E-Trading
Axa's EDI portfolio
Axa Insurance has developed a portfolio of full-cycle electronic data interchange household products...
The wholesale story
Lloyd's: Wholesaling
Appointment at RPC
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has appointed Paul Nicholas as senior partner to replace Alan Toulson wh...
Technology - Electronic paper trail
10th Anniversary
imarket - commercial integration by year end
Polaris plans to announce the timetable for the integration of imarket and software house applicatio...
A penny for your thoughts
Intellectual property
Statistics obtained on company car and van drivers
Thousands of company car and van drivers are exposing themselves to unnecessary levels of risk, acco...
Risk perspectives - The slippery slope to property subsidence
Movements in the ground on which a property is built can be either subsidence or heave, depending on...
The computers are taking over
IT case study
HCCD 'very pleased' with the result of wholesale changes
Recently created HCC Diversified Financial Products (HCCD), ex-Dickson Manchester, says it is going ...
Halifax General Insurance's decide to continue to use lie detectors
Halifax General Insurance's decision to continue to use lie detectors on high risk insurance claims ...
Insurers should let brokers share pen
The insurer 'grip on the pen' has continued to grow tighter as the market has hardened, but Adrian Thone believes that the future of profitable growth lies in delegated authority and he believes that this argument is supported by a happy set of industry…
The hottest insurance gossip
Well readers it is true to say that Polly's feet are ready to drop off after the long days and late ...
A tracking and recovery device launched
A tracking and recovery device that is designed to assist insurers and underwriters with their theft...
InsurE-com set to roll out Claudia
InsurE-com has launched a commercial lines data capture and management application called Claudia (C...
Howden enters into new market
Lloyd's broker Howden has announced the launch of Howden UK, a new division dedicated to providing U...
Zurich's UK commercial business publishes a new guide.
Zurich's UK commercial business has published a new guide called How to Stabilise Your Premiums. Zur...
Hiscox partners with Guild Claims Service
Hiscox has partnered with jewellery specialists, the Guild Claims Service to validate and replace lo...
The search for a silver service from insurers
This month's Power Hour, the first to be held in the regions, looks at whether service standards are as bad as some people think. Four brokers and four insurers debated at the Biba conference the challenges of broker to insurer and broker to client…
Halifax to use VRA software
Halifax General Insurance is to roll-out the use of voice risk analysis software on home insurance c...
The road ahead
Future of Broking: Overview
Time to upgrade
Q. Given the potential upheaval involved in upgrading an IT system, is it better to do this before or after the start of regulation under the FSA?
Lloyd's start-up to target 250 brokers
A Lloyd's-backed commercial underwriting agency is currently being piloted with around 75 brokers an...