E-Trading
Aon Benfield to outsource claims facility
Aon Benfield has said it will outsource its UK claims and other back office operations.
Confused.com adds new partners to home, travel and motor panels
Confused.com has expanded its home, travel and motor insurance panels with the addition of five new partners.
BeatThatQuote.com goes live with five new insurers for 2009
Express Insurance, DNA Insurance and three Swinton brands, Its4Me, Diva and Motor Insurance Warehouse, have all now joined the panel of price comparison site BeatThatQuote.com to expand its motor insurance offer to consumers searching for the best deals…
Acturis plans updates
Acturis has planned updates to its system for the month of January, which will aim to make it more a...
Dual Corporate Risks targets SME businesses with new digital tool
Dual Corporate Risks will make its new management liability product available electronically in an e...
Marx Insurance switches provider
Liverpool-based Marx Insurance has switched its system provider from SSP to Open GI. The broker's ma...
Moneyextra.com chief plans for revolutionary bout of expansion
Moneyextra.com is gearing up for an aggressive growth drive following the appointment of Richard Mas...
R K Harrison Holdings completes acquisition of Bowood Holdings
R K Harrison Holdings has completed the acquisition of Lloyd's broker Bowood Holdings with the assis...
Motor insurance market expected to rise
Industry statistics have shown that the aggregator corner of the motor insurance market is expected ...
Insurance employees bemoan their bosses' resistance to work web use
A new survey has revealed a rift between employer and employee attitudes to internet and technology ...
Octavia Information Systems helps expand capability of TAMIS
IT consultancy Octavia Information Systems has helped expand the capability of TAMIS, Travel and Med...
Aggregators to unite under trade body in push for professionalism
The price comparison sector is set to make a bold bid for greater respectability with the imminent f...
Soundbytes
What is Secure-mail? Secure-mail is a simple plug-and-play device that encrypts and decrypts email,...
Happy new year
Predictions for 2009
Coface is to launch financial rating service
Credit management company Coface is to launch a financial rating service. It comes as draft regulati...
The hottest insurance gossip
Some people, including the late comedian Bill Hicks, swear that anyone involved in marketing is inhe...
Zurich Insurance Ireland to change its name
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that Zurich Insurance Ireland, the group's Ireland-bas...
Online HR advice forum for employers launched
A new website has been launched offering free human resources and workplace personnel advice to help...
Allianz pushes web legal cover
Allianz Commercial has launched a new online legal protection service available to all Allianz small...
SMS messaging 'can help brokers save on costs'
SMS messaging could help brokers save on costs and enhance customer relations, according to telephon...
Mark Underford's new role
Mark Underford, assistant technical manager at Groupama Insurances, has been appointed as the new ch...
Oscar Sassoli - Assured practice
Director's Q&A
Digital marketing - Analyse this
Katherine Brandon examines the tools available for tracking digital marketing campaigns
Appointment at Ansvar
Ansvar has recruited Marcus Booth as its new underwriting manager. Booth joined RSA in 1985 after gr...