E-Trading
Abbey slashes legal expenses premiums
Abbey Legal Protection has surprised the market by halving premiums on its employment-led commercial ...
Aon hits out at St Paul PI deal
Aon is launching into the solicitors' professional indemnity sector following the Law Society's decis...
DTI director takes over from Baker at ABI
Dr Stephen Sklaroff has been appointed as the new deputy director general of the Association of Briti...
Insurance: jobs on increase.
Employment levels in the insurance sector are expected to rise within the first quarter of 2000, wit...
Experian acquisition right on CUE.
Experian has acquired the UK assets of US-based ChoicePoint Incorporated, which includes ChoicePoint...
E-Commerce Watch.
Independent Insurance has revamped its website - www.independent-insurance.co.uk - to broaden its ap...
Lloyd's publishes new strategy document
Lloyd's has published its second three-year strategy document aimed at strengthening its franchise an...
Masterplan members get motor rate-matching.
Masterplan, Policy Master's marketing arm, is offering its members a rate-matching facility for priv...
Broker rating goes online.
In response to the imminent deregulation of the Lloyd's market, an online information service has be...
Calculating the value of insurance.
Q: We are restructuring our business and need to value our general insurance operation. How do we go about it?
Appointment at RL Davison.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison has appointed Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administration department. He...
Lloyd's to axe 1100 jobs.
Lloyd's is to axe 1100 jobs over the next three years as part of chief executive Nick Prettejohn's m...
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess.
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess, the managing director of GRIP who dreamed up alien abduction insura...
MULRA raises ULR concerns.
The Motoring Uninsured Loss Recoveries Association has hit out against the implementation of a revis...
The firm behind the box office.
Allan Chapman & James Insurance Brokers tells Shona Cronin how the firm built up a loyal audience in the film and television sector.
Flood warning.
Despite the very real threat of flooding, too many business and householders in high risk areas are not taking adequate precautions. Shona Cronin looks at what risk management provisions can be put in place.
Brokers lack e-awareness.
An alarming proportion of insurance brokers are ignorant of the potential effects the growth of e-bu...
CSC's Vision wins Microsoft award.
Microsoft Corporation has awarded Vision, part of CSC's range of solutions for the corporate market,...
Steve Knight.
Brokers must formulate a successful e-commerce strategy if they are to survive in the Net-enhanced marketplace.
Appointment at Unum.
Eugene McCormack has been made director of marketing at Unum. He was previously head of product mark...
Coface gets Credico credit.
Credit insurer Coface LBF has acquired Cimco and its sister company The Creditors Group. The compani...
Opening the portals to e-business.
By now, there can be few Professional Broking readers that have not considered how their companies c...
Exclusive - NU loses contract to direct insurer.
Norwich Union has lost the Nationwide household underwriting contract to direct insurer Churchill In...
Hastings holds onto 0800.
Motor insurance intermediary Hastings Direct has applauded Oftel's decision to allow businesses to r...