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A break with tradition.
Professional indemnity insurance is not just for the professions, cover is now being tailored for all manner of different sectors. Steve Banner examines the growing PI market.
Shead brings its policies into line.
Lloyd's syndicate Shead Motor Policies has replaced all of its existing standard private motor polic...
Appointment at Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers.
Southampton-based Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has taken on Richard Burnett (above) in a develo...
FSM launch into health.
Feasey Slot Management has announced the launch of a new company specialising in underwriting accide...
Insurance Investigator.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has recently become embroiled in the world of insurance investigation. The Darl...
David Worsfold.
The 150-page Financial Services and Markets Bill leaves many issues unresolved, not least the gap left by the scrapping of the Policyholders Protection Board.
Foreman snaps up P&G.
Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has acquired Stubbington-based Personal & General Insurance Servic...
Churchill says Anglia acquisition is just the start.
Churchill Insurance has pledged to make further acquisitions in the broker sector, following its acq...
CCS gets selective on commercial broking.
Dartford-based, CCS has launched CCS Select, an underwriting service which guarantees quotation resp...
Market says farewell to IBRC.
When the Treasury announced it was abolishing the IBRC the onus was placed on the market to come up with an single, non-statutory alternative. Tim Collison reports on the progress.
New lease of life starts at 40 for Millennium's brokers.
Commercial lines broker Millennium Insurance has opened its 17th franchise office since it started r...
Share options.
Overriders and profit-sharing arrangements have come under close scrutiny in recent months. Jennifer Jarrett asks whether this form of payment is really in the brokers' best interest.
Towergate enlists Crocker.
Nick Crocker has been poached by the Towergate Group from ITT London & Edinburgh to become group ope...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance's Healthcare & Assistance Division has made a string of new appointments as part...
Bright ideas.
Although hard to value, intangible assets such as reputation can be vital to a company's success. David Fanning investigates insurers' changing attitudes to the protection of intellectual property.
Appointment at Anchor.
Milton-Keynes-based broker Anchor has appointed Marc Taylor (above) as a an account development exec...
Appointment at Cornhill Insurance.
Cornhill Insurance has appointed Bruce Fertnig as a branch manager at the London branch of Cornhill,...
New Lloyd's firm all set.
The boards of Angerstein and Murray Lawrence have reached agreement in principal to merge to create ...
Letter of the month - It makes no odds who wears the trousers.
Well done W. Robert Hardy (PB, August 1998). I am glad it was a man who brought up the matter of una...
Talk to the animals.
The untapped potential in the pet insurance market is undeniable, although it is not a goldmine. Edmund Tirbutt reports on the measures insurers are taking to increase their market share and help pet owners sleep at night.
Girl Power.
There is intense competition in the female driver sector of the motor market, but some portfolios are experiencing deterioration as female driving habits gradually change. Andrew Newman examines the consequences.
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Broking group RP Hodson, based in Wakefield, has made Michael Frank (above) a non-executive director...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Alan Sumner has been appointed area sales manager at Independent Insurance's Leeds office. Mr Sumner...
Sorry, no charge.
Last month Professional Broking inadvertently said that Broker Brands charges its members for advert...