E-Trading
Swinton employs new routing solution
Swinton Insurance has deployed Alcatel-Lucent’s IP telephony solutions across 450 sites in a bid to increase successful sales calls and increase the standard of customer service.
DAS division expands its after-the-event offering
80e, the ATE trading division of DAS, has enhanced its product range with the addition of new Personal and Business Litigation policies.
RSA acquires Fyfe Group
Royal & SunAlliance (RSA) has acquired the Fyfe Group for an undisclosed amount.
ABC links up with RiskSTOP
ABC Insurance has appointment RiskSTOP to provide risk management services for its commercial insurance portfolio.
St. Paul Travelers prepares for red umbrella rebrand
St. Paul Travelers is all set to adopt the Travelers trading name and red umbrella logo of its US parent with effect from 4 February 2008.
James Hallam - Independent thinker
James Hallam
Finance - Finding the golden return
Looking to invest some of your hard-earned profits? Bob Fraser reviews some investment tax rules
Appointment at Beachcroft
Beachcroft has hired Howard Dean as head of its Manchester claims validation team. ...
E-settlement - Accounting for lost time online
Charlie Thomas evaluates what progress has been made in the nascent world of online ledgers
Appointment at La Playa
La Playa has taken on Matthew Clark as head of its specialist science and technology division. ...
Appointment at Chubb Insurance
Steve McGuinness has joined Chubb Insurance as its new personal lines motor manager. ...
Viewpoint - "I'm in insurance and proud of it."
My five-year-old daughter asked the most awkward of all questions recently. No, not where babies com...
Tunnel vision
Pay as you drive
Broker community shocked by director general's death
The broking community reacted with shock to the untimely death of the director general of the Instit...
Square Mile - diary of a start-up - The right way, or the wrong way?
As we come to the end of our gardening leave from our current employers - which both continue to be ...
AA to use Thunderhead NOW
The AA revealed that it will be using the Thunderhead NOW enterprise communications platform as the ...
Overseas property market dogged by ignorance and under-insurance
Brokers are missing an opportunity to tap into a multi-million-pound industry, according to a risk m...
It's time to shop around..
Excited about our recent purchase of a third floor flat in Glasgow's south side, we thought it would be prudent to go on the hunt for home contents insurance. We visited the city to provide another unscientific - but light-hearted - snapshot of the local…
EBayMotors.co.uk and www.insurancewide.com
EBayMotors.co.uk, a UK online showroom, has partnered with insurance comparison website www.insuranc...
Oxygen Insurance Brokers acquires portfolio
Oxygen Insurance Brokers has acquired a portfolio of specialist technology and new media professiona...
Dip in online motor premiums
Online comprehensive motor insurance premiums dipped slightly during quarter four in 2007, the first...
Markel confirms availability of electronic system
Markel International has confirmed that it is now ready to accept any new claim that is available th...
Soundbytes - Paul Scanlon, head of e-commerce, Towergate
What is Towergate WebQuotes? Towergate WebQuotes is a web-based quotation facility for brokers that...
ABC private car insurance policy
ABC Insurance has made its private car insurance policy available on the Open GI system. The policy ...