Commercial
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
Appointment at Moorhouse
Moorhouse has appointed Joe Sultana to its board as operations director. Prior to joining, Sultana w...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has made two appointments within its business development team. Claire Ephgrave has be...
Kwik-Fit insurance expands
Kwik Fit Insurance is expanding into commercial lines with own-brand small and medium-sized enterpri...
Bollington embarks on a programme ..
Commercial broker Bollington has embarked on a programme to grow its wholesale arm by 50%. From this...
Raring to go
Somewhere beneath the biggest players and somewhere above the smaller ones, Peter Burrows believes Brit UK is superbly placed to take great strides once the economic tide turns. Martin Friel reports
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Flood defence plans brought forward a year
The Environment Agency has announced the flood defence projects in England are to be brought forward a year.
Bollington aims for 50% wholesale growth
Bollington has embarked on an ambitious program to grow its wholesale arm by 50% next year.
Axa investigates 400 motor claims in anti-fraud effort
Axa has assembled a specialist anti-fraud team and begun investigating over 400 motor accident cases where fraudulent activity has been suspected, as part of a wider industry effort to curb so-called "crash for cash" scams.
Piracy - Shipping moves onto war footing after pirate attacks
Piracy is in the spotlight as 40 ships, including the oil tanker the Sirius Star, have been seized by Somali pirates so far this year, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
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Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has recruited Steven Pollock to the newly-created role of UK portfolio manager, profe...
Product liability - Goods in, claims out
Katherine Brandon explores the competitive market of product liability and the effect of compensation culture on the market
Cargo: each risk is unique
The Joint Cargo Committee has recently reviewed the Institute Cargo Clauses and will be recommending...
RSA marine trading unit partners RI3K
RSA's marine trading unit has partnered with internet trading service RI3K, to use their E-trading p...
Changes announced at RSA
Adrian Brown has announced a number of changes to RSA's senior management and a reorganisation of it...
QBE hires top property talent
QBE is aiming to become one of the major players in the UK and European commercial property market a...
Martin Scarrett joins MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has appointed Martin Scarrett to the newly created role of head of personal lines unde...
MMA makes products available via its Broker Online site
MMA has made its shops and motor breakdown products available via its Broker Online site, as part of...
Brit creates professional indemnity role
Brit Insurance has appointed Steven Pollock to the newly-created role of UK portfolio manager – professional indemnity.
MMA creates new head of personal lines underwriting role
Broker-only insurer, MMA Insurance (MMA), has appointed Martin Scarrett to the newly created role of head of personal lines underwriting.
MMA appoints head of distribution
MMA Insurance has appointed of Ian Josephs to the newly created role of head of distribution, in a move that recognises the key challenge in today’s market to be the securing of profitable distribution.
Appointment at Brit
Brit has recruited Eddie Wattenbach as UK and international professional indemnity underwriter. In h...