E-Trading
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has made two new appointments. Derek Thomson becomes manager of claims operations, re...
RSA sets up two initiatives.
Royal & Sunalliance is pressing ahead with two new initiatives, one aimed at brokers and the other a...
Focal point.
Duncan Pocock is a company with many strings to its bow but Nigel Palmer tells Diane Smyth it is focusing on cutting down its operations.
Out with the old, in with the new.
The continuing success of the internet has led to a 'new' economy which needs to be better understood in order to be used to its potential, says Sarah Alton.
How foot and mouth affects policy renewals.
Q: A farmer who has insured his cattle against foot and mouth disease for 30 years has been refused ...
HHH continues spree with purchase of two portfolios.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond is continuing its acquisition spree with the purchase of b...
From our daily news service ... its4me reveals poor online insurance
Online insurance intermediary its4me says the insurance industry is among the worst e-commerce servi...
Defining application service providers.
Q: I have heard a lot about online broker systems via application service providers (ASPs). What exa...
The importance of telling it how it is.
Clarity, transparency and communication are more than just current buzz words in the industry - they...
Routes to Lloyd's.
For the provincial broker, access to Lloyd's has been, in the past, via a wholesale or guaranteeing broker. But Simon Threadgold says sweeping reforms have changed this.
BIB and Kent merge.
Broker and financial adviser BIB (Darlington) has merged with Kent Finance, the independent finance ...
RPC gets up to date.
Law insurance firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has added a monthly update on professional negligence...
Appointment at Combined.
Combined has recruited Alan Winch to its special risk division. Mr Winch brings 12 years of Lloyd's ...
Hill House Hammond gives away holiday vouchers.
Hill House Hammond is giving a £125 holiday voucher to any customer who requests a home insurance qu...
SVB offers speciality service
SVB Syndicates, the Lloyd's managing agency subsidiary of quoted SVB Holdings, has launched a service...
Moratorium called on genetics in insurance
Insurers have responded to a scathing report on the use of genetic tests in the industry, which was p...
insurE-com introduces new package
Internet specialist insurE-com has announced its broker back office system insur-E.office will be rol...
Bennetts races to update its website
Specialist bike insurance intermediary Bennetts has updated its website, www.bennetts.co.uk. Bennet...
Ace puts internal changes first.
Internal changes at Ace Group are holding back its online development, with the launch of its claims...
Three brokers to get e-sector.
MCS is piloting e-sector with three large brokers this month. The service is expected to go live in ...
Brokersure: 'low user' package.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox Insurance Holdings' internet-based broking system, is launching a 'low user' p...
HHH drives new policy.
General insurance broker Hill House Hammond has acquired Nottingham-based Dragoon Insurance Service'...
E-commerce watch.
Specialperils.com is looking for more brokers to join its site, having launched with 15 broker-partn...
Budget signs with Q&B.
Budget Insurance Intermediaries has signed up for Quote and Buy's internet-based product www.broker-...