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The Aldermanbury Declaration - is it the way forward?
If you missed yesterday's live Post webinar debating the recently launched Aldermanbury Declaration it is now available for viewing on-demand.
PB Week: It’s a dog’s life, but who pays the insurance?
According to the Government a dog is not just for Christmas, it is should be for Lloyd’s too, writes Emmanuel Kenning, reporter at PB.
World War II memorial added to CBG portfolio
CBG Group has been appointed by the Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial Fund Committee to place £60,000 worth of cover for a travelling replica of the Mark VB Spitfire.
The Aldermanbury Declaration - is it the way forward?
As part of PB's Investing in the Profession Campaign, Post magazine is hosting a live, interactive, online debate today at 3.30 on the latest professionalism initiative - The Aldermanbury Declaration.
Westinsure achieves £300m GWP
Westinsure Group has achieved £300m gross written premium in 2009 and has secured more than 35 new brokers to join the Alliance, increasing its total member offices to over 200.
Chubb launches new enhanced business liability product
Chubb Insurance today announces the launch of ForeFront Plus, the successor to its ForeFront product.
Director's Q+A: Traditional values
PB interviews managing director of cider maker Thatchers, Martin Thatcher, who is the fourth generation of his family to run the company
Promoting disaster recovery
Small and medium-sized businesses often do not have effective plans in place for when a business-critical emergency strikes, writes Jane Bernstein
Broking Success: High expectations in High Wycombe
Emmanuel Kenning meets the broker who bucked the trend by doubling his marketing team at the start of the recession and is now reaping the benefits
Management Clinic: Troublesome premium tax
Since the Chancellor made his announcement on extending insurance premium tax in December, nothing much more has happened. Should we be charging IPT to brokers' fees or doing nothing until there is a further government statement?
Legal: Bribery Bill enhances Serious Fraud Office toolkit
Where the Financial Services Authority has led, the Serious Fraud Office could well follow in punishing those companies and employees caught committing bribery, writes Mathew Rutter, financial services partner, Beachcroft.
Jelf raises more money as profits tumble
The broker has released a set of results that shows, perhaps more transparently than most, the difficulties of the consolidation model, raising questions over others' ambitions to float, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Double trouble in property
Loss adjuster finds market contradictions
Liquidity dangers
Emmanuel Kenning reflects on the cash flow challenges facing broker managers in 2010
JLT hands over non-advisory arm to Thistle
In a shake up of its UK retail insurance broking activities, JLT has announced it is merging its non-advisory division with Thistle Underwriters
PB Week: Phones, exam cheats and football
Ian Ritchie, director of RWA Group, picks out some interesting items from the week's news
British Insurance unveils new MD as Burgess heads to US
Nel Mooy has been appointed as managing director of Towergate's independent unemployment, accident and sickness insurer, British Insurance.
Crawford responds to Chile earthquake
Crawford & Company has mobilised its in-country, regional and global technical services (GTS) adjusters to handle the losses resulting from the Chile earthquake.
Referral fees: An honest buck?
With the Jackson proposals threatening to ban referral fees paid by solicitors, Martin Friel ponders whether brokers would feel completely comfortable if they were asked to disclose such information
Reportage: Exemplary service
If you want a job done properly, do it yourself. Martin Friel explores how, by securing delegated authority, some brokers have taken this motto on and are proving very good at handling claims themselves
At your service?
This month's discussion, sponsored by Ecclesiastical, focuses on why composite insurers' service levels is an area of weakness and what steps can be taken by the industry to improve claims handing?
Are we getting our just deserts?
One can only surmise that sometime in the past, Gordon Brown had an unfortunate experience with a general insurance broker