Articles by Emmanuel Kenning
Aviva raids RSA for new underwriting chief in personal and commercial lines shake-up
Aviva has appointed new heads of underwriting for both personal and commercial lines.
Sentiment Survey approaches second week
Brokers have just one week left to share their opinions on insurer service and be in with a chance of winning a Kindle.
Credit insurers better placed than 2008, says Moody’s
Moody’s has described credit insurers as “more resilient to losses than in the 2008 crisis”, but warned that there were still potential problems.
Aviva reveals cost of recruiting UK CEO
Trevor Matthews, UK CEO at Aviva, received £2.49m in cash and shares from Aviva as part of his compensation package for leaving Friends Life, the insurer has revealed in its Report and Accounts for 2011.
RSA appoints trading director in SME push
RSA has appointed David Swigciski as SME trading director reporting to SME commercial director Tara Kneafsey as of April this year.
Allanfield appoints from Gallagher Heath and H W Wood
Specialist real estate insurance broker Allanfield Group has appointed Paul Williams and Paul Leader as managing directors.
New AMII chairman vows to work with Biba
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has appointed Wayne Pontin of Jelf as its new chairman.
Ex-Aviva chief lined-up to chair Direct Line flotation
Mike Biggs, former finance director at Aviva and current chairman of life assurance consolidation group Resolution, has been offered the chairmanship role at Direct line, a series of newspapers have reported.
Barbican acquires PI Protect
Barbican Group has bought Manchester-based managing general agency Professional Indemnity Protect.
Besso targets acquisitions after share buy-back
The management of Besso Insurance Group have bought 15% of the business in a £1.1m deal ahead of an acquisition drive of specialist firms and broker teams.
iprism partners with Durell to launch broker back office system
iprism and Durell Software have joined forces to launch a combined electronic trading and back office platform for brokers.
Sentiment Survey opens for business
It is your chance once again to get your views heard by insurers and be in with a chance of winning one of three Kindles in our first Sentiment Survey of 2012.
Aviva promotes from within for broker focused underwriting chief
Aviva has appointed Ian Ferguson to the role of chief underwriting officer for intermediary and partnerships with responsibility for driving the focus on underwriting across the broker channel whilst delivering profitable growth.
Oxford Insurance Brokers strikes PI deal with Collegiate Underwriting
Oxford Insurance Brokers has partnered with Collegiate Underwriting to launch a new professional indemnity (PI) insurance deal designed to allow IFAs to fix their premium rates for two years.
Bloomer puts down roots at UK General
UK General has appointed ex-Ecclesiastical schemes director Tony Bloomer as head of commercial schemes.
Axa teams up with Aon for IFA PI cover
Axa Commercial lines has partnered with Aon Risk Solutions to provide professional indemnity (PI) insurance for Independent Financial Advisers (IFA) in the UK.
Biba urges Chancellor not to raise IPT in the Budget
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has called on the Chancellor not to raise Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) above its current level of 6% in the upcoming Budget on 21 March.
Biba to investigate government CCTV fuel proposals
Graeme Trudgill, head of corporate affairs at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba), has confirmed that the trade body’s motor committee will be looking into reports that the government may be planning to use CCTV to prevent uninsured…
Insurance complications surround government CCTV fuel proposals
Drivers of uninsured cars may find themselves unable to fill up at petrol stations under new government plans, according to The Mirror.
Lumley Jacobs and Carole Nash in DNA deal
Lumley Jacobs has partnered with Carole Nash to supply forensic coding to the broker’s motorcycle customer base.
ABI warns time is running out on flood insurance cover
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the clock is ticking on the need to secure a long-term sustainable flood insurance market in the UK.
Momentum posts start-up losses
Momentum has revealed it lost £289,993 between 15 December 2010 when it began trading and 30 September 2011.
Ai Claims extends ULR deal to 2015
Ai Claims Solutions has signed a three year deal with ULR Additions to continue providing credit hire and repair facilities.
S&P maintains negative watch on Groupama S.A.
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has reaffirmed its negative watch on Groupama S.A. and maintained its rating for the group at BBB-.