ordinator. Previously s...
Insurers behind in digital TV stakes.
Insurers are lagging behind banks when it comes to selling insurance products via digital TV, a surv...
Indy's profits are up but Bright is gloomy.
Independent Insurance has reported interim profits of £29.3m, up 12% on last year's figures, with it...
Nissan to appeal against ruling.
Nissan has been given permission to appeal against a court ruling which ordered it to honour two rei...
Les is more.
Chief executive of Axa Sun Life Les Owen takes up the position of group managing director of Nationa...
Losses can't dent CGU profits.
CGU's interim results showed an operating profit of £420m, up 5% on 1998's figure. This was ach...
Two up, one down for Axa.
Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, the Axa subsidiary, has announced its interim results. Group operati...
Accountants liable for client's loss of retirement relief.
A taxpayer was the majority shareholder in a family company which carried on business alongside the ...
New business up 75%.
Income protection specialist Permanent Insurance has revealed a 75% increase in new business for the...
Chubb's check mate.
Chubb insurance company has teamed up with call centre specialist Checkmate to provide a new call ha...
Sharp PIN move.
Scottish Widows has implemented a personal identification number-based routing system to increase pr...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill International.
Paul Maidment has been made national broker manager for Allianz Cornhill International. Previously h...
Power to the partnerships.
Unions are still not gaining favour in the insurance industry, but there are several progressive players, as Alex Broad finds out.
On the cards.
The Slovenian Health Insurance Institute has embraced the concept of selling healthcare using plasti...