Management
It's time to shop around ..
The UK is pretty grim in the winter, so we thought we might head off for a ski trip to Canada for tw...
Employee happiness shows good management
Performance levels across organisations in the insurance sector are suffering, with overbearing and ...
Research on internet access
Research published by the Chartered Management Institute and Centre for Applied Human Resource Resea...
Going the extra mile
Square Mile
Cardif Pinnacle promotes new T&C e-learning system to brokers
Cardif Pinnacle is set to expand its product range through its compliance e-learning and assessment ...
A burning issue
Implementing the correct fire safety procedures can be vital for the health of a business and its employees. Martin Hartley discusses the importance of fire risk assessments, and how brokers should be working with clients to ensure such measures are taken
Winning the war on price
Allianz Insurance has confirmed that it is intending to put up commercial rates in 2008, and Royal & SunAlliance has dramatically increased its personal lines revenues, but does this activity indicate the start of a rates revival?
Insurance Holdings acquires Carroll & Partners
Insurance Holdings, a vehicle backed by the management team of Carroll London Markets, has acquired Lloyd’s Broker Carroll & Partners from Carroll Insurance Group.
DAS adds to broker teams
DAS has announced four new appointments to further strengthen its broker management teams.
People dropping insurance in face of rising living costs
Sainsbury’s Finance has warned that the rising cost of living, which rose by an average of 4.2% between October and November this year alone, means many people are increasingly finding themselves without insurance.
David Pye appointed Equity Red Star chairman
Equity Syndicate Management, managing agent of Equity Red Star syndicate 218 at Lloyd's, has appointed David Pye as its chairman.
AIRMIC appoint new chief executive
John Hurrell, currently head of Marsh Risk Consulting (Europe, Middle East and Africa), has been appointed AIRMIC’s new chief executive. He will start his new position on January 7, 2008 and succeeds Alan Fleming, who has been fulfilling the role on an…
Appointment at Evolution Underwriting
Evolution Underwriting has recruited Jon Denney as a business development executive. He joins from W...
Sub-prime cause for consideration
Claims against advisers in the wake of the sub-prime slump are likely to increase dramatically, so lenders should think hard about where they point the finger
The challenge ahead
Loss adjusting
An Expo to remember
Broker Expo 2007 review
Motor insurance certificates
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has welcomed the Department for Transport's decisi...
Primary General to bolster broker support service
Primary General Insurance has revealed plans to incorporate its rural products and finance facility ...
Healthy opinion
With the insurance industry looking to build the profile of private medical insurance among both companies and individuals, Sarah Hills looks into a sector that has taken the health of a nation - and a medical system in desperate need of reform - to heart
No longer blinded by Independent
Now the criminal proceedings are out of the way, and the guilty put away, it is perhaps timely to re...
New legislation offers specialist law firm business opportunity
Insurance litigation specialist Vizards Wyeth is to establish its own insurance brokerage, in an att...
Deal announced
T-Systems, the business customer unit of Deutsche Telekom, has announced a deal with Royal & SunAlli...
Mystery shopper report
Welcome to Insurance Age's first Mystery Shopper report. Each month, we will be visiting neighbourho...
New directors at BGL Group
Personal insurance intermediary, BGL Group, has appointed two new directors and two associate directors to help deliver its ambitious expansion plans.