Articles by Insurance Age staff
Zurich back in black with 93% jump in operating profit
Zurich Financial Services has returned to profitability with an increase in income to £1.1bn for ful...
Lorega set for expansion
The Loss Recovery Group has relaunched as Lorega Claims and Underwriting Services in a move to disti...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has appointed Brian Fearnhead as a regional underwriter focusing on con...
Blackmore joins Stenning
Sittingbourne-based Blackmore Heath has merged with Stenning Insurance Services, based in Folkestone...
Appointment at CBG
The Community Broking Group has appointed John Sowerbutts to the position of manager of the company'...
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HBOS general insurance premiums rise to £1.6bn
HBOS announced an increase of 19% in general insurance premium income to £1.6bn in 2003. All the ban...
Caerphilly does it
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Acturis looks to networks to boost growth
Acturis is poised to break its 1000-user target before the end of the year, having signed several in...
JLT on acquisition trail after strong 2003 performance
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has maintained double-digit-percentage growth in 2003 and intends to c...
KW rethinks client contact
Keelan Westall has restructured its key client department to ensure more dedicated and consistent ac...
FSA adopts XBRL reporting
The Financial Services Authority has joined XBRL UK and will use the XBRL reporting language from 20...
Singer & Friedlander reports strong growth for 2003
Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance has reported a strong increase in sales over the last year. The recent figures for 2003 revealed that the growing insurance finance company increased its business by 55% compared to 2002.
Lloyd's underwriting syndicate takes over Goshawk account
Talbot Underwriting’s Syndicate 1183 at Lloyd’s has broadened its range of operations by taking up the contingency account previously written by Goshawk Syndicate 102, and in the process acquiring a highly-regarded experienced underwriting team…
Brokers boost commercial legal protection scheme by 73%
Brokers are leading the field in attracting SMEs to commercial legal expenses insurance, according to market leaders DAS.
General insurance brokers confident of meeting July FSA deadline
Over 96% of general insurance brokers are confident that they will be fully prepared to submit their application (by 14 July 2004) to seek authorisation to conduct general insurance business from the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which, from 14…
Top independant brokers rule the roost in 2003
Cornell Consulting has updated its list of the 250 commercial provincial brokers. The top 250 controlled at the end of 2003, £5bn of premium income compared with £3.7bn at the start of the year. This is an increase of over 35%. This reflects rating…
Halifax announces fraud pilot with Crawford & Company
Halifax General Insurance Services has selected Crawford & Company’s counter fraud solutions division to assist their internal special investigations team. This pilot contract will run over six months effective from 1st January 2004. A decision to…
Vega expresses interest in HHH commercial lines book
Vega’s managing director Bob Screen, formerly marketing and business insurance director at Hill House Hammond, has confirmed that Vega is interested in Hill House Hammond’s commercial book of business.
Budget Insurance rejects NU's gloomy forecast for personal lines brokers
Matthew Donaldson, managing director, Budget Retail, has criticised Norwich Union’s claim that it was forced to close Hill House Hammond (HHH) because it could not compete with direct insurers on personal lines business.
The ABI launches latest crack down on uninsured drivers
Honest motorists could see motor insurance costs cut by up to £500 million a year, as a result of hard - hitting proposals to crackdown on uninsured driving published today by the ABI (Association of British Insurers). The ABI is calling for a shake up…
Royal & Sun Alliance signs business continuity deal
Royal & Sun Alliance has awarded SunGard Availability Services the contract for all of its UK workplace recovery services.
Amber Credit strikes £100m Budget deal
Amber Credit has announced a new deal with Budget Retail, part of the Budget Group of Companies, which is expected to be worth almost £100m over the next two years.
Beddis picks up BW Cooper
Birmingham-based Insurance broker Beddis & Partners has acquired Wolverhampton-based BW Cooper (Insurance Brokers).