E-Trading
David Worsfold.
This session in Parliament is set to be a seminal year for the insurance industry as a succession of measures could profoundly change the face of the market.
CGM survey shows insurers trailing in e-commerce race.
Insurers are trailing behind other industries in their adoption of e-commerce. This is the surprise ...
Cheshire launches bolt-on Internet quote system.
Cheshire Datasystems has developed a new Internet quote system that will bolt on to brokers' existin...
Eamon Brown.
All sectors of the insurance industry must work together to make rehabilitation the first priority when a individual suffers a serious injury.
AIRMIC warning on poor risk management
Jonathan Bloomer, deputy group chief executive of Prudential, has warned the market that poor risk ma...
Aon takes control of Velo
Aon Risk Services has taken complete ownership of Velo Motor Accident Management. The broker pr...
RSA offers firms Web protection
Royal & SunAlliance is targeting small- to medium-sized companies conducting business via the Interne...
Alpha AIMs at £15m.
Alpha Accident Management Group is to float on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Ma...
Miller site rounds up the news.
International insurance broker Miller Insurance Group is posting news stories from over 40 different...
DAS launches ads to stress independence.
DAS Legal Expenses has launched an advertising campaign in order to highlight its independent status...
Bluett sold to Bishops.
Kent broker Bishops has acquired two local firms, including Bluett Smith & Co, one of the oldest bro...
Appointment at DAS.
DAS has appointed Rachael Edwards as communication officer. She will be based at the company's Brist...
Exclusive - CSC unveils its Vision for 2000.
Software provider CSC has launched a Windows-based back office system for insurance intermediaries. ...
On the road again.
Overheard was on the road again last month, visiting the various insurance conferences and hoping to...
Aon rings in BT deal.
Aon has signed a deal with BT to provide its customers with a range of personal lines products under...
David Worsfold.
The UK's insurance industry will benefit in more ways than one if it throws its full weight behind the proposed Code of Practice for Rehabilitation.
£41bn in 1998.
UK general insurance premiums totalled £41bn for 1998 according to the Association of British Insure...
Environment Agency embarks on awareness campaign.
The Environment Agency has embarked on a £2m, three-year awareness campaign to highlight the dangers...
Just when you thought it was safe ...
The hazards associated with making a film are unpredictable, so brokers working in this sector need to have their wits about them to avoid the perils lurking, says Shona Cronin.
Security in numbers.
Two leading security inspection organisations are merging to strengthen their market positions. Foll...
IIB conference hits the road.
This year's IIB conference has taken the form of a roadshow, which set out last month to update members on its new initiatives. Tim Collison reports.
IFST conference focuses on e-law.
Last month's IFST conference took a long, hard look at e-regulation, say Tim Collison and Shona Cronin.
Industry puts its weight behind rehabilitation code of practice.
A revolutionary Code of Practice on Rehabilitation has been launched following the publication of th...
Calling for back-up.
As brokers look to get the edge in an increasingly competitive market, they need to concentrate on what they do best. David Fanning says astute firms are outsourcing functions like claims handing and are focusing more on new business.