E-Trading
All sewn up?
Brokers should cotton on to the possibility of widening their market reach through a sponsorship programme. Debbie Cowan describes how such an initiative could have a favourable outcome for all concerned.
Appointment at Rural Insurance.
Rural Insurance Group has recruited Joanne Walker and Chris Shaw. Ms Walker has been made commercial...
Flex your muscles.
Brokers in the UK have yet to make their web-presence felt in the private medical insurance market. They should follow the US lead, says Leslie Smith, and leap into the benefits of cyberspace.
E-Commerce Watch.
MCS has been awarded a SMART Grant of over £90,000 by the Department of Trade and Industry, towards ...
LocuMotion: key cover for SMEs.
New company LocuMotion has launched Locum Cover, a key person insurance administered by First Assist...
Appointment at Coface.
Coface has made Trevor Byrne marketing manager. He joins from Euler Trade Indemnity where he was mos...
Two products from RK Harrison.
RK Harrison is to make two more products available to brokers through its wholesaling service. Th...
Understanding the true meaning of CRM
Q: I look after the computer system and purchasing of software for a medium sized-broker. I constantly see CRM mentioned in the IT press but what is it?
Coversure: two franchises.
Coversure Insurance Services has opened two new franchises, one in Bexleyheath, Kent and another in ...
Online research project gets underway
Norwich Union, Allianz Cornhill, Axa, Royal & SunAlliance and Zurich are among the leading insurers c...
Consumer net confidence grows
Legal and General's latest survey has revealed one in five consumers would consider buying general in...
Greystoke provides tie-ins for law firms
Greystoke Legal Services, part of the Hanover Park broking group, has launched Greystoke 24, a legal ...
Bruce Stevenson picks up 500 clients
Edinburgh-based independent broker Bruce Stevenson Limited has taken over the handling of local solic...
PJ Hayman launches industry travel scheme
PJ Hayman & Co has launched a new annual travel insurance scheme for insurance industry employees. ...
Cruising the information highway.
Technology advancements were heralded by the insurance industry for potential money and time-saving features before inertia slowed the evolution. Tim Ablett says changing attitudes could at last mean the process will move forward again.
Research predicts rapid consolidation.
Distribution channels of commercial insurance will undergo rapid consolidation over the next four ye...
Carruthers: Rubicon will improve margins.
Ex-Eastgate Group director Max Carruthers has unveiled his new venture. Rubicon Corporation is to pr...
PwC warns of up to 200,000 Independent policy cancellations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance, has written to brokers warn...
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.
Clarifying EPP.
Congratulations to Diane Smyth on an excellent article on commercial legal expenses (see below: 'Clai...
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.
Misys to focus on b2b.
Misys is repositioning itself as a business-to-business technology company after closing screentrade...
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...
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.