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Marsh exposes low limits
UK companies bought 19% lower limits of cover for general and product liability in early 2003, accor...
Appointment at Crawford & Company
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has made John Buckle UK liability operations manager. ...
Welcome to the world of insurance
Welcome to the world of insurance, Kirsty Anderson, one of two new recruit's to Hill House Hammond's...
Appointment at Miller Insurance Services
Miller Insurance Services has made several promotions. Paul Connelly has become director in the ener...
No room for industry complacency
Complacency is rife within the financial services industry, though companies are failing to prepare ...
The policy wording? What policy wording?
I was recently taken aback when I asked in the underwriting department of a large composite insurer ...
Appointment at ATL Software
Provider of claims handling systems ATL Software has made Paul Taylor London corporate account manag...
Coface to grow agency base
Credit insurance has the potential to become an important part of a broker's offering, said credit i...
Projected average wage for 2004
The annual wage survey by recruitment specialist Insurance Personnel Selection shows the difference ...
Keelan Westall focuses on core commercial
Keelan Westall has sold its personal lines book in order to concentrate on its core commercial prope...
Somerville acquires Oak
Oak Underwriting hopes to expand into niche commercial lines, following its acquisition by The Somer...
HLA turns Japanese
HLA Global, a joint venture between UK and US brokers Heath Lambert and Acordia, has gained its firs...
RSA records £165m losses
Royal & SunAlliance has reported a loss for the first nine months of 2003, fuelling concerns about i...
Poached by Towry Law
Towry Law Insurance Division has poached two ex-Marsh and Alexander Forbes employees to launch a pro...
Interview: Jonathon Davey - Getting back to underwriting basics
Jonathon Davey, chief executive of Primary Broker Services, believes that a personal approach to business works best. Diane Smyth finds out why he is not interested in dealing with national brokers
RPC exposure cap
Law firms and insurers could cap their exposure to potentially catastrophic negligence claims, accor...
Appointment at The Jelf Group
Andrew Holden has joined The Jelf Group as an account executive in the commercial insurance division...
Appointment at Bartlett Group
Leeds-based insurance broker Bartlett Group has appointed Lynda Michel as director. She has been wit...
Appointment at Budget Group
The Budget Group has made Jon Ardron operational development director. He will be responsible for sh...
AIM raises broker funds
General insurance brokers are successfully raising funds by floating on the Alternative Investment M...
QBE picks up Ensign's Lloyd's motor arm
QBE Lloyd's subsidiary Limit has signed heads of agreement to acquire the Ensign motor business which was previously part of Limit prior to its purchase by QBE in August 2000.
Camberford Law's Network Extra launched
Camberford Law's new broker network, called Network Extra, will start trading on Monday 1 December.
Oak falls to Somerville
Lloyd's underwriting agency Somerville has purchased high net worth specialist Oak Underwriting, in a bid to grow the business and add new products to its stable.