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Garry Heath.
In the past few weeks, we have heard several prophets of doom talking about Phase Two of the Pension...
Beazley caters for nasty surprises in restaurant food.
Lloyd's underwriters, Beazley, The Miller Insurance Group, and the Enterprise Consortium have launch...
Standard bearer.
The NewRo consortium has now put the flesh on the bones of its proposed regulatory body - the General Insurance Standards Council. Tim Collison spoke to consortium chairman Anthony Howland-Jackson about the way forward.
Hambro in deal with credit hire company.
Hambro Assistance is set to shake-up the legal expenses market with the launch a new uninsured loss ...
Aon acquires Suretravel.
Aon Risk Services has bought Suretravel, a leading broker and claims management company in the trave...
Ecclesiastical buys rival church insurer.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has bought the Ansvar Group of companies operating in the UK, Australia and...
Consumer groups are lobbied on polarisation.
Clerical Medical is urging consumer groups to support its campaign for the maintenance of polarisati...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Bob Middleton (above) as agency controller of its Edenbridge mar...
Construction merger.
Maidstone-based brokers McMurdo Webb and Potipher Douglas Partnership are merging to form McMurdo Po...
Appointment at Avon Insurance.
David Webb (above) has been appointed as Avon Insurance's development manager for the Birmingham are...
Appointment at Colonica Baltica.
Siobhan Gormley (above) has joined Colonica Baltica Insurance, where she is to become finance direct...
Misys future underestimated.
I was surprised to read Les McIntosh's views on the future of the UK insurance IT market (PB, Nov, p...
House hunting.
The household insurance market is tougher than ever with many cut-price deals tempting customers into the direct arena. Simon Threadgold looks at the options open to brokers trying to get a foot in the door.
Seminar by the Arson Prevention Bureau.
Insurers and arson investigation agencies have been urged to co-operate more closely, to uncover a g...
Home is where the work is.
Fed up with commuting into the office every day, more and more people are choosing to work from home. Tim Collison looks at the current market for homeworking insurance.
CGU bids to increase share of farm sector.
CGU Insurance is gearing up to increase its share in the farm insurance market to 20% by the year 20...
Appointment at D Barnett.
Barnett, the recently expanded Bolton-based insurance broker, has appointed David Gibbs as a directo...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance Engineering has appointed Sara Wear (above) as the company's marketing manager. ...
Pauline Quayle.
Millennium compliance is easier said than done, especially for smaller brokers. The large insurers and software houses should also face up to their responsibilities.
Fielding Mann acquisitions.
Fielding Mann, the retail arm of The Greatminster Group, is launching the next phase of its expansio...
Lucky winner.
Tom Clarke of Campbell Irvine is the lucky winner of Countrywide's competition for the best pilot si...
Appointment at Inter Partner Assistance.
Inter Partner Assistance has appointed Lorraine Dodds, the former product manager for household and ...
Hibernian sale: 75 jobs to go.
NIG Skandia's recent acquisition of Hibernian UK will result in 75 redundancies over the next 18 mon...
Untapped potential.
The average broker is unlikely to have much luck selling directors and officers (D&O) liability cover to blue chip companies as most already have it. Further down the business ladder, however, sales opportunities are massive says Edmund Tirbutt.