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InsurE-com signs up brokers.
InsurE-com, the new broker market Internet trading initiative, has received more than 280 broker reg...
Folgate goes regional.
Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the Poole-based insurer's decision to specia...
Marcus Hearn offers team cover.
In response to the rise in the number of amateur sports teams, Marcus Hearn has put together a polic...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Co.
Lyndon Willshire has been appointed corporate business manager and Richard Scott Smith takes the new...
Appointment at Ward Evans Group.
Ward Evans Group has made eight appointments and two promotions at its York office. David Atkinson (...
HSBC takes on Gladiator.
Direct insurer Admiral has transferred the administration of Gladiator, its non-standard intermediar...
Oxford given money pledge by 500 brokers.
Approximately 500 brokers have agreed to invest in a new broker-funded personal lines syndicate and ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has taken on Myra Fleming as medical case manager. She joins from Crawf...
Trinder - new venture in Assitalia's wake.
Richard Trinder, general insurance manager of Assitalia's Birmingham branch, is looking to retain a ...
From little acorns ...
Former chairman and chief executive of Cox Underwriting Anthony Lumsden-Cook talks to Tim Collison about his new high net worth venture, Oak, and how he hopes his approach to the market will assure the company's growth.
Zurich: it's a Privilege.
Zurich Personal Insurances has launched a service offering customers, brokers and their staff a rang...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...
M&A mayhem forces TGN to quit.
The General Network has ceased trading "indefinitely" as a result of the increasing consolidation in...
Internet-based motor accident venture set up.
Doug McKinnon, formerly claims director at Drake Insurance and European development director at Elit...
Websites click with brokers.
Three quarters of brokers have, or are developing, a website, according to an e-commerce survey cond...
Feeling the squeeze.
Abbey has shocked the industry by slashing its premiums for commercial legal expenses - an odd move in a sector where claims costs are set to rise because of recent legislation. Steve Banner investigates.
Appointment at RE Hutt & Co.
Matthew Finch has been promoted to the newly-created post of business development director at RE Hut...
Their livelihood in your hands?
The medical negligence market for doctors is still sewn up by the defence unions. But with St Paul offering cover, and the NHS facing potential liabilities of £2.4bn, Shona Cronin asks whether this sector is set to open up.
Folgate opens Birmingham office
Folgate opens Birmingham office Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the ...
RTAs - proceed with caution.
Road accident cases are far from straight forward, which is why the broker needs to be aware of the complications that can arise.
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has recruited Jeffery Malkovsky (above) as assistant regional president for its UK/Irelan...
Rise in law cover take-up.
The introduction of the Access to Justice Act 1999 this month could lead to a situation where insure...
Aon Corporation offers online credit insurance to brokers.
Aon Corporation has launched an underwriting agency for credit and political risk insurance which wi...
Sowing the seeds of choice.
Mergers and acquisitions have robbed the market of choice. Now Lloyd's, among others, has recognised that for the industry to thrive, new blood is needed urgently.