Articles by Insurance Age staff
T&C seeks 100 new staff
Motor claims management specialist Town & Country Assistance has made a number of senior appointment...
Appointment at Riverbourne Group
Start-up corporate broker Riverbourne Group has appointed Rob Anderson to head up its new risk manag...
Zurich launches waterproof flooding assistance guide
Zurich has launched a free advice booklet for consumers who feel they are at risk of flooding. Broke...
Biba concern over secondary registrations
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is concerned about the lack of registrations to the Finan...
Forbes wheelchair recovery
Alexander Forbes Mobility Services has launched a 24-hour recovery service for mobility scooters and...
Top result for Misys Countrywide
The Misys Countrywide network claims to have achieved almost 100% retention of its members, with aro...
Small firm - big ideas
Commercial insurance: SMEs
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'...
High time for finance
Premium finance
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
Thomas, Carroll Group
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…