Products
Products: New construction warranties from BLG
Building and Land Guarantees (BLG) has added two warranties for the construction industry to its Shield range of products.
Product roundup: Providers join the solicitors’ PI party
The solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) market is facing a huge shake-up in 2013, with the assigned risk pool (ARP) coming to an end and a new system set to replace it.
JLT warns against two-year solicitors’ PI deals
With the deadline for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PI) only six weeks away JLT partner Mike Perry has warned that locking into a 24-month deal seems foolhardy.
Zurich tees up for growth with golf scheme
Zurich Insurance has become the underwriter for the 20 year old ‘Par Excellence’ scheme run by Glasgow-based Circle Golf after signing a long term deal with the golfing specialist.
Cobra aims to allay member concerns with Autonet deal
Cobra Network has moved to allay members' concerns that there was a "void in the market for van insurance" by striking a deal with Autonet Insurance.
BLG adds roofing and contractors warranties to Shield range
Building and Land Guarantee (BLG) has added two warranties for the construction industry to its Shield range of products.
Jelf partners with REC
Jelf has teamed up with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) to become the insurance partner for its members.
Market shake-up drives IRS' two-year PI package
Indemnity Risk Solutions (IRS) is offering a two-year professional indemnity (PI) policy for solicitors ahead of the market's "biggest shake-up in a decade".
Autonet expands commercial offering
Autonet Insurance has added to its commercial insurance range with the launch of shops and commercial let insurance products.
Ecclesiastical exits wedding market
Ecclesiastical Insurance will cease providing wedding insurance from 31 August 2012 after a strategic review.
APC moves into PI market
APC has stepped into the professional indemnity (PI) market with the launch of a product designed to protect mortgage and finance intermediaries.
JLT and Aviva in PI offering for small firms
JLT Speciality has struck a deal with Aviva to provide professional indemnity insurance (PI) for two to three partners solicitor firms.
Biba sweeps up with Gleaming Wholesale deal
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has swept up Gleaming Wholesale to provide its new cleaning contactors scheme.
Music supremo targets broker hit with social media offering
The man who signed rock band The Killers is now hoping to crack the insurance market with a new social media-based release for brokers.
Event Insurance Services in party protection launch
Event Insurance Services has launched a party package designed to give planners the ability to host events with confidence.
Products: Commercial Express combined product gets full launch following pilot
Commercial Express has unveiled a new commercial combined facility, calling it the “final piece in the jigsaw”.
Review: Hearth and home
ABC Home. This product has been reviewed by brokers and rated from one to five stars, based on the policy’s key benefits. * = Poor ** = Average *** = Good **** = Very good ***** = Excellent
ECIC covers contractors on green energy jobs
Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company (ECIC) has launched a Renewable Energy product specifically designed for the green energy industry.
Products: Aspen tackles underinsurance while NIG rolls out property owners product
Two insurers have targeted the property owners market recently. Aspen Risk Management highlighted that a key benefit of its new product was that it provided practical help in dealing with the growing issue of underinsurance.
Product roundup: Insurers target property owners market
Insurers have been keen to target property owners in the past month, offering up two new additions to brokers’ repertoires.
LMI launches free online risk management service
Liberty Mutual Insurance (LMI) has launched a free online risk management facility for its policyholders.
FSA publishes new rules on packaged accounts
Banks and building societies will have to check whether customers are eligible to claim on insurance cover before selling them a packaged bank account under new rules published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
BLG launches solar insurance product
Building and Land Guarantee (BLG) has launched Solar Shield, a new warranty designed to cover companies installing solar panels on their roofs.
Prime Professions reveals PI tie-up with Axis Speciality
Prime Professions has teamed up with Axis Speciality to offer private indemnity (PI) insurance to sole practitioners and small firms.