News/Management
CGU explains Internet benefits to provincial brokers.
CGU has taken to the road to explain the benefits of the Internet as a sales and communication chann...
Opus Corporate Risk launches range of services.
Opus Corporate Risk has launched a range of services to meet the insurance needs of arts, media and ...
CII Launches IT Qualification
The Chartered Insurance Institute and the British Computer Society have joined forces to launch the f...
ABI launches EL code
The Association of British Insurers has a produced code of practice to help employees suffering a wor...
HSE launches safety campaign
Workplace accidents and ill health cost Britain between £14.5 and £18.1bn between 1995-1996, accordin...
UK insurers generate £41bn in premiums
UK general insurance premiums totalled £41bn for 1998, according to the latest Insurance Statistics Y...
Ex-Independent chiefs launch new insurer
Former Independent directors Robert McCracken and Keith Rutter have gone live with their new insuranc...
CIB must be modern.
Many brokers and intermediaries are rightly worried about the impact the establishment of GISC will ...
Students to get personal.
Edgar Hamilton has launched a personal possessions package for students and young professionals. The...
TRD launches market analysis tool.
Financial research company The Research Department has launched two products which provide detailed ...
Exclusive - General Network expels 18 brokers.
The General Network is set to change its name to that of its parent by the end of the year, followin...
Broadening your horizons.
Recent legislation affecting the selling of travel insurance could mean more business for brokers, although the value of this market lies more in the opportunities it offers for cross-selling, says Jacqueline Page.
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs.
Beachcroft Wansbroughs has made further investment in its insurance division with the appointment of...
Report highlights discrepancies.
Much of the work done to rectify subsidence damage is unnecessary and is inflating claims costs, acc...
Appointment at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Simon Twigden has been made partner in charge of Addleshaw Booth & Co's London Office, and will mana...
Money in the bank.
Providing a bespoke premium finance plan could make all the difference to a business with a very tight budget or cash flow difficulties. Steve Banner reports.
AUA's new policy - Pedal Cycle.
Allied Underwriting Agencies (AUA) has put together a dedicated cyclists policy for bicycle owners w...
Country life.
Farmers are having a hard time of it at the moment. Brokers that can win over their confidence and find them better and, where possible, cheaper cover, will be onto a winner, says David Murray Wells.
Asda customers can checkout travel cover.
Asda has moved into the financial services arena with the launch of a range of travel insurance poli...
Brown warns that CII must modernise.
Reg Brown, the incoming president of the Chartered Insurance Institute, has issued a stern warning t...
Will the chain break?
AA Insurance sold its 250 high-street shops and telebrokers are increasing their market share. Shona Cronin looks at what the future holds for the major high-street chains.
Malcolm Harvey.
The Woolf reforms are completely changing the way insurers' claims departments work. But, be warned, this will have an impact on brokers.
Coaching the leader.
Towergate has bought the coach travel portfolio of BMS Chapman Stevens. The company is an acknowledg...
David Worsfold.
Direct writers will be the first regulatory target of the GISC. This clears up any nonsense about the council being devised by insurers as a means to control brokers.