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Chartered broker title moves a stage closer.
The market has given its approval for the creation of a chartered broker title and draft rules are n...
A large slice of PI.
In three years, Dickson Manchester has gone from having a good book of business and no brand identity, to being one of the UK's largest specialist PI brokers. Shona Cronin reports.
Admirable achievement.
Direct operation Admiral Insurance Services has won the Welsh Company of the Year 1999 award, sponso...
CSC in first stage of Polaris integration.
CSC HAS completed the first stage of the integration of the Polaris Run Time Environment - the techn...
Solicitors vote in favour of PI on the market.
Solicitors have voted in favour of obtaining professional indemnity cover from the open market rathe...
A new Home Office study.
A new Home Office study Safer Communities: Towards Effective Arson Control shows that arson costs so...
Appointment at Premium Credit.
Premium Credit has made Sharon Beckett managing director of its personal lines and schemes division....
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Mike Bainbridge and Dave Cobley have been appointed to associate technical directors at Property & C...
Cover.Net commercial lines goes live on Net.
Cover.Net, the Internet trading initiative launched by Northern Ireland broker D McClarty & Co, has ...
Straight to the point.
From regulation and the GISC to chartered titles, the talk was tough at BIIBA's annual conference. Tim Collison reports.
Disabled travel discount.
Folgate has slashed its rates on annual family travel policies for the disabled by almost half to £1...
Exclusive - Arnott Insurance expands in the buy of the Century.
Northern intermediary chain Arnott Insurance is set to become one of the biggest personal lines inte...
Appointment at Aon Corporation.
Aon Corporation has made Michael O'Halleran a member of its board of directors and has also appointe...
Derek McLaughlan.
Employers' liability is currently proving to be a difficult class to write profitably. Insurers must stand firm and resist the temptation to cut rates in order to gain business.
Exclusive - Broker Alliance ousts Evans.
Sheffield broker Evans Charles Stevens has been forced out of the Broker Alliance following the resi...
A wider perspective.
The D&O market is growing, and with it the number of extensions to cover company, as well as directors', liability. David Fanning assesses whether the sector is about to trip itself up.
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Scott Bailey as underwriting manager accident & health. He will ...
Iron Trades in property push.
A new wide-ranging and flexible property owner's policy has been devised by Iron Trades Insurance. I...
ABI agency cancellations.
The Association of British Insurers has cancelled the agencies of 30 independent, general insurance ...
Appointment at RE Brown & Others.
Syndicate 702 RE Brown & Others has recruited Paul Bermon to its professional and financial risks un...
Appointment at Bradstock Group.
Bradstock Group has made Alan Williams executive chairman. In addition, Eddie McGrath retires as non...
Better NU cash plans for a wider market.
Norwich Union has produced new cash plans offering three different price levels and an enhanced pack...
Williams to head Ansvar.
Following the Ecclesiastical Group's £11.5m takeover of rival church insurer Ansvar Insurance, the g...
More demand for D&O.
Demand for directors and officers cover significantly increased, according to a report by The Insura...