Commercial
RSA wins PMI contract for ICAEW
Royal & SunAlliance, Healthcare & Assistance has been appointed as the accredited private medical ins...
DCT covers travelling pets.
Following the decision to scrap the 100-year old quarantine laws, DCT Travel - part of Devitt Insura...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Julie McGibbon has been recruited by The Bollington Group as manager of the corporate risks division...
Aon tackles employee risks.
Aon Consulting and Aon Risk Services have formed a new company called Aon Employee Risk Solutions (A...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Smart & Cook has appointed two new branch directors. Keith Holmes has been put in charge of the brok...
AIIB members offered exclusive liability policies
Marketing firm Broker Brands has launched two liability products in conjunction with the Association ...
Mitsui Marine poaches RSA staff for UK launch
Japanese insurer Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance has poached a group of key staff from troubled Royal ...
Time to Insure business is sold to Motaquote.
The majority of the business of bankrupt intermediary Time to Insure has been sold. Receiver Gran...
Appointment at Brit Insurance Holdings.
Brit Insurance Holding's deputy chairman Jo Welman has been made executive chairman. Mr Welman was p...
Zurich to axe four regional offices.
Approximately 400 jobs at Zurich Financial Services will be affected by the insurer's decision to cl...
ABI and Polaris in new Net initiative.
The Association of British Insurers and Polaris have launched an initiative in order to help Polaris...
St Paul beats rivals to win contract for Law Society's PI scheme.
St Paul has won the contract to run the Law Society's professional indemnity scheme. The insurer,...
CSC pushes ahead with Polaris
CSC is to complete the roll-out of Polaris to its Quotel user base by the end of February. The softwa...
Structural change.
Over the last few years, professional indemnity for the engineering sector has been a difficult class to write, however, the signs are that rates are stabilising and are even set to rise. Simon Threadgold finds out why.
Domestic difficulties.
Home assistance was originally introduced as an add-on to bolster home insurance sales, but it is now an integral part of buildings and contents policies, says Shona Cronin.
Homefront.
While advances in technology mean that more people are now working from home, the market for homeworking insurance is still quite limited. Shona Cronin explains.
Devitt wins staff awards.
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. The firm...
RSA beefs-up its farm contract.
Royal & SunAlliance has overhauled its Farm Contract in order to cater for the ever-changing needs o...
Crawford in major loss initiative
Loss adjuster Crawford has put together a loss management service which brings together many differen...
Devitt wins training awards
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. Both th...
Sparking off a dream scheme.
The IT revolution has opened up a wide range of opportunities for schemes business, which can prove very fruitful for the resourceful broker, says Ken Elms.
St Paul snaps-up NU portfolio.
St Paul has bought the renewal rights to Norwich Union's professional indemnity portfolio. The busin...
Surveying the risks.
The levels of risk involved in chartered surveying are unpredictable and so it pays for insurers to be cautious when underwriting professional indemnity, says Simon Threadgold.
Axa unveils its best-of-breed range following GRE takeover.
AXA Insurance has launched its new commercial product range following the acquisition of the Guardia...