E-Trading
Insurance Investigator.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has recently become embroiled in the world of insurance investigation. The Darl...
Cornhill spends £4m on new IT.
Cornhill Insurance has signed up Cover-All Technologies to supply the software, licensing and servic...
New report by Datamonitor.
Personal lines insurers in Europe must move to a multi-channel distribution strategy in order to mai...
Pay as you go.
Premium finance is no longer seen as a last resort for the financially unsound. More customers are now opting to stagger payments, which could mean increased profits for brokers, says Shona Cronin.
Schools learn their lesson.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a national campaign to advise schools on reducing their ris...
AIG gives brokers the D&O edge.
PrivateEdge is an enhanced directors and officers policy which has been launched by AIG Europe. T...
Writing on wall for directs.
Both Swiss Re and Bacon & Woodrow paint bleak pictures for the direct wirters in the household market Shona Cronin reports.
Brokers given Colonia's BEST.
Small to medium-sized brokers are to benefit from a new "club" broker partnership scheme called BEST...
Law lords ruling will lead to increase in motor premiums.
Motor and employers' liability premiums are set to rise, following a House of Lords decision which w...
Axa moves on name change.
AXA Provincial is to drop the Provincial name from its title in the last quarter of this year - a ye...
Business optimism in insurance.
Business confidence among insurance brokers has fallen to its lowest level since 1989, over the past...
Talking shop.
Competition among commercial lines software providers is now fierce. Simon Threadgold compares the growing number of quotation systems available for selling package shop insurance.
Summit: down on the farm with Countrywise.
The insurance needs of farmers are being targeted by motor insurer Summit at Lloyd's with the launch...
Fears over drop in household profits.
The household insurance sector is facing the worst year of profitability since 1991. According to th...
Top 20 buy-out.
EW Blanch Holdings, along with Swire Blanch has acquired London-based Dunn & Carter, an insurance br...
Lords ruling is bad news for insurers.
You can never quite predict what the House of Lords is going to do. The long-awaited ruling on perso...
Mailshot magic.
There is fine art to selling by post. Keith Sankey considers the elements necessary for brokers to reach that target market and achieve direct marketing success.
Independent Insurance produces guide.
Brokers wishing to get more involved in risk management should get a copy of a new guide produced by...
News service launched.
Beachcroft Stanleys has launched a free electronic news service for insurance claims professionals. ...
Spot the uninsured.
Predictions of a worldwide slowdown in economic expansion could see many sectors experiencing a rise in bad debts. Edmund Tirbutt says that despite the soft market and range of cover, too many businesses are not taking out credit insurance.
Coversure expansion.
Doncaster mortgage and financial services company Merescourt has set up a personal lines franchise w...
RSA trades up its motor dealer package.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched Excelerator, an enhanced motor trader package which focuses on the ...
AXA offers three-year contracts.
AXA Provincial has introduced three-year contracts across a range of its commercial policies. The mo...
Les McIntosh.
The advent of digital TV looks set to boost Internet services. We must be ready for this: let's set up a central insurance site.