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To sell, or not to sell: that is the question
Remaining independent may come at a price but the market may be edging towards backing the future performance of this channel. Edward Murray profiles three brokers to discover which path they chose and why it suited their model at the time
Hardy Underwriting estimates cost of hurricanes
Lloyd's insurer Hardy Underwriting has estimated that its combined claims exposure for hurricanes Ik...
Ace Europe to write D&O risks at Lloyd's
Ace Europe is to start writing commercial directors' and officers' (D&O) risks at Lloyd's. The cover...
UK insurance industry remains strong says ABI
The UK insurance industry has remained strong despite current financial turbulence, according to the...
Oval strengthens foothold with acquisitions
Oval has strengthened its regional foothold with the acquisitions of Liverpool-based Powell Insuranc...
Insurer adds to online facility
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched two products with full-cycle functionality on its ext...
Aon acquires Supercover
Aon has acquired specialist insurance broker Supercover in an undisclosed deal. The UK-based broker ...
The Bank of England market review
The Bank of England has raised the prospect of insurance companies' investments falling below regula...
Appointment at Allianz Retail
Allianz Retail has appointed Adrian Mitri as director of operations and Tom Moss as director of unde...
Appointment at Evolution Underwriting
Evolution Underwriting made Michael Pike a new business underwriter. He joined Evolution in 2007 as ...
Appointment at Allianz Commercial
Allianz Commercial has appointed Eugene Friel as an account underwriter in the small business team a...
Appointment at Hiscox
Hiscox has given Michael Gould, the firm's group chief operating officer, the role of managing direc...
Appointment at Marshall Wooldridge
Marshall Wooldridge has hired Julia Wilding as an account executive. Wilding is also the president-e...
Appointment at Equity Red Star
Equity Red Star has recruited Andrew Stanford as underwriting manager at its Birmingham regional off...
Appointment at Lloyd's
Lloyd's has welcomed the first group of candidates to be accepted on to its graduate programme. They...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has taken on Pauline Colvin as chief risk officer. Colvin has previously been chief risk officer...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz has recruited Jenny Coe as senior human resources manager. Coe, who is a member of the Chart...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has taken on Tim Batchelor and Phil Young as specialised mining practitioners. They arriv...
Risk perspectives - Assessing workplace safety
Many businesses simply do not know whether or not they are compliant with health & safety (H&S) regu...
Brit extends schemes reach
Brit Insurance has upgraded the cover it provides to small to medium-sized enterprises via Britbord....
Recession will lead to more claims
The recession will lead to higher levels of claims against liability policies, Association of Insura...
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly is not often driven to mention a fellow insurance publication but some situations transgress t...
Talent Initiative database accessible to insurance companies
Insurance companies will now have direct access to the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) Talent ...