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Lockton expands Manchester team with ex-Lucas Fettes hire
Lockton has expanded its Manchester-based regional wholesale business with the appointment of former Lucas Fettes MD, David Lee.
Gallagher reports 75% jump in profit
Arthur J. Gallagher has reported a profit of $99.8m (£63.8m) for the six months ended June 2012.
Event Insurance Services in party protection launch
Event Insurance Services has launched a party package designed to give planners the ability to host events with confidence.
Editor’s letter - August 2012
“The non-stop rain, rain, rain – with the exception of a few days at the end of July – has seen insurance leading the news”
Products: Commercial Express combined product gets full launch following pilot
Commercial Express has unveiled a new commercial combined facility, calling it the “final piece in the jigsaw”.
Is the death knell tolling for networks?
With Aviva and The Broker Network parting company, have networks had their day, or is there still a future for them? Tony Cornell asks
Let customers tell their stories
▶ In the first of a three-part series, Insurance Age looks at how brokers can promote themselves to current and potential clients through the full range of media available. This month focuses on the advantages of regional marketing and public relations.
Debate rages over insurer restructures
Brokers say they want closer relationships with insurers no matter what structure they adopt
Bupa’s product pull back stuns broker market
AMII enters discussions with the UK’s largest private medical insurance provider
Schemes market set for further growth
Survey reveals growing importance and increasing popularity of schemes to brokers
Review: Hearth and home
ABC Home. This product has been reviewed by brokers and rated from one to five stars, based on the policy’s key benefits. * = Poor ** = Average *** = Good **** = Very good ***** = Excellent
ECIC covers contractors on green energy jobs
Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company (ECIC) has launched a Renewable Energy product specifically designed for the green energy industry.
Products: Aspen tackles underinsurance while NIG rolls out property owners product
Two insurers have targeted the property owners market recently. Aspen Risk Management highlighted that a key benefit of its new product was that it provided practical help in dealing with the growing issue of underinsurance.
Product roundup: Insurers target property owners market
Insurers have been keen to target property owners in the past month, offering up two new additions to brokers’ repertoires.
Here comes the flood
Brokers are hoping for a watertight solution to stem the tide of the UK’s flood insurance crisis
The Broker Business Club: At your leisure
The most recent edition in our series of Broker Business Club roundtable discussions, in association with Zurich, took place in London in July. Our panel discussed the opportunities and threats within the highly specialised leisure market.
Power hour: Motoring in the middle
The motor fleet sector is at a crossroads, both in terms of rate hardening and the role telematics could have to play in future, reports Caitlin Morrison
Online and on demand
With business increasingly being conducted online, brokers need to be careful, writes Mark Shreeve
Broking success: Set up for success
CCV‘s Central region managing director Rob Simpson tells Caitlin Morrison about his varied career and how business ownership compares to being part of a larger group
Market moves: Blockbuster moves
Cinema-goers are currently flocking in their masses to see Batman take his final stand against deadly villain Bane. It comes just a few weeks after Spiderman came back to spin to his web once more against perilous enemy, the Lizard. What has this got to…
Out with the old
Brokers need to check all Tobas to be ready for new client asset rules, says David Roberts
Reportage: Building a stronger commercial sector
Brokers dealing with commercial lines face softening rates, but there are several potentially lucrative areas of the market left to explore, Edward Murray reports
Giles chief appointed Biba deputy chairman
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has appointed Brendan McManus as deputy chairman and made several changes to its board.
Aon to sponsor Man Utd's business network and charity arm
Aon has signed up to be the title sponsor of Manchester United’s business network and of the Manchester United Foundation.