E-Trading
Drawing in the e-crowds.
E-commerce was high on last month's BIBA Conference agenda, but having a website is only part of the story for brokers, there is also the question of how to get potential customers to access it.
New technologies are on the horizon that will help the ambitious
The news is full of emerging technologies that could have a dramatic effect on the way insurance is ...
RSA: simpler legal expenses cover a boon for brokers.
Royal & SunAlliance has produced two simplified legal expenses policies to help brokers and intermed...
E-Commerce Watch.
Weathernet has gone online with its insurance validation services that provide the industry with ins...
Net conflict for IIB and BIBA.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers and the British Insurance Brokers Association have gone head-to-h...
Revamp for MiniBusPlus.
MiniBusPlus has been relaunch-ed as MBP Insurance and has reassessed its underwriting approach. The ...
Their livelihood in your hands?
The medical negligence market for doctors is still sewn up by the defence unions. But with St Paul offering cover, and the NHS facing potential liabilities of £2.4bn, Shona Cronin asks whether this sector is set to open up.
Feeling the squeeze.
Abbey has shocked the industry by slashing its premiums for commercial legal expenses - an odd move in a sector where claims costs are set to rise because of recent legislation. Steve Banner investigates.
Websites click with brokers.
Three quarters of brokers have, or are developing, a website, according to an e-commerce survey cond...
From little acorns ...
Former chairman and chief executive of Cox Underwriting Anthony Lumsden-Cook talks to Tim Collison about his new high net worth venture, Oak, and how he hopes his approach to the market will assure the company's growth.
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions at its York office. David Atkinson (...
InsurE-com signs up brokers.
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading initiative, has received more than 280 broker reg...
Road Runner survey highlights brokers' technophobia
A disturbing 73% of brokers and intermediaries do not have access to the Internet at their place of b...
Insureright attracts enough brokers for licence
Andrew Paddick claims to have signed up 5% of the personal lines broker market to his Internet initia...
QBE intervenes in Limit merger
The proposed merger between Lloyd's syndicates, Limit and Wellington has been thrown into uncertainty...
Bennetts goes live with online facility
Bennetts Insurance Specialists' online quote facility has gone live following an official launch by m...
Groupama commits to full cycle EDI
Groupama Personal Insurances has announced it will only accept private car new business if it is tran...
Brokers sign up for InsurE-com
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading Initiative, has received more than 230 registratio...
Woolf reforms: a year on.
Last year's Woolf reforms have resulted in wide spread change in work practices among brokers and insurers. What is needed now is consistency in the way cases are judged. Shona Cronin reports.
E-Commerce Watch.
The Association of British Insurers has published its Best Practice Guide to the Internet for insure...
Aon Corporation offers online credit insurance to brokers.
Aon Corporation has launched an underwriting agency for credit and political risk insurance which wi...
Rise in law cover take-up.
The introduction of the Access to Justice Act 1999 this month could lead to a situation where insure...
Hot property.
Food processing plants have been victim to some of the worst commercial fires in recent years. David Martin looks at why such premises are so vulnerable.
Spy in the cab.
Human error is the biggest problem facing fleet managers and insurers. In order to combat this, Julie Rodilosso says the market is turning to new hi-tech gadgetry.