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New venture aims to simplify self-insurance
A new venture designed for brokers aims to make helping clients self-insure simpler and more accessi...
Appointment at Fortis Insurance
Richard Harris has been appointed head of motor claims at Fortis Insurance. Harris has more than 18 ...
Letter of the month - Time for truth about the NHS
When will politicians from all parties stop using our NHS as an ideological issue, admit that it is ...
Misys sees 15% increase in EDI policies
Software house Misys General Insurance, which has been bought by Montagu Private Equity, has seen an...
Business good for Aon despite legal spat
Lisa Bartlett, client management director at Aon in Newcastle, has told Professional Broking that de...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has made Phillip Jones sales manager for the Southern area and Simon Parry has been recruited as...
Number of bankrupt firms has risen by 15.3%
The UK is experiencing its fastest growth in the number of limited businesses failing this century, ...
Appointment at THB Group
THB Group has appointed Mark Veale as group change programme manager. Veale has 22 years' experience...
Appointment at Equity Insurance Group
Equity Insurance Group has appointed David Grant as head of sales and marketing at Equity Red Star. ...
Passions in full flow at Biba conference
Passions were in full flow at this years Biba conference, not least in the boisterous late night atm...
Appointment at H&R Insurance Services
Colin Macdonald has been appointed commercial insurance adviser with Aberdeenshire-based H&R Insuran...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has made two appointments to its UK household underwriting team. Mary Flatres has joi...
Broker lures staff away from "London drudgery"
Cambridge-based broker La Playa has expanded its corporate team, with Amanda Dewey joining as corpor...
D&O rates continue to slide claims broker
Directors' and Officers' liability insurance rates in the London market were largely unaffected by i...
Allianz embraces health revamp
Guildford-BASED insurer Allianz Cornhill has revamped its accident and health cover in conjunction w...
Better living through chemistry
With reports on the side effects of drug testing hitting the headlines, Andrew Tjaardstra investigates the insurance market in the powerful world of the pharmaceutical industry
Brokers unaware of age discrimination rules
Nearly two-thirds of brokers have turned people down for jobs because of their age, a survey by law ...
Disappointing attack on Co-op's ethical policy
As managing director of britishinsurance.com, I wonder what Simon Burgess's agenda is (Internal ethi...
Lords asbestos ruling favours insurers
UK insurers received a boost recently when the House of Lords decided to cut asbestos compensation m...
Focus on marketing urged
While the marketing efforts of brokers have improved during the past decade, Royal & SunAlliance's l...
Online system upgrades
Three years after first being launched, Quotemac, the online SME underwriting system, is being upgra...
Appointment at eg solutions
eg solutions has appointed Andy McRae as a non-executive director. McRae has more than 20 years' int...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Commercial
Steve Coates has been made UK facilities and health manager at Allianz Cornhill Commercial. He has b...