News
Towergate snaps up Angela Saunders
Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired specialist professional photography insurer Angela Saunders...
Zurich protects against hair-raising experience
Zurich's commercial business unit has launched an all-risks policy for hair and beauty salon owners....
Groupama announces expansion plans
Insurance giant Groupama has announced it aims to substantially expand its portfolio of accident and ...
AIG plugs mid-market gap
Business insurance specialist AIG Europe has launched Financial Protector, a package designed to prot...
Taylor pushes for presentation to come to the fore.
Max Taylor, deputy chairman of Aon and former chairman of Lloyd's, has urged the insurance industry ...
Ace puts internal changes first.
Internal changes at Ace Group are holding back its online development, with the launch of its claims...
Three brokers to get e-sector.
MCS is piloting e-sector with three large brokers this month. The service is expected to go live in ...
Nice wheels.
High-value is one area of the private motor market which is holding up, and one where broker-client relationships are key, says David Fanning.
Brokersure: 'low user' package.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox Insurance Holdings' internet-based broking system, is launching a 'low user' p...
Sizing it all up.
It is not only the larger companies which benefit from directors and officers cover. Brokers would do well to recognise its potential at the smaller end of the market, says Diane Smyth.
HHH drives new policy.
General insurance broker Hill House Hammond has acquired Nottingham-based Dragoon Insurance Service'...
E-commerce watch.
Specialperils.com is looking for more brokers to join its site, having launched with 15 broker-partn...
CSC: Burnley office closed.
Software provider Computer Sciences Corporation has closed its Burnley office. Tony Barker, CSC h...
Appointment at London Insurance Market Brokers Committee.
Ross McKenzie, director of Aon and chairman of Aon Re International, has been made chairman of the L...
Budget signs with Q&B.
Budget Insurance Intermediaries has signed up for Quote and Buy's internet-based product www.broker-...
Doubts over the internet.
Almost three quarters of brokers have a company website, yet many continue to have reservations abou...
Asbestos claims to get harder to prove.
Brokers may find it harder to find insurers liable for asbestosis claims, following a high court rul...
RSA claims premiums must rise.
Royal & SunAlliance has called for liability premiums to be increased, in order to meet the rocketin...
Appointment at Chaucer Insurance.
Chaucer Insurance has employed Alan Woodcock to head a new non-standard motor underwriting team. Mr ...
Dispelling myths.
In the first of a regular series looking at the state of the insurance industry, Andrew Homer examines some of the commonly-held myths which prevail within the market.
DAS employs new manager to improve broker contact.
Legal expenses insurer DAS wants to increase its number of brokers and has employed Diane Willshire ...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance has made two senior management appointments. Rod Kitchen has been made claims an...
Appointment at Mardon Insurance.
David Cole is to join Mardon Insurance as business development director. Mr Cole was previously empl...
Appointment at Miller Fisher.
Miller Fisher has taken on Tom Anderson as managing director of Miller Firstline, its third party ad...