E-Trading
Review: Talking tech
CNA Europe technology package product. This product has been reviewed by brokers and rated from one to five stars, based on the policy’s key benefits. * = Poor ** = Average *** = Good **** = Very good ***** = Excellent
Product: New products to cover digital downloads and cloud computing
Managing general agents have been busy focusing on plugging gaps in the technology-related insurance market.
Market moves: A good month for the management
It’s well into the new year but the insurance industry is certainly still ringing the changes. As usual, there were moves between rival companies, with Willis losing a COO to Aon, and Lifestyle Services dipping into Ace for a new CEO.
Are you a visionary or a strategist?
Really successful businesses are led by visionaries or strategists, but the UK insurance industry seems to be lacking both, says Tony Cornell
Ace launches trade credit web portal
Ace has launched a new web portal which it claimed allowed clients to monitor and administer their trade credit policies online.
CFC launches policy for the cloud
CFC Underwriting has launched a new cyber liability policy for firms using cloud computing services.
Reportage: Thinking big about smes
The difference between the small and the medium-sized businesses under the umbrella term SME can be very large and brokers need diverse tactics to target them both, explains Caitlin Morrison
Market moves: restructures and resignations
The blood is well and truly covering the floor this month with three high profile departures and the sacking of an entire board. But there was better news for one of their peers who has found his way back into the market in double quick time. What has…
A fresh start
The New Year is a great time to set some personal resolutions and a perfect opportunity to set some SMART objectives for your business, writes Deborah Windermere
Market moves: Dave new world
For the first time in a long time Scotland had a relatively quiet month, although Glasgow welcomed a new Mitsui Sumitomo branch. The insurer also made a senior appointment in Manchester, which was quite a hub of activity in November, with Arista and MMA…
Reportage: And a happy new year?
A tough 2011 looks likely to be followed by another 12 months to forget, but there are some things to look forward to, writes Caitlin Morrison
Products: Product protects against data theft by employees
A new product that could detect employees accessing and distributing sensitive company data has been launched.
Product roundup: ‘Tis the season to tackle cyber crime
While it may seem incongruous to raise such matters in the season of goodwill, this month’s products and schemes pages are dominated by cyber crime, fraud, litigation and a change at Biba’s oldest scheme as the association dispensed with Sterling’s…
Get online
If you haven’t got your web site sorted out yet, now is the perfect time to go online, explains Richard Stevenson
Gary Lineker supports telematics insurance launch
Gary Lineker has given his backing to Ingenie, a motor insurance start-up offering young drivers cheaper premiums.
Two new recruits for Transactor
Transactor Global Solutions (TGSL) has appointed Mark Lewis as a business analyst.
Transactor wins motorcycle broker deal
Transactor Global Solutions (TGSL) has developed a call-centre and website solution which allows aggregator integration in 14 weeks, for Principal Insurance, a motorcycle insurance broker.
More Than to provide online claims tracking service
More Than has launched a new e-claims service which allows customers to track their online claims.
The Big Idea: winner revealed
Stuart Garforth, of L Wood Insurance Brokers in West Yorkshire, has won the Big Idea competition.
New technology to provide more accurate flood risk pricing
Chubb Insurance has adopted a new system for predicting the potential severity of flood risk to individual properties.
Market moves: welcome home
October saw a lot of business development action with insurers chasing brokers and brokers chasing clients in the static UK economy. While there were numerous appointments across the board, as seems to have been the case throughout 2012, Scotland and the…
Levelling the field
Smaller brokers may be able to compete on level terms in personal lines after the introduction of new data enriching software
Failing to plan…
Broker start-ups need to set out a realistic business plan if they want to succeed in the current uncertain economic climate, explains James Sharp
Social media preying on minds of risk managers
Social media presents significant potential risks to the reputations of European businesses and their protection of confidential information, according to two risk management organisations.