Commercial
Review: Motoring along
Motor Fleet. 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
Products: Indemnity Risk Solutions offers solicitors’ PI policy ahead of market shake-up
Indemnity Risk Solutions (IRS) is offering a two-year professional indemnity (PI) policy for solicitors ahead of the market’s “biggest shake-up in a decade”.
Products: New construction warranties from BLG
Building and Land Guarantees (BLG) has added two warranties for the construction industry to its Shield range of products.
Schemes market set for further growth
Survey reveals growing importance and increasing popularity of schemes to brokers
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
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…
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
Broking success: Travelling man
Originally known for travel insurance under the Columbus brand, Collinson Insurance Group has expanded into other personal lines but, as CEO David Evans tells Caitlin Morrison, the broker hasn’t forgotten the roots of insurance
Market moves: Silly season for appointments
The summer ‘silly season’ is just around the corner, when pickings are thin for newspapers and trade magazines. However, in the run up, there has been no dearth of appointments with brokers seemingly hell-bent on outdoing each other in the recruitment…
Editor’s letter - July 2012
“Aviva, not content with changing its regional offering, again, has set tongues wagging with its abrupt departure from Broker Network”
Roundtable: Untapped market for brokers?
In a special round table event hosted by Insurance Age, brokers, legal professionals, loss adjustors and BLP Insurance met up to discuss the oft-overlooked issue of latent defects insurance. In a special new development, all online subscribers will…
Products: Macmillan Sheikh launches electrical contractors scheme
Macmillan Sheikh has launched a scheme for electrical contractors and allied trades as part of its programme of commercial schemes development for the intermediary and direct markets.
Products: LFC teams up with Axa to launch professional indemnity product
LFC Insurance Group and LFC Shield have launched a new and exclusive professional indemnity facility with Axa Insurance.
Products: Equity Red Star launches product small fleets
Equity Red Star has launched SME Protect, a new mini-fleet product for family run businesses and small enterprises with fleets of two to 10 cars and/or commercial vehicles.
Product roundup: Motor market focuses on fleet
The UK motor fleet market enjoyed a bit of attention last month, with two market developments. Equity Red Star kicked things off, releasing SME Protect, its new mini-fleet product.
Profile: The billion pound man
Allianz Retail’s general manager Jon Dye predicted the division would hit £1bn in GWP by 2013, Emmanuel Kenning finds out if he is going to reach that target
Editor’s letter - June 2012
“This is an industry that is full of human beings. I would like to thank you all for accepting me into your market”
Products: Hiscox focuses on green issues and the green fingered with PI products
Hiscox has developed a set of five broker-only professional indemnity (PI) products which will be available from early July.
Products: Aviva sets second product live on PowerPlace
Aviva has added commercial property owners’ to its PowerPlace offering, its second product available live on the online marketplace.
Products: Bridge and Chubb collaborate to offer product aimed at the metals industry
Bridge Insurance Brokers and Chubb Insurance have teamed up to offer a product which they claim delivers high spec cover for precision engineers, metal fabricators and metal processors.
Products: Biba sees raft of product launches
As ever, the Biba conference provided the perfect launch pad for many products, with QBE, Chubb and Bridge Insurance Brokers just a few of those to reveal their new offerings in Manchester.
The Broker Business Club: Food for thought
The latest in our series of Broker Business Clubs in association with Zurich, took place in Belfast where the panellists discussed the food and beverage sector and the pressures, strains and opportunities that existed within it.
Broking success: Buying in to growth
Barnett & Barnett managing director Neil Campling shares the firm’s reasons for selling and explains why professionalism is important to the business and the industry as a whole. Caitlin Morrison reports