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Appointment at Avon Insurance.
Roger Williams, BSc, ACA has been appointed underwriting manager. His responsibilities will include ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Gloucester-based Ecclesiastical Insurance has made several new appointments. Jan Kirkham has been ma...
Business optimism in insurance.
Business confidence among insurance brokers has fallen to its lowest level since 1989, over the past...
Law lords ruling will lead to increase in motor premiums.
Motor and employers' liability premiums are set to rise, following a House of Lords decision which w...
Cornhill first in UK.
Cornhill has become the first insurer in the UK to transact a full cycle EDI commercial lines winner...
Appointment at Drewe Insurance.
Chris Tarry (above) has joined specialist leisure insurance intermediaries, Drewe Insurance. He prev...
Appointment at Hartley Cooper & Warner.
A new five-strong sales team has been created to support the growth plans for Premium Line, Hartley ...
Norman sets out on acquisition trail as its profts increase.
Norman Insurance has signalled its intention to grow its business by merger and acquisition. In t...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
ITT London & Edinburgh has appointed Adrian Auer and Andrew Cummins as non-executive directors follo...
World Cup fever.
Along with the rest of the world, Overheard caught World Cup fever last month. And it would appear t...
Chairman of Lloyd's Regulatory Board gives his support.
John Young, chairman of Lloyd's Regulatory Board, has given his broad support to a single body regul...
David Gamble.
Clear thinking is required over the remuneration of brokers and intermediaries. A new code and an independent regulator with real powers must be the way forward.
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Sandra Rynn (above) has joined NIG Skandia's as a commercial underwriter. Her appointment is part of...
Smart & Cook name drop.
Harrogate-based insurance broking and financial services company, Smart & Cook Group, has changed it...
Appointment at Swire Renshaw.
Swire Renshaw has made two senior appointments. Simon Donnelley is the new claims manager and will b...
Lombard fills PHI/personal accident gap.
Lombard has developed a group disability package to fill the gap between permanent health insurance ...
This fragile earth.
Extreme weather conditions and climatic changes over recent years have had worrying implications for insurers. Simon Threadgold considers the strategies they are using to cope with this unpredictable area.
AXA offers three-year contracts.
AXA Provincial has introduced three-year contracts across a range of its commercial policies. The mo...
TL Dallas joins Unitas.
Unitas, the alliance of six regional brokers, has recruited a seventh member: Yorkshire-based TL Dal...
RSA trades up its motor dealer package.
Royal & SunAlliance has launched Excelerator, an enhanced motor trader package which focuses on the ...
IIB survey results.
According to research conducted on behalf of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, 84% of consumers fa...
Welsh broker found guilty by IBRC, but not struck off
Charles Hetherington, a North Wales insurance broker, has been found guilty of unprofessional conduc...
Alliance debt down to £3m following sale.
The sale of troubled intermediary Alliance Insurance Centres to broker HSBC is expected to reduce it...
Guardian Insurance has done its homework.
Guardian has introduced its new Homeworkers policy, designed to cover the needs of self-employed peo...