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The shock of the new.
The broker travel market will soon be subject to IPT at 17.5%. If this were not enough to contend with, developments in Internet technology are threatening to reshape the travel insurance sector, says Caroline Duncan.
Unprepared for EMU.
Less than 5% of insurance company IT managers in Europe have completed programmes for adapting to th...
ITT L&E name change.
ITT London & Edinburgh looks set to change its name to Hartford, in line with its US parent the Hart...
TIFCO defections.
Premium financing operation Transamerica Insurance Finance Company (TIFCO) has lost managing directo...
No entry for Cornhill car fleet insurance.
I read with interest the article by Andrew Newman on the Motor Fleet market (p17-19) in the May edit...
BIIBA submits its self-regulation plan to Treasury.
The British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association has sent its regulatory submission to the T...
Crowe moves into property following headhunt.
Crowe Insurance (Syndicate 963) has poached property underwriters Jonathan Mallyon and Nigel Tatlock...
Aon court action fails.
Aon's High Court case against Yorkshire broker Smithson Mason has collapsed. The national broker att...
Lombard moves up market into period homes.
Lombard General Insurance is targeting listed and period homes with the launch of a new policy in pa...
Appointment at Lombard.
Lombard General Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Grant Whiskin has been made affinit...
All in the hands of the Treasury.
By the time this issue of Professional Broking is published, all submissions on broker regulation wi...
New ABI chairman.
British American Financial Services chief executive Sandy Leitch will be the new chairman of the Ass...
Appointment at Steel Burrill Jones.
Steel Burrill Jones (SBJL) has recruited a new team of international brokers led by John Mitchell. T...
Appointment at J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK).
Nick Hodgson (above) has joined J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK) as its specialist motor industry account m...
Policy Master to float on the Alternative Investment Market.
Software house Policy Master is to float on the Alternative Investment Market in order to position t...
E&L pre-nuptials protect the big day and the honeymoon luggage.
As the costs of weddings continue to increase, E&L Insurance Group has put together a new wedding pa...
Appointment at Medical Insurance Agency.
Bridget Poulter has been appointed marketing co-ordinator at dental specialist Clinident, part of th...
David Worsfold.
Kitemarking insurance products may sound like a good idea, but as European experience testifies, it can easily be used as an excuse to forego expertise and service.
Iron Trades celebrate centenary.
Over 250 guests attended a dinner at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace (above), last month to c...
Appointment at Davies Chartered Loss Adjusters.
Mark Ponking (above) has been appointed a full partner of Davies Chartered Loss Adjusters after 23 y...
Terry Wellard.
Keeping rates low does nothing but force people out of the market. We must increase motor premiums, and soon.
Independent Insurance opens new building.
Independent Insurance has opened its custom-designed building at Cheadle Royal, which will house 600...
Crowd control.
Fallout from the private motor sector looks set to continue as too many insurers chase too little business. Andrew Newman asks what lessons can be learned from those already forced out.
Appointment at Lonsdale BMH.
Lloyd's umbrella broker Lonsdale BMH has appointed Michael Ball as director to develop its extended ...