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Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Andrew Devey has been appointed special risks surveyor for Property & Casualty Services. He joined f...
Pay as you go.
Premium finance is no longer seen as a last resort for the financially unsound. More customers are now opting to stagger payments, which could mean increased profits for brokers, says Shona Cronin.
Ken Wallace.
With the importance of consumer relations becoming apparent to every industry, insurers must cast off the idea of "preferred status".
Schools learn their lesson.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a national campaign to advise schools on reducing their ris...
AIG gives brokers the D&O edge.
PrivateEdge is an enhanced directors and officers policy which has been launched by AIG Europe. T...
Brokers set to cash in on government's travel ruling.
Insurance brokers will benefit from the government's ruling banning travel agents from making consum...
Writing on wall for directs.
Both Swiss Re and Bacon & Woodrow paint bleak pictures for the direct wirters in the household market Shona Cronin reports.
If the student life goes sour.
The combination of tuition fees and student loans means undergraduates may be liable for £7000 a yea...
Appointment at Osmond Davis.
Kent-based broker Osmond Davis has appointed Mark Ross as managing director. He has been with the fi...
AA: premium rise warning.
Car insurance premiums have risen rapidly due to three years' of underwriting losses in the insuranc...
Drive fills post-accident gap.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched Drive, a private motor policy which includes 24-hour post-accident ...
Appointment at Willis Corroon.
Christopher Outram has been made a non-executive director of Willis Corroon Group. Mr Outram, 49, is...
Appointment at Commercial Union.
Eric Greenwood, Commercial Union's Director, Northern Region has been appointed managing director of...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Peter Hadden and Stuart Pettet have both been made assistant general managers. Mr Hadden, who was pr...
British Insurance Awards.
The insurance industry enjoyed the splendour of London's Grosvenor House last month at the fourth Br...
Brokers given Colonia's BEST.
Small to medium-sized brokers are to benefit from a new "club" broker partnership scheme called BEST...
Appointment at Steel Burrill Jones.
Manoj Sharma, 34, has joined Steel Burrill Jones' Automotive Division from Aon. He has been made exe...
Brokers sign up for Cover.Net.
Over 30 brokers and intermediaries have signed up to Cover.Net, the Internet initiative developed by...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance.
Bristol-based DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Comapny has appointed Sally Cresswell to marketing manage...
Cornhill first in UK.
Cornhill has become the first insurer in the UK to transact a full cycle EDI commercial lines winner...
Law lords ruling will lead to increase in motor premiums.
Motor and employers' liability premiums are set to rise, following a House of Lords decision which w...
Axa moves on name change.
AXA Provincial is to drop the Provincial name from its title in the last quarter of this year - a ye...
Business optimism in insurance.
Business confidence among insurance brokers has fallen to its lowest level since 1989, over the past...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Gloucester-based Ecclesiastical Insurance has made several new appointments. Jan Kirkham has been ma...