Management
All fired up.
Loss adjusters are under pressure to provide insurers with a slick, 24-hour service. Simon Threadgold says this also means forging better relations with brokers so that customers can benefit from a seamless claims handling service.
GISC calls halt to claims consultation.
The General Insurance Standards Council has called a temporary halt to consultation on the regulatio...
GISC in further consultation.
The General Insurance Standards Council is to hold a series of seminars in the autumn, as part of ph...
Exclusive - Burke Ford buys Swire Renshaw.
Lloyd's broker, Burke Ford Insurance Group has acquired the Swire Renshaw Group and financial servic...
Compass points the way.
IGI Underwriting has re-branded Compass Certificate Scheme as Compass Underwriting to raise broker a...
Cigna launches new medical cover.
CIGNA is targeting manufacturers of medical equipment with the launch of its Medequip Plus policy. C...
CGU sponsorship.
CGU Insurance has launched its Capable Manager sponsorship scheme in conjunction with the Open Unive...
Disaster Restoration's promise.
Fire and flood damage repair specialist Disaster Restoration is promising to be on site within two h...
Ian Ritchie.
Managers must have enthusiasm and vision, and, as many will testify, a determination to succeed can work miracles.
Watson Laurie Sinclair presented with award.
Insurance broker and financial services provider Watson Laurie Sinclair has been presented with the ...
Appointment at Argent.
Argent Insurance Practice has made Elaine Clark commercial account executive at its Newcastle-under-...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Phillip Perry has been made head of the Hiscox PropertyCare team. He has 23 years' underwriting expe...
Poundgates telesales.
Ipswich-based commercial lines broker Poundgates has set up a telesales operation. The new facility ...
PI has six appeal for retired accountants.
PI Direct has put together a six-year run-off professional indemnity policy for retiring chartered a...
Cendant sells to Avis for more than £1bn.
Cendant Business Answers is to be acquired by Avis Rent A Car for £1.1bn. Cendant Business Answers -...
Undebateable - the Great Debate.
And so The Great Debate is off. What a surprise. Did anyone really think that Chris Woodburn and Ant...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Smart and Cook has promoted two of its employees - Nick Watson and Ian Grasby - to the board. Mr Gra...
IIB to establish shadow council.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is planning to set up a "shadow council" in the vein of the Insur...
Appointment at Arnott Insurance.
Arnott Insurance has moved Marilyn Thomson to the position of underwriting director and Ian Miller t...
Ethnic cleansing scare.
Neil Harris, Broker Direct's insurance director, has warned that "large and arrogant" organisations ...
Chartered broker title moves a stage closer.
The market has given its approval for the creation of a chartered broker title and draft rules are n...
Straight to the point.
From regulation and the GISC to chartered titles, the talk was tough at BIIBA's annual conference. Tim Collison reports.
Appointment at Budget Insurance Services.
Jon Walker has been appointed senior sales manager at Budget Insurance Services in Peterborough. He ...
Letter of the Month - Self-regulate or self-destruct.
Your April article, GISC proposals attacked by IIB membership (p3), further highlights the IIB's lac...