E-Trading
LocuMotion: key cover for SMEs.
New company LocuMotion has launched Locum Cover, a key person insurance administered by First Assist...
Appointment at Coface.
Coface has made Trevor Byrne marketing manager. He joins from Euler Trade Indemnity where he was mos...
Two products from RK Harrison.
RK Harrison is to make two more products available to brokers through its wholesaling service. Th...
Understanding the true meaning of CRM
Q: I look after the computer system and purchasing of software for a medium sized-broker. I constantly see CRM mentioned in the IT press but what is it?
Coversure: two franchises.
Coversure Insurance Services has opened two new franchises, one in Bexleyheath, Kent and another in ...
Online research project gets underway
Norwich Union, Allianz Cornhill, Axa, Royal & SunAlliance and Zurich are among the leading insurers c...
Consumer net confidence grows
Legal and General's latest survey has revealed one in five consumers would consider buying general in...
Greystoke provides tie-ins for law firms
Greystoke Legal Services, part of the Hanover Park broking group, has launched Greystoke 24, a legal ...
Bruce Stevenson picks up 500 clients
Edinburgh-based independent broker Bruce Stevenson Limited has taken over the handling of local solic...
PJ Hayman launches industry travel scheme
PJ Hayman & Co has launched a new annual travel insurance scheme for insurance industry employees. ...
Cruising the information highway.
Technology advancements were heralded by the insurance industry for potential money and time-saving features before inertia slowed the evolution. Tim Ablett says changing attitudes could at last mean the process will move forward again.
Research predicts rapid consolidation.
Distribution channels of commercial insurance will undergo rapid consolidation over the next four ye...
Carruthers: Rubicon will improve margins.
Ex-Eastgate Group director Max Carruthers has unveiled his new venture. Rubicon Corporation is to pr...
PwC warns of up to 200,000 Independent policy cancellations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance, has written to brokers warn...
Data crunch.
The days when insurance companies could hold off on serious IT investment are over. There are many current must-have systems and many more that are on the way.
Clarifying EPP.
Congratulations to Diane Smyth on an excellent article on commercial legal expenses (see below: 'Clai...
A company on the button.
We provide an overview of Computer Sciences Corporation, sponsor of this supplement, looking at the company's beginnings, its objectives, and its comprehensive range of products and services.
Misys to focus on b2b.
Misys is repositioning itself as a business-to-business technology company after closing screentrade...
Warren Hill starts growth spurt by obtaining PW Kirk.
Haywards Heath-based Warren Hill Insurance Brokers has kicked off a growth campaign with the acquisi...
Drawing on experience.
The industry may seem to be rushing headlong into cyberspace, but the people who buy the policies are more circumspect with old habits dying hard. Insurers ignore existing channels of business at their peril.
Ex-employees deny insider insight.
Kevin Pallett, managing director of Fusion Underwriting Services, has stated his company knew nothin...
Making the most of marketing a website.
Q: As a small broker, how can I market our website to attract more visitors? There are several po...
Who will start the bidding?
While US insurers are clambering to join in internet marketplaces, their UK counterparts remain wary but how long will they hold out?
The battle of the brands.
There has been a plethora of dotcoms launched in the insurance industry in the past few years but it seems the heavy-weights consistently have the upper hand over their start-up counterparts.