E-Trading
Miller seeks intellectual brokers.
Lloyd's broker The Miller Insurance Group is seeking to sell intellectual property insurance via pro...
Misys sets up market portal.
Misys has joined forces with Allianz Cornhill, Axa, Groupama, Norwich Union, Royal & Sun Alliance an...
To affinities and beyond.
The emphasis for affinity schemes is altering and the focus expanding. Some brokers are choosing to embrace this change while others express reservations, as Diane Smyth reports.
Cox goes live with brokersure.co.uk.
Cox Insurance is rolling out its free intermediary website, brokersure.co.uk, to its retail brokers....
QBE set to move.
Australian insurer QBE could relocate its head office to London, managing director Frank O'Halloran ...
CNA Maritime and TT Club join forces.
Insurers CNA Maritime and the TT Club have launched ThruCargo, a joint venture cargo insurance produ...
E-Commerce Watch.
The Loss Recovery Group has launched a website, www.lossrecoveryinsurance.com. Emma Viney, developme...
Are you communicating?
Communication skills are key to the success of a telemarketing campaign, but there is a balance to be struck between knowing when to talk and when to listen as well as knowing how to. John Shetcliffe explains.
CBI: new offence concerns.
The Confederation of British Industry has warned that government proposals for the new offence of co...
Off the beaten track.
While new entrants like the supermarkets are muscling in on the travel insurance sector, the travel agents still dominate. However, their policies are standard, so brokers must specialise, says Diane Smyth.
Appointment at Swiss Life.
Richard Davies has joined Swiss Life as e-commerce and new media manager. Mr Davies will be respo...
Brokers offered total net solution.
Brokers are being offered an online, combined front and back office system, with continuous internet...
Online risk tendering begins.
Brokers are being invited to join dotRisk's business-to-business commercial risk trading site. do...
Jacqui Jones, Principal IT consultant, Jaytech Consultants.
Could pay-as-you-go credit cards be the answer to security difficulties on the internet?
Motor rates must continue to rise.
Motor insurers must continue to push through rate increases if the market is to make a return to pro...
QBE ditches Iron Trades' retail division
QBE has confirmed it is to close Iron Trades' retail division. The Australian giant claims it has b...
Unum expands broker support
Unum, the income protection insurer, is to open a new administrative centre in Bristol. The company...
Groupama hopes to take the credit
Groupama Commercial Insurances is launching its trade credit insurance package to commercial brokers....
Oaktree branches out with commercial lines
Oaktree Insurance Solutions, created when Oaktree Financial Services bought the financial arm of the ...
Ace in the broker pack.
Ace has seen massive growth in the last 15 years, and the company is still looking for innovative ways to extend its reach, Steve Schleisman, chairman and chief executive officer, explains to Diane Smyth.
A lesson on how to create the perfect press release.
Q: We are a small broker looking to raise our profile in the local newspaper. Are press releases the...
Finding your sea legs.
Too many provincial brokers shy away from marine cargo insurance, fearing its complicated nature. However, Simon Threadgold believes it is well worth taking the plunge.
Free websites for IFA's.
Former IFA Promotion boss Ann-Marie Martyn has set up an internet-based trading facility for indepen...
Brokers put a ferret online.
Another new insurance dot-com is about to launch into cyberspace. However, its name is a little more...