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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...
Footman James develops website.
The cars may be old, but the method of selling is brand new. Specialist motor broker Footman James h...
Appointment at pi direct.
Professional indemnity specialist pi direct has appointed Sarah Roberts as deputy underwriter. She j...
ABI works its way through brokers' year 2000 forms.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is wading through the responses to its year 2000 database ...
Appointment at Generali.
Neil Moore (above) has been appointed manager of Generali's offshore division, with responsibility f...
Intermediaries fall foul of code.
Seventeen independent intermediaries are facing across-the-board agency cancellations for failing to...
Tony Lancaster.
Insurers are doing themselves no favours by prolonging the soft market, when what the customer ultimately wants is high quality.
ABI: no definitive Y2K exclusion guidelines.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers, has said that the ABI is not i...
Francis Perkins Award.
Yorkshire broker Graham Huntrods has won the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association's...
Appointment at Commercial Union.
Conor Jennings has become the new managing director at Commercial Union Management Services (Guernse...
A time of uncertainty.
BIIBA's Spirit of Success conference was packed with useful marketing information. But Tim Collison says that the main topic of conversation was fears about changes in regulation.
WPA goes for middle ground with Rowan.
Western Provident Association has produced a private medical policy that will fill the middle ground...
Appointment at the Crowe Insurance Group.
The Crowe Insurance Group has appointed Quentin Crowe (above), head of marketing, and Norman Mintz, ...
Crowe moves into property following headhunt.
Crowe Insurance (Syndicate 963) has poached property underwriters Jonathan Mallyon and Nigel Tatlock...
This is a job for someone else.
It was not so long ago that insurers looked after all of their own claims handling. However, Steve Banner says that more insurers are now outsourcing their claims operations.
Safe from harm.
Several large insureds have recently reported significant premium reductions. Tony Dowding says this is not due to the soft market, but to improvements in health and safety procedures.
Why we saved tour operator.
My company acts as guarantor of various travel companies who are required to provide guarantees to t...
Holy smoke.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a guide to tackle the problem of arson attacks on places of...
Appointment at J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK).
Nick Hodgson (above) has joined J&H Marsh & McLennan (UK) as its specialist motor industry account m...
Call Fraudline.
Sedgwick and PLC Consultancy Services have teamed up to launch a new scheme to help companies reduce...
Caravan of love.
Owners of caravans are often passionate about their cherished vehicles. Caroline Duncan says that brokers, on the other hand, have traditionally been less enthusiastic about this class of business.
Steve Knight.
Polaris seems to have reached 'critical mass', but should it have been designed to make use of the Internet?
Travel cover now on sale from Eagle Star website.
Eagle Star Direct has expanded its interactive website, which allows customers to purchase insurance...
Appointment at Kennedys.
City-based firm of solicitors Kennedys has promoted four assistant solicitors to Partners. Nina Gast...