Analysis
Chubb teaches value of high net worth
Specialist insurer Chubb has offered its brokers a detailed training course designed to enable them ...
News in brief
Aegon UK bought a 9.99% share in Personal Touch Insurance last month for an undisclosed sum. Person...
Jim McGuinness, chief executive, insurE-com
Soundbytes
Motor - On the road to nowhere
As rates start to falter again in the notoriously unprofitable motorsector, Peter Hagley looks behind the disappointing statistics anddiscovers that not every company in the market is driving towards a deadend
Organo-phosphate injuries case fails
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a class action taken on behalf ofhundreds of farm workers over the...
Millhouse joins with Gresham
Millhouse Facilities and Gresham Intermediaries have merged to formGresham Insurance Brokers. The n...
High Net Worth - Because they're worth it
There may be some differences in opinion over exactly whatconstitutes a 'high net worth' client, but it's clear that, however youdefine the market, it's been growing at a considerable rate in the lastfew years, writes Sarah Young
Free-range birds' bacteria link
The Food Standards Agency has put the cat amongst the chickens byreleasing research indicating that ...
Danger: men at work
Employers' Liability
Climate will change crops
Climate change is set to have a profound effect on British gardens -and could also impact the nation...
Household - Unsubstantiated claims
The household insurance market is being defrauded to the tune of £1bnper year by inventive and dishonest claimants. Michelle Worvellinvestigates what steps the industry is taking to bring unwarranted claimspayouts under control
Sirius proves to be a star
IT Case Study
Folgate sales merger
Folgate Masterplan and the Folgate Underwriting Agency (FUA) are tocombine their sales teams as part...
Peninsula partners will get free advice
Employment law firm Peninsula is to invest just under one millionpounds in expanding its broker serv...
Just an occupational hazard?
Martin Ball explains how much benefit engineering insurers andpro-active brokers are capable of bringing to their industrial clientswhen securing what is seen as the grudging necessity of health and safetyliability cover