News
Archer overhaul.
Following the appointments of Jeremy Adams as executive chairman and Michael Earp as managing direct...
No entry for Cornhill car fleet insurance.
I read with interest the article by Andrew Newman on the Motor Fleet market (p17-19) in the May edit...
Engineering sale.
HSB Haughton Engineering Insurance Services has acquired SGS-INSTAT, the inspection division of SGS ...
Towergate buys marine outfit.
Towergate Underwriting Services has bought specialist marine underwriting agency Carrington Internat...
Appointment at Davies Chartered Loss Adjusters.
Mark Ponking (above) has been appointed a full partner of Davies Chartered Loss Adjusters after 23 y...
Crowd control.
Fallout from the private motor sector looks set to continue as too many insurers chase too little business. Andrew Newman asks what lessons can be learned from those already forced out.
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Adam Gittins has joined Gloucester-based Ecclesiastical Insurance as strategic planning manager. He ...
Money is coming back into insurance.
Clearly, money is coming back into insurance. While the early 1990s saw companies reining back on co...
ASA direct mail verdict awaited.
Despite early claims of victory by Broker Direct over its complaint about Direct Line's recent maili...
Few prepared to undergo MULRA scrutiny.
Over the past few years, certain ULR companies have sought publicity for themselves by stating that ...
TIFCO defections.
Premium financing operation Transamerica Insurance Finance Company (TIFCO) has lost managing directo...
Strategic moves.
Traditionally, brokers have always had a lot of agencies in order to offer clients a wide range of policies. Jennifer Jarrett says that now is the time to be more strategic in your thinking.
Unprepared for EMU.
Less than 5% of insurance company IT managers in Europe have completed programmes for adapting to th...
Appointment at Lombard.
Lombard General Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Grant Whiskin has been made affinit...
RSA Broker Division scrapped.
Royal & SunAlliance has scrapped its Broker Division as part of a global reorganisation instigated b...
Appointment at BUPA.
Peter Jacobs, chief executive of BUPA, has announced that he will be retiring this summer. He will b...
A non-standard approach.
Next month will mark Orion's first year in the non-standard motor market. Tim Collison spoke to Rob Ryan and his team about their underwriting and marketing strategy.
Blazing glory.
Arson accounts for the majority of fires in churches. This sad state of affairs is made worse by the fact the churches are becoming increasingly vulnerable to theft. Steve Banner reports.
Independent Insurance opens new building.
Independent Insurance has opened its custom-designed building at Cheadle Royal, which will house 600...
Norman enhances building trades policy.
Norman Insurance has relaunched its building trades policy, Master Tradesman, adding several new fea...
New ABI chairman.
British American Financial Services chief executive Sandy Leitch will be the new chairman of the Ass...
Broker Direct records loss of £1.8m after six months of trading.
Broker Direct made an operating loss of nearly £1.8m for the year ending 31 December 1997, which it ...
ITT L&E/DAS deal.
ITT London & Edinburgh has signed a deal with DAS that will enable the legal expenses insurer to und...
Key Choice absorbs Eurosure.
Following its acquisition of software house Quotel, the CSC RA Group has merged Quotel's marketing a...