News
Sentiment surveys
The second quarterly Professional Broking sentiment survey has hinted that consolidation may occur i...
ACLP teams up with Opus
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has teamed up with national broker Opus to underwrite commercial l...
NU guide to future risk
Norwich Union has produced a guide to future risk, highlighting effective forward-planning for emerg...
CII award for AC
Allianz Cornhill's Personal Lines Division has been awarded the Chartered Insurance Institute's Prio...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay and broker Junge & Co have announced the appointment of Stephan Winneg to head up the non...
Appointment at Oxygen
Oxygen has announced details of the first team to join its agency business. Eric Silk, Jason Anthony...
NIG launches engineering inspection service
NIG has launched an engineering inspection service to new and existing motor trade customers. This f...
Professional Broking online poll and results
January online poll question: Do you agree with the Financial Services Authority's decision to intro...
Appointment at Pinsents
Corporate specialist Matthew Griffith, formerly of Ashurst, has joined Pinsents Insurance as a partn...
Appointment at RAC Claims Services
RAC Claims Services has promoted Steve Rigby to the new role of head of operations, claims services....
Alliance in IT joint venture
Alliance has formed a joint venture with Cambridge IT security firm, 7Safe Information Security to o...
Mixed feelings as FSA era looms on horizon
Brokers are generally upbeat about their future and the health of the industry under the impending r...
Smart and Cook has revealed the ..
Smart and Cook has revealed the latest phase of its growth strategy with a new strategic partnership...
The Financial Services Authority ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has imposed a statement of public censure on The Underwriter ...
Hiscox eyes fresh SME D&O market move
Hiscox Insurance Company has targeted the small and medium sized Directors & Officers' (D&O) market ...
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has seen ..
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has seen an increase in its annual gross written premium of 35%. Accord...
Novae broker panel looks to net £100m
Novae Underwriting has announced it intends to have written £100m business by end of 2005, having la...
The Association of British Insurers ..
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is to publish a new statement of best practice for the sel...
Towergate and Folgate combine powers
Towergate and Folgate have merged to create a "multi-faceted" insurance intermediary group. It is e...
FSA must pre-empt UK 'Spitzer' inquiry
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will have to address the problems of bid rigging and continge...
Rent loss risk alert on standard leases
Landlords could face losses in rent payments because of "outdated" wording of online document
December
Lloyd and Whyte on the hunt South-West broker Lloyd and Whyte revealed it would acquire three broke...
Allianz green light for operational efficiency pilot
Allianz Cornhill will start piloting its drive to increase operational efficiencies and introduce mo...
Taxi Fleet operator fears breaking FSA regulations
Underwriting agency and private hire specialists, J&M Insurance Services (J&M) said it could be in b...