Insurance Age staff

Insurer

Appointment at Swiss Life.

Brian Hurd has joined Swiss Life as director of its personal finance business unit. Mr Hurd will be ...

15 Oct 2001

E-Trading

Beckett Group to buy mystery consultancy by end of this year.

Intermediary Beckett Group is set to tie up its sixth acquisition in four years with the takeover of...

15 Oct 2001

E-Trading

Improved Charity Connect Cover from Ansvar.

Ansvar has updated its combined policy for charities and voluntary organisations, Charity Connect. ...

15 Oct 2001

Appointment at BCWA Healthcare.

BCWA Healthcare has made two appointments in its marketing department. Howard Hughes joins the compa...

15 Oct 2001

Management

Calder: responsibility should reflect experience.

Brokers should be given more responsibility in the distribution chain because they now often have mo...

15 Oct 2001

E-Trading

Taking a stake.

Iain Bell tells Diane Smyth why he believes more brokers should look towards outsourcing non-core parts of their business and explains why he is happy to remain in the background.

15 Oct 2001

Personal

ProFin offers online credit cover.

Royal & SunAlliance's specialist commercial risks unit ProFin has launched the UK's first online cre...

15 Oct 2001

E-Trading

Groupama 'cash for car' scheme enables companies to insure employee

Following Groupama's relaunch of its fleet policy in August, the insurer is now offering a personal ...

15 Oct 2001

E-Trading

Miller launches terrorism cover following US attacks.

In response to the recent terrorist atrocities in the US, Miller Insurance Group is offering stand a...

15 Oct 2001

Torrance interpretation.

I had to smile when reading the comments of Andrew Torrance, chief executive of Allianz Cornhill, in...

15 Oct 2001

Appointment at QBE International Insurance.

Michael Warwicker has joined QBE International Insurance as London general manager. He will assume r...

15 Oct 2001

Terror attacks hit industry hard.

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center are hitting the insurance industry hard, as estimate...

15 Oct 2001

Personal

30% broker commission.

Longford Insurance Schemes, which runs Chauffeurplan, is celebrating its 30th birthday by offering b...

15 Oct 2001

Management

Staff must be ready for FSA.

Insurance industry staff will find themselves in deep trouble if they do not get to grips with their...

15 Oct 2001

Insurer

Making an entrance.

The collapse of Independent signalled much moving around in the high net worth market, with both staff and new products being introduced. But Diane Smyth says it is unlikely to settle down just yet.