Another string to the bow.

Spurred on by encouraging revenue results, Barry Smith, chief executive of Fortis, plans to reduce the proportion of personal motor on the company's books and build on lines including household and travel. Diane Smyth reports.

As Fortis' Q2 results for 2003 near release, chief executive Barry
Smith is confident about the future. "We've got a great business," he
says. "And I intend to keep it that way."


Smith does intend to change the company, however, moving it away from its
reliance on personal motor towards more widespread transactional
business.


While maintaining Fortis will always be a personal motor insurer, he hopes
to reduce the proportion of personal motor in the book from over 70% to
60%.


"We will stay focused on