Insurer
Rags to riches.
Stuart Alexander has seen massive expansion since it was set up in a small office in Battersea in 1993. Alex Shead and Stuart Reid tell Tim Collison how it proved the sceptics wrong.
Appointment at East Midlands Insurance Brokers.
Richard Salt has joined the board of East Midlands Insurance Brokers where he will be responsible fo...
MCS acquires York Computer Systems.
Marlow-based software house MCS has bought York Computer systems for an undisclosed sum. Under th...
Norwich Union revamps its small fleet product.
Norwich Union has revamped its small fleet product, 11.55, and renamed it Minifleet. The policy has ...
NU pulls plug on FastTrack.
Norwich Union is pulling the plug on FastTrack, admitting that the scheme which it inherited from IT...
NU reviews future of FastTrack over poor performance record.
Norwich Union is reviewing the future of ITT London & Edinburgh's FastTrack scheme, admitting that t...
Part of the Union.
Norwich Union surprised the market and the City when it bought ITT London & Edinburgh. Tim Collison spoke to GI managing director Patrick Snowball about how the company will be integrated in to Norwich Union's structure.
Appointment at Atkin Raggett.
Geoff Raggett, one of the longest serving bloodstock brokers in the Lloyd's market, has retired afte...
Who are you going to call?
Gone are the days when insurers used the services of a variety of adjusters. Now, single partner deals and claims outsourcing are the norm. Simon Threadgold looks at the changing relationship between insurers and adjusters.
Andrew Torrance tipped to become general manager of Cornhill.
Andrew Torrance (right) is being tipped to succeed Dennis Loretto as general manager of Cornhill whe...
Appointment at Pound Gates and Co.
Ipswich-based insurance broker Pound Gates and Company has made four new appointments as part of a r...
City law firms merge.
National insurance law firm, Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave, and City-based practice Beachcroft Stanley...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Richard Holland (above) has been appointed executive manager, finance, of Independent Insurance, whe...
Terry Wellard.
The acquisition of ITT L&E by Norwich Union serves to demonstrate the stranglehold the major companies are developing.
Torrance quits ITT L&E as 350 jobs set to go in NU takeover.
Andrew Torrance, chairman and chief executive of ITT London & Edinburgh has resigned from the compan...
Utley quits Privilege as it enters commercial sector.
Neil Utley has resigned as chief executive of direct writer Privilege Insurance. His departure comes...
Appointment at Barrington Lowndes Associates.
Stuart White (above) has been made chief executive of City-based insurance market headhunters Barrin...
HHH continues on the broker acquisition trail.
Hill House Hammond has added Middlesborough-based Direct Insurance Services and Crosby Tinklin of No...
Ford drivers to benefit.
Ford drivers are set to benefit from a new product, FordInsure, underwritten by Norwich Union. The n...
Nice niche for Nash.
Specialist motorcycle insurance intermediary Carole Nash Insurance Consultants is to open an office ...
Appointment at Jensen Dickens.
Steve Herbert (above) has joined Jensen Dickens as a director responsible for broking and internatio...
Appointment at Colonia Baltica.
Colonia Baltica has appointed David O'Connor accident and health underwriter, at its city-based offi...
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Andrew Stronach has joined Norwich Union as assistant press officer, where he will be promoting busi...
Appointment at Guardian Insurance.
Guardian Insurance has appointed Iain Bell as the new head of business development for the company's...