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Hiscox to host exhibition.
Hiscox is hosting a collection of paintings and sculptures inspired by the countryside and animal ki...
Appointment at Chubb.
Chubb has made three appointments to its personal lines division. Jonathan Merritt becomes personal ...
Insurance for students.
Virginstudent.com has bought a 40% stake in specialist student insurance provider studentwatchout.co...
AIM and Beckett battle it out.
The Beckett Group marketing director Bernard Steward-Deane has described the wrangle with Alliance I...
GISC unveils training rules
The General Insurance Standards Council has set out its rules on accreditation and monitoring of staf...
A compact market.
The market for vans and trucks is not huge, but it is growing and so too are premiums. Diane Smyth examines the markets available to brokers looking to make inroads into the commercial motor market.
Budget buys Anglia Motor with Fosters purchase to follow.
Budget Insurance Intermediaries has bought the five branches of Anglia Motor Insurance from Churchil...
Euclidian health move.
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian is moving into the accident and health market, and has appointed Marc Mcle...
Appointment at Heath Lambert.
Paul Firkins has been promoted at Heath Lambert. Mr Firkins becomes associate director of financial ...
Appointment at HSBC Select.
Andrew Lee has been appointed a director of HSBC Select, the telephone broking division of HSBC insu...
New kids on the block.
Property owners is a surprisingly profitable area. Not surprising then that Groupama is vying for more business. But does the insurer really have anything different to offer brokers? Simon Threadgold reports.
Appointment at PoundGates.
Kevin Collins had been appointed managing director designate at PoundGates. Mr Collins brings wit...
Coversure's annual general meeting and conference.
Coversure's annual general meeting and conference was held in November this year, with the theme 'Ho...
Aon acquires Needham.
Broker giant Aon Risk Services has acquired Needham Jobson & Co, increasing its presence in the fine...
St Paul: untenable position.
St Paul International Insurance, the main provider of insurance to the UK's train operating companie...
Taking the plunge.
Commercial lines brokers are not doing the most for their clients if they fail to offer marine cargo cover, says Steve Banner.
NU backs away from corporate market.
Norwich Union has confirmed rumours that it is withdrawing from the large corporate risk market. ...
Axa Nordstern co-sponsors Brice Marden exhibition.
Fine art insurer Axa Nordstern is co-sponsoring the Brice Marden exhibition at the Serpentine Galler...
Rasche rumoured to be working on MBO.
Former head of CSC's general insurance division David Rasche, who quit the company last month, is be...
Avon makes push in commercial sector.
Avon Insurance is planning to take on 10 new underwriters in a bid to increase its presence in the c...
Bigger and better.
Alfred Blackmore was once a small, old fashioned and underperforming firm. Tim Collison finds out how it was transformed into one of the leading brokers in the UK.
Eastgate buy-out likely to lead to job losses.
Outsourcing and service provider the Eastgate Group has been bought by the Capita Group, as predicte...
Policy for family firms.
A new consultancy has gone live specialising in helping family businesses. Family Business Soluti...
The next best thing.
Replacing damaged or stolen goods rather than making a cash settlement can be more cost effective, even if it means the insured gets a better model, Steve Banner explains.