E-Trading
Steve Knight.
Brokers have few places to turn for IT support. But with Y2K on the horizon and greater use of IT in business, something must change.
Average premium changes since July 1994.
The average cost of motor insurance rose by £10 over the last quarter and by about £68 over the last...
Royal SunAlliance launches new product.
Royal SunAlliance has launched the first of its new broker-led household products. Choices One, whic...
Hambro in no-win no-fee policy coup.
Hambro Assistance is offering brokers a contingency fees policy on a no-win, no-fee basis. The cover...
Egg customers may have to wait.
Egg, the Prudential's new direct banking arm, is telling customers that they could have to wait 28 d...
Churchill slashes its premiums for users of London Electricity.
Churchill Insurance is pledging to slash its household premiums by up to half for users of London El...
MIA's first class cover for London students.
The Medical Insurance Agency has claimed that students with London postcodes could save almost £45 b...
Carrying the can.
If a food manufacturer discovers glass in its crisps, the costs of recalling every bag from the batch could put the company out of business. However, financial ruin can be prevented if appropriate insurance is bought says Tony Dowding.
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
Alan Nugent, a professional indemnity broker has joined Aon Risk Services Professions Group, where h...
How to click with your customers.
With its visual impact, flexibility and interactivity, the Internet offers opportunities that are light-years ahead of conventional marketing. Alastair Murray explains how and why you should get on-line.
Les McIntosh.
Changes are happening again in the software market. CSC and PolicyMaster are the companies you should be watching.
Swire risk bought up.
Lambert Fenchurch Group has acquired the majority of the corporate risk wholesale business of Swire ...
A-Plan buys Motorcycle Direct.
Motorcycle Direct has confirmed that it has been bought by A-Plan Insurance in a deal worth in exces...
Axa launches new long-term policy.
Axa has launched a new long-term policy which gives commercial policyholders the option of committin...
City of London's first art cafe.
Contemporary art has arrived in the City thanks to Hiscox and its introduction of the City of London...
Motorcycle Direct gets kick start.
Telebroker Motorcycle Direct has been sold for a seven-figure sum. The deal is expected to be fin...
Ace industries guide.
ACE Engineering Insurance has produced a quick reference slide guide to current plant and inspection...
Wellington produces chemical terror policy.
Wellington Underwriting has launched the first-ever chemical terror protection policy, which guards ...
Rolling credit error.
In the August issue of Professional Broking, p29 it was suggested that Premium Credit does not offer...
Cox Insurance buys Shead for £8.75m.
Chartwell Re has sold Shead Motor Policies (syndicate 866) and its service company, Archer Personal ...
Steve Knight.
E-commerce and e-business - buzz-words for the late nineties and a world away from pounds, shillings and pence.
Appointment at Sedgwick Group.
Sedgwick Group has appointed John Albrecht as director of electronic commerce. He will be based in t...
Quality addition in merger.
Welsh broker Thomas, Carroll has bought Portercroft Associates. The business will be merged into Tho...
Tough at the top.
Directors of private companies now face very real D&O exposures. Kelly Lyles says the market must re-examine the standard D&O policy to match the needs of the owner-managed business.