E-Trading
Fusion: access to Lloyd's.
Fusion has arranged for its 200 regional brokers to access a new London Market property facility cal...
SSP additions enable commercial push.
SSP is aiming at commercial brokers, with two additions to its portfolio. The software house is e...
CDL offers quote and buy.
CDL is launching a quote and buy website for brokers at www.insureforless.co.uk. The site, due to...
Appointment at Fortis Insurance.
Fortis Insurance has appointed Jeff Grosvenor as IT director. He brings 30 years' experience in IT t...
Back to economic basics.
Building trust through a tripartite relationship involving brokers, insurers and customers is key to getting the industry back to profitability.
Joint online system from NMT and IIB.
New Millennium Technology has teamed up with the Institute of Insurance Brokers to provide provincia...
Appointment at Jeff Moore Associates.
Robin Furber has joined Jeff Moore Associates as a member of management, with a focus on e-commerce ...
Making the most of promotion on a shoe-string.
Q: We have set aside a modest amount to promote our new company name. What is the best way to spend ...
E-Commerce Watch.
Brokers interested in accessing pay-as-you-go data analysis should visit www.isassoc.fsbusiness.co.u...
Appointment at UnumProvident.
Income protection provider UnumProvident has made John Hutson head of public relations. Alan Ord has...
Hiscox: extranet transfer.
Hiscox will transfer its broker submissions to a new extranet system in the first half of 2003. T...
Wholesale reflections.
The wholesale market has come a long way since its origins in the Lloyd's market. Tony Cornell reflects on how it became an essential part of the industry and looks at where it is heading.
Appointment at The Primary Group.
The Primary Group has appointed Charles Norton-Smith, former chairman of BMS Special Risk Services, ...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Anne Love has joined Ace Europe's Glasgow office as directors' and officers' insurance underwriter. ...
Year-at-a-glance - home premiums.
The increase in motor and home insurance premiums is slowing, according to the AA's British Insurance...
Appointment at Rubicon Corporation.
Rubicon Corporation has appointed Melvin Wright as group business development director. With over 20...
Customer knowledge is key.
The key to good business is identifying the profitable customers, according to independent customer ...
Crossed wires?
Brokers and insurers are still unsure of the claims technology available and are opting for a softly, softly approach. Iain MacDonald says this lack of investment is hindering the industry's progress and someone must take the lead.
Regulators do not quite add up.
Why is it necessary for the General Insurance Standards Council, Financial Services Authority and th...
Overcoming difficulties in placing liability cover
Q: I have been having problems placing liability insurance since the beginning of the year but some o...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Cunningham Lindsey has recruited Robert Dalton as divisional director of its London-based home forei...
Blue cover means growth.
The Compensation Group is to grow its organisation by more than a third on the back of its Blue Lega...
Time to lay the cards on the table.
The House of Lords' recent decision to overturn the verdicts on the Fairchild, Fox and Matthews meso...
A family affair.
Diane Smyth finds that blood really is thicker than water - at least in terms of dictating J&M Insurance's success under a father and son team.