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Zurich merger with British American
On the eve of its merger with British American Financial Services, Zurich has produced a book that ...
Wellington quits personal lines.
Wellington Underwriting is pulling out of the UK personal lines market and selling both its motor an...
Royal & SunAlliance launches full-cycle commercial policy.
Royal & SunAlliance has gone live with a full-cycle commercial package product on Policy Master's GE...
Shop chains offered multiple benefits.
GAN Insurance has put together a package policy for retail chains, the fifth in its Trademark series...
Kestrel falls prey to fierce market.
Highway Motor Policies has pulled the plug on its Kestrel facility, blaming its inadequate performan...
David Worsfold.
International consolidation: what's that got to do with me ?' Quite a lot, with plenty of opportunities for the provincial and regional broker.
Orion eases claims.
Orion is issuing new policyholders with a 24-exposure camera in a bid to ease the claims process. Th...
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...
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.
ASA direct mail verdict awaited.
Despite early claims of victory by Broker Direct over its complaint about Direct Line's recent maili...
Appointment at Lombard.
Lombard General Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Grant Whiskin has been made affinit...
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.
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...
Terry Wellard.
Keeping rates low does nothing but force people out of the market. We must increase motor premiums, and soon.
Call Fraudline.
Sedgwick and PLC Consultancy Services have teamed up to launch a new scheme to help companies reduce...
Safe from harm.
Several large insureds have recently reported significant premium reductions. Tony Dowding says this is not due to the soft market, but to improvements in health and safety procedures.
Crowe moves into property following headhunt.
Crowe Insurance (Syndicate 963) has poached property underwriters Jonathan Mallyon and Nigel Tatlock...
Appointment at the Crowe Insurance Group.
The Crowe Insurance Group has appointed Quentin Crowe (above), head of marketing, and Norman Mintz, ...
Quotel offers exclusive EDI motor panel.
Quotel has launched an exclusive motor panel facility for its EDI customers, which boasts 10 leading...
Tony Lancaster.
Insurers are doing themselves no favours by prolonging the soft market, when what the customer ultimately wants is high quality.
Lombard moves up market into period homes.
Lombard General Insurance is targeting listed and period homes with the launch of a new policy in pa...
Zurich will handle commercial lines after Eagle Star merger.
The merger of Zurich Insurance with British American Financial Services will result in the majority ...
The shock of the new.
The broker travel market will soon be subject to IPT at 17.5%. If this were not enough to contend with, developments in Internet technology are threatening to reshape the travel insurance sector, says Caroline Duncan.