Articles by Louise Meeson
Arista raids NIG for senior underwriter in Leeds
Commercial lines underwriting specialist Arista Insurance has appointed former NIG senior business development manager, Steve Ford, as senior underwriter for the Leeds area.
Broker Hastings appoints new financial controller
Broker Hastings Direct has appointed Joy Butler as its new group financial controller.
Former UK General chief exec Tim Rolfe joins Canopius
Canopius has announced the appointment of former chief executive of UK General, Tim Rolfe, as head of UK retail strategy.
Simplybusiness hires underwriting manager from Hiscox
Simplybusiness.co.uk has announced the appointment of Deborah Reid as underwriting manager.
Brightside reports rise in revenue and profit
Brightside Group has reported a 24% rise in revenue to £26.6m for H1 2010 (H1 2009: 21.4m).
HSB raids Powerplace for South East broker development exec
Specialist engineering insurer HSB Engineering Insurance has hired Bryony Glover to the position of development executive for London and the South East region.
Xchanging hires new broking chief from Marsh
Xchanging has announced the appointment of former CEO of the specialities and large accounts division of Marsh, Artur Niemczewski, as managing director of Xchanging Broking Services (XBS).
Broker Moorhouse launches life insurance division
Welsh broker Moorhouse has launched Moorlife to provide its general insurance clients with access to life insurance products.
NPA acquires commercial insurance broker Noyce Livett
NPA Insurance Broking Group has announced the acquisition of Aylesbury-based Noyce Livett.
Brokers urged to ensure clients sign up to climate change scheme
Allianz Engineering said it is reminding brokers of the 30 September deadline for businesses to sign up to a Government-backed climate change and energy-saving scheme.
Groupama aims to boost brokers counter fraud activities with new hire
Andy Pagett has been appointed by Groupama Insurances as counter fraud manager. He joined Groupama from Fortis and reports to head of technical claims, Steve Caffrey.
Moneysupermarket questions plans to introduce graduate driver licensing in UK
Dr Sarah Jones of Cardiff University is proposing that graduate driver licensing (GDL) is introduced in Britain, which means newly qualified young drivers would not be allowed to drive at night without supervision or with similar aged passengers, or…
New solicitors' PI scheme launched
St Mary Underwriting has launched a new solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance offering for small- to medium-sized solicitor firms.
Social networking could cause insurance premium hike
Confused.com is warning people who use social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook that they could face hikes of up to 10% in their home insurance premiums.
Lloyds TSB tops FOS general insurance complaint table
Lloyds TSB Bank has received more Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) general insurance complaints than any other individual financial business - with 8,474 new cases during H1 2010.
New run-off scheme launched
Tenet has released a new run-off cover scheme which it claims will plug a hole in the professional indemnity insurance market.
Dual launches packaged office product
Dual Corporate Risks has announced the launch of a packaged office product as the inaugural product from its new property and casualty division.
RBSI hires former Co-op MD as finance director
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance (RBSI) has announced that John Reizenstein will be joining its executive team as finance director, subject to Financial Services Authority approval.
AA warns flood defence cuts could make hundreds of thousands of homes uninsurable
AA Insurance is urging the Government not to cut spending on flood defences in its autumn comprehensive spending review.
Go Compare targets home insurance market
Aggregator site Go Compare is to target the home insurance market with a new TV advert starring character Gio Compario.
Axa e-product joins Acturis
Axa has released a commercial combined e-trade product to brokers on the Acturis platform on an open market basis.
CBG reports fall in revenue but rise in profit
CBG Group has reported an 11.6% fall in revenue to £4.09m for H1 2010 (H1 2009: £4.63m) following the disposal of “non-core elements” of its personal lines business in February this year.
Thistle establishes professional liability practice with new hire
Thistle Insurance Services, a member of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Group, has appointed Zahid Naqvi, as director of its professional liability practice.
WCM appoints Jim Ramage as non-executive director
Lloyd’s managing agent Whittington Capital Management (WCM), part of insurance investor and services provider Whittington Group, has appointed Jim Ramage as an independent non-executive director.