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AXA's new Venture targets small firms.
AXA Insurance has produced a contractors policy designed for firms with up to 10 employees. Calle...
David Worsfold.
Broker-led schemes - inventive and client-focussed, or poor value for money? Proposed legal reforms are likely to put these schemes under pressure to smarten up.
Appointment at Hiscox.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed David Hayward deputy claims manager. Mr Hayward will be r...
Ian Ritchie.
With more regulatory debate to come, unity among brokers is vital. Sensible action to push up rates would also help.
PMI for school pupils.
BCWA has launched a policy which a gives children at independent schools private medical insurance f...
Birch raises the roof with its new defects policy.
A new single premium 10/12-year policy against latent defects has been put together by Birch & Co In...
Satisfied customers.
According to a survey sponsored by the General Insurance Research Association, 90% of people who cla...
AA to expand its call centres.
AA Insurance is to create almost 200 jobs to meet growing demand within its call centres in Newcastl...
Appointment at Euclidian Underwriting.
Mark Brown (above) has joined Euclidian Underwriting as specialist professional indemnity underwrite...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Richard Holland (above) has been appointed executive manager, finance, of Independent Insurance, whe...
FSA and SOFA are working on new designation for financial advisers.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is devising plans for a new designation for financial adviser...
Les McIntosh.
A recent fact-finding visit to Misys has left one consultant in no doubt of the value of the company's new customer-driven approach.
Lloyd's in the FSA net.
The Financial Services Authority is to be given regulatory powers over Lloyd's under the Financial S...
Appointment at AUL.
Jane Southgate has joined the claims department at Agency Underwriting Ltd. Previously with Hambro A...
Appointment at Miller Kelsh.
Miller Kelsh broker Michael Kelsh has retired. Mr Kelsh was the driving force behind Kelsh & Sons Lt...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Adam Croot (above) has been appointed southern business development manager of The Broker Network, w...
Appointment at St Paul.
Sean Marson has left Independent Insurance to join St Paul International as regional underwriter, wh...
Chubb gears up for Masterpiece motor.
Chubb Insurance is looking to recruit a team of specialist underwriters in preparation for the launc...
Alan Gavaghan.
Six pugnacious brokers have stayed on as councillors at the IBRC. They will do all they can to maintain high standards, but you must do your bit. You must renew your registration.
MP for president.
John Greenway, MP for Ryedale in Yorkshire, has been made the first president of the Institute of In...
European issue.
Whilst discussions currently concentrate on the suitability of the IIB to administer the IBRA, we sh...
Appointment at Lawclub Legal Protection.
Legal expenses insurance provider Lawclub Legal Protection, a division of Cornhill Insurance, has ch...
Ansvar puts together policy for free church movement.
Ansvar has put together a policy for the free church movement, where churches who do not own their o...
Going global.
A small band of brokers have realised they must go global if they are to prevent the likes of Aon snapping up their corporate clients. Their solution has been to form networks with like-minded foreign brokers says Simon Threadgold.