Articles by Insurance Age staff
Kwik-Fit expands with niche broker acquisition
Kwik-Fit Insurance has completed its first acquisition, gaining 100% of the share capital of Express...
No time for office politics
The Insurance Partnership
In defence of independence
Paul Samways
VC giant buys broker
The Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Alliant Insurance Services, the second largest privately owne...
Appointment at Cassidy Davis Insurance Group
Cassidy Davis Insurance Group has appointed Tony Darwall as business development manager. ...
Handle with care
Claims handling
Lockton launches SME affinity arm
Lockton International has launched Lockton Affinity to spearhead its drive into the SME volume and s...
J&M buys taxi specialist
Epping-based J&M Insurance Services, which has a large taxi book, has acquired the business assets o...
ECIC starts SME property underwriting arm
The Electrical Contractors' Insurance Company has started an underwriting arm, Facilitas, specialisi...
A very tempting option
Exit strategies
Allianz takes stake in CBG as AIM shares raise £3m
Manchester-based insurance broker the CBG Group has raised £3m, after two placings of shares on the ...
CCV in Norwich move
Cullum Capital Ventures has announced a minority investment stake into the general insurance busines...
Appointment at Broker Network
Broker Network has made a number of appointments within their sales department. Paul Hughes has been...
Still a people business
Simon Cooter, UK distribution director, Brit Insurance It is now three months since I joined Brit I...
Appointment at AEGIS London
AEGIS London has appointed Phil Lawson as non-marine property underwriter. Lawson joins from ACE, wh...
IP product launched
Axis-owned Media/Professional Insurance has launched what it claims is the first specialist IP produ...
Appointment at Allianz Commercial
Allianz Commercial has appointed Alex Stuart as regional manager, North West and Scotland. In additi...
Appointment at Cobra London Markets
Cobra London Markets has appointed three specialist brokers to its UK commercial (property and liabi...
Can you handle it?
Broker Management Forum
N&G launches new Commercial Marine Combined Insurance product
Navigators & General (N&G) have launched a new Commercial Marine Combined insurance product, offering a tailored one stop solution for the specialist £2.8 billion UK marine trade industry.
Biba criticises FSA’s ICOB rule change proposals
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba)has roundly criticised the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) long awaited consultation paper proposing amendments to its Insurance Conduct of Business rules (ICOB).
UK floods reach over £500m for insured losses
Initial estimates by Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management, suggest that insured losses from this week’s floods could exceed £500m.
Willis acquires online SME broker
Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), the global insurance broker, has acquired Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle, an internet distributor of U.S. small business insurance.
IGI in underwriting manager hire
IGI Group has appointed Mark Ellinor as technical underwriting manager, to be based in its Nottingham head office.