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Andy Nelson becomes UK government CIO

...has previously worked as group director for strategic change and IS at Royal Sun Alliance, and director of computer services at Asda. This story originally... Read more

24 January, 2012 by Sade Laja

Insurance firm suspends employees for email

Employees of insurance firm Royal Sun Alliance are the latest victims of workplace email crackdowns as the... Read more

18 December, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Staff suspended for Bart email keep jobs

...emails of Bart Simpson in a sexual clinch at the offices of Royal & Sun Alliance were told Thursday they will not be getting the sack... Read more

11 January, 2001 by Will Knight

News Roundup: To email or not to email?

...Claire Swire, illustrate: NEWS:Insurance firm suspends employees for emailMon, 18 Dec Royal Sun Alliance latest to crackdown on email Email embarrassment for City lawyerThu... Read more

19 December, 2000 by ZDNet UK

Ten sacked over 'lewd email'

D'oh! Smutty email of Bart Simpson leads to serious job losses Read more

5 January, 2001 by Rachel Munro and Will Knight

UK sets the pace as outsourcing deals soar

...year. IT infrastructure deals, such as IBM's 10-year deal with Royal & Sun Alliance — worth €371m — made up 45 percent of all outsourcing contracts... Read more

24 October, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Online estate agent plans stock market float

...HBOS, estate agents Connells and Countrywide, Skipton Building Society and life insurer Royal & Sun Alliance — plan to sell around a quarter of the business to... Read more

17 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

CIOs express caution over Linux

UK Tech Summit: Chief information officers say they are yet to see the benefits of open source outweighing its lack of accountability Read more

8 October, 2003 by Matt Loney

Corporates undeterred by Linux fuss

...globe, Netcraft said. Companies that have switched to Linux include Charles Schwab, Royal Sun Alliance, Deutsche Bank, SunGard and T-Online. "Many analysts speculated that... Read more

25 July, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Lawyers busted over 'sexist' email

...the same month, 40 employees were also sacked at the insurance firm Royal Sun Alliance after a smutty Bart Simpson image was accidentally emailed to... Read more

7 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

'Murder' email lands lawyers in trouble

...circulated by Bradley Chait, around 40 employees were suspended by insurance firm Royal Sun Alliance in December after a smutty Bart Simpson image was accidentally... Read more

23 March, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Corporations crack down on employee Net use

...suddenly be in demand. The scandals have involved corporations such as Orange, Royal & Sun Alliance, City law firms and Cable & Wireless. Most recently carmaker Ford... Read more

18 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Ford workers suspended over Net surfing

...growing number involving Internet abuse at work. Last week UK insurance company Royal & Sun Alliance sacked ten workers and suspended around seventy for forwarding inappropriate... Read more

17 January, 2001 by Will Knight

One in five employers snoop on staff email

...suspended in for distributing "offensive" Bart Simpson emails at the offices of Royal & Sun Alliance in Liverpool. Disciplinary action or dismissal for Internet and email... Read more

17 January, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Outsourcing deals rocket

...year. IT infrastructure deals such as IBM's 10-year deal with Royal & Sun Alliance - worth €371m - made up 45 per cent of all outsourcing... Read more

23 October, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

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