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Opening doors.
Just as the automotive industry has discovered that much assembly work is better done by outside specialists, so insurers are finding that outsourcing core functions can cut costs.
Tackling the e-future challenge.
The e-revolution is likely to radically change the way insurance companies do business, but utility must take precedence over novelty.
E-Commerce Watch.
Internet software house insurE-com has launched insur-E.claim, a claims portal. insurE-com says the ...
Albion rebranded.
General business specialist Albion Insurance is being rebranded Sterling Insurance Company, bringing...
All change for NU and MMA travel products.
Norwich Union and broker-only insurer MMA have both announced changes to their travel products this ...
Striving for harmony.
A true collaboration between insurer, broker and IT supplier can be fruitful in the long term, but trust is essential to make partnerships work.
Straight to the core.
Duncan Boyle does some plain talking to Catherine Tennant, explaining the need for the industry to stop the price wars and to get back to the core issues.
Two medical products offered.
Western Provident Association and Secure Health have both launched products aimed at making private ...
Mardon secures Michael Stimpson.
Yacht and leisure craft insurance underwriting agents Mardon Insurance Brokers (UK) has acquired Mic...
SVB and Capita team up.
SVB Underwriting Services, the service company of SVB Syndicates at Lloyd's, and Capita Assistance h...
Ex-employees deny insider insight.
Kevin Pallett, managing director of Fusion Underwriting Services, has stated his company knew nothin...
Drawing on experience.
The industry may seem to be rushing headlong into cyberspace, but the people who buy the policies are more circumspect with old habits dying hard. Insurers ignore existing channels of business at their peril.
Floating hopes.
International loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs hopes to make an acquisition and float on the stock marke...
Young is chairman.
Kevin Young, managing director of Argyll Insurance Brokers, has been appointed chairman of the Credi...
Warren Hill starts growth spurt by obtaining PW Kirk.
Haywards Heath-based Warren Hill Insurance Brokers has kicked off a growth campaign with the acquisi...
A company on the button.
We provide an overview of Computer Sciences Corporation, sponsor of this supplement, looking at the company's beginnings, its objectives, and its comprehensive range of products and services.
Household updates.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has updated its two intermediary household policies. The bedroom-rated poli...
Bell & Co in MBO.
Derby-based Bell & Co Insurance Brokers has undergone a management buy-out. All shares in the compan...
Clarifying EPP.
Congratulations to Diane Smyth on an excellent article on commercial legal expenses (see below: 'Clai...
AFI rewards veggies.
Vegetarians can now get cheaper life insurance, through a new product launched by Animal Friends Ins...
Data crunch.
The days when insurance companies could hold off on serious IT investment are over. There are many current must-have systems and many more that are on the way.
PwC warns of up to 200,000 Independent policy cancellations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance, has written to brokers warn...
Research predicts rapid consolidation.
Distribution channels of commercial insurance will undergo rapid consolidation over the next four ye...
Discount for injuries.
The Lord Chancellor has made a 0.5% reduction to the discount rate for personal injury claims - the ...