Commercial
Appointment at MMA.
Paul Price has joined MMA as a field sales representative for London, East Anglia and South-east Eng...
MMA: breakdown cover.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched a new motor breakdown product. MMA Motor Breakdown is...
Polaris to unveil new project.
Polaris is set to make an announcement about a major new project before the end of April, according ...
Appointment at MMA.
Daniel Andrews has been appointed by broker-only insurer MMA as travel manager, underwriting. He has...
Going through a bad patch.
A succession of large-scale disasters has led to a difficult few months for the industry. In the first in a new series of quarterly market reports, Keith Byrne looks at how they are making an impact.
MMA: telephone service.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has launched a property and liability telephone claims service for...
Run-off PI rates could delay sales.
Brokers who want to sell-up may be forced to delay because of the rocketing price of run-off profess...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has made Colin Robertson assistant chief surveyor. He brings 16 years of experience i...
Appointment at MMA.
Ian Boys had been appointed broker network manager for MMA, bringing seven years of experience in de...
Appointment at QBE.
QBE has announced the appointments of Dagmar Bohning and Barry Robinson to its trade credit division...
MD launches range of latent defects cover.
A new range of latent defects cover is being distributed by MD Insurance Services. The Premier Gu...
Free b2b portal from MasterPlan.
Masterplan, the schemes marketing arm of Sirius Financial Systems, has launched a free business-to-b...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
David Smith assumes the role of director of operations of RSA UK Commercial. Four area directors hav...
MMA: cross-selling leaflet.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has produced a customer-focused information leaflet, aimed to help...
RSA to launch electronic link.
RSA is set to unveil an £18m electronic link for its top-end brokers, called Global Workplace. Th...
All in the name.
Brand will be the most important selling asset in future, according to David Bevan, who questioned t...
Businessrisk.com steps up campaign to hit more brokers.
Businessrisk.com, the ex-Independent site bought by Axa, aims to hit more than 500 brokers by the en...
St Paul encourages brokers to switch to fee-charging basis.
St Paul is trying to move away from a commission structure for brokers, according to deputy general ...
Willis: electronic placing.
Willis Group Holdings has launched an electronic placing service for sabotage and terrorism for prop...
Confusion over a new IT system.
Q: My software supplier is installing a new system for us. It produced an implementation plan but I am still confused, especially over man-days and elapsed days.
MMA helps builders face facts
Brokers placing business for builders are getting help from MMA. The broker-only insurer has launch...
Appointment at RSA.
RSA has made a string of appointments to its personal accident team. Russell Burgess and Shawn Forem...
Fully covered?
Higher client expectations mean professional indemnity cover is now essential for a wider variety of businesses, though many may find themselves under-insured. J Ceri Welch suggests how to minimise exposure.
Independent Insurance's collapse kills off FM Green's takeover plan.
Commercial broker FM Green has called off its plan to make a £4m-5m acquisition because its intended...