SAP makes a push into insurance broker sector

Collaborative business solutions provider SAP is to drive forward its activity in the insurance broker market.

Currently SAP's insurance portfolio integrates the entire value chain, from collection of premiums, to first notice of loss, through to payment of claims.

Norman Black, head of software at SAP UK, said the decision to increase the company's presence in the insurance sector dated back to the late 1990s. He commented: "At that point we had comparatively little presence in the area. We