Commercial
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
Market moves: The shareholder spring
Without a doubt the biggest management change last month, indeed of the year so far, was that of former Aviva group CEO Andrew Moss who fell on his sword following a shareholder revolt over executive pay. There is no word as to what he will be doing next…
Commercial CORs show improvement
Commercial CORs show improvement
The hunt is on
Speculation is rife over who Aviva will install as its new CEO
Product review: Cleaning up
Cleaning contractors scheme: 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: ALPS reveals legal expenses and assistance product range
Auto Legal Protection Services (ALPS) has launched a range of six legal expenses (LEI) and assistance products. The new range includes commercial, landlord and family LEI products, new home emergency assistance packages for landlords and homeowners and…
Products: Fish farming specialist takes on role underwriting RSA’s aquaculture book
RSA has agreed to provide Global Aquaculture Insurance Consortium (GAIC) with capacity to underwrite aquaculture business on a global basis alongside an existing Lloyd’s panel.
Biba 2012: MGA enters commercial market
Aqua Underwriting has widened its underwriting footprint with the launch of a range of niche commercial combined products.
Biba 2012: Higos employee named young broker of the year
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has named Caroline Webster of Higos Insurance Services as its national Young Broker of the Year, and Dennis Veingard of Premiercare Insurance Brokers (UK) Ltd as winner of the Francis Perkins Award.
Health and Safety: Inspectors go hi-tech for a better service
Technology is transforming plant and equipment inspections and creating substantial improvements in the quality, speed and effectiveness of the inspections carried out and the inspectors that undertake them.