Latest News – Page 1817
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THB boosts six-month profits after shaky start
Lloyd’s broker's PBTA drops 15% to £3.3m over past 12 months.
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Fortis targets brokers with before-the-event products
Insurer claims to be first with rehab cover as it enters legal expenses market.
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Deadline looms for insurers to voice concerns over Solvency II
Study will be used by European legislators to develop detailed rules for new insurer capital regime.
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Allianz to launch ATE e-trading platform
Allianz plans to launch an e-trading platform for after the event (ATE) insurance by the first quarter of next year.David Vine, business development manager for Allianz Legal Protection, said he believes Allianz would be the first of the five main ATE providers in the UK to launch an e-trading platform.The ...
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UK premiums fall 2.3%
Slow growth in emerging markets but continued fall predicted in industrialised countries
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The profit hunter
Despite the tough economic climate, AXA chief Henri de Castries has kept the company on track to reach its 2012 ambition of tripling its 2004 profits, and he tells Lauren MacGilllivray that he is still keen to make further acquisitions.
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News in brief
Windsor joins UnitasLloyd’s broker Windsor Partners has become the tenth member of broker alliance Unitas. Other members of Unitas include Alec Finch Group and Perkins Slade.Geden to leave NFUNFU Mutual chief executive Ian Geden will retire at the end of the year. Geden will be replaced by former ING Direct ...
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CALLING ALL BROKERS
Are you an account executive, an administrator or junior to middle manager in commercial broking? If so, we’d like your input to our 2008 Commercial Insurer Service Study.Last year’s results, based on 378 broker respondents, certainly forced underperforming insurers to sit up and take notice. But are any improving their ...
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Access all areas
Insurers are engulfed in a multitude of incompatible IT systems that are costly to run and fail to offer what customers want. Michael Herson explains an approach that can change all that.
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Comments/Letters
Staying strong in turbulent times
Lord Hunt says the CII has made great strides in improving the industry this past year.
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Act fast on Google opportunity
Neil McCarthy says online searching has had a dramatic shake-up which could lose business for some.
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The shifting sands of a broker strategy
Tom Flack says Meehan’s move back to AXA may be a shrewd move for both of them.
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