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From our daily news service ... David Pye secures more capacity.
Pye syndicate 962, relaunched by former London & Edinburgh managing director David Pye at the beginn...
David Pye secures more capacity
Pye syndicate 962, relaunched by former London & Edinburgh managing director David Pye at the beginni...
RSA: Enterprise phase two.
Royal & SunAlliance is to extend Enterprise, its telephone-based facility for small business insuran...
Brockbank name change.
Lloyd's insurer Brockbank Syndicate Management has changed its name to XL Brockbank. The new name in...
GISC compliant cover offered to ABTA members
Devitt Insurance Services has put together a commercial policy for the specific needs of members of t...
Appointment at Friends Provident.
Howard Carter has been appointed as an executive director. Mr Carter has been with the company since...
Lloyd's: household policy.
Chaucer Insurance (Lloyd's syndicate 587) is to exclusively underwrite a new household policy, arran...
Brockbank takes parent's name
Lloyd's insurer Brockbank Syndicate Management has changed its name to XL Brockbank. The new name inc...
Merger for Godbold.
Hemel Hempstead-based broker Godbold Hadden and its subsidiary GH Bray Clements have merged, and are...
Chaucer Insurance seeks to double its agency base.
Lloyd's syndicate Chaucer Insurance, formerly known as Ibex Motor Policies, aims to more than double...
A 'one-stop-shop' for homeworkers.
SVB Underwriting Services has entered the homeworking market, with SVB Home & Business insurance. ...
Polaris goes pro B2B
Polaris has revealed it is investing in several business to business websites, benefiting brokers and...
Alexander Forbes buys into National Britannia
Financial and risk services organisation Alexander Forbes is to acquire a 20% share of the safety, he...
Ibex Motor Policies reinvents itself
Lloyd's syndicate Ibex Motor Policies, the personal lines and fleet division of Chaucer, has changed ...
InsurE-com forced to delay online launch.
Insure-com, the online trading initiative, has been forced to put back its launch date due to insure...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Devitt Insurance Services has promoted Bernard Marsh, divisional director motor, to its board of dir...
RSA moves underwriters to London for new start.
Royal & SunAlliance is moving its commercial underwriting team from Manchester to London. The mov...
Pulling power.
Goods in transit insurance is traditionally the preserve of the specialist broker. However, it has been greatly demystified over recent years, and general brokers could be doing more to pull in clients and reap the rewards on offer.
Polaris: net investments.
Polaris is making further investments in internet technology with two "net-friendly" product updates...
Appointment at MMA Insurance.
MMA Insurance has appointed Scott Nelson as a non-executive director. Mr Nelson has spent many years...
Appointment at CNA Maritime.
CNA Maritime has appointed Howard Potter as underwriting manager of its Birmingham office. He was pr...
Reg Brown quits 702 for pivotal role at Markel.
Reg Brown is stepping down as active underwriter for RE Brown Syndicate 702. He is being replaced by...
DAS to provide LE cover.
DAS has won the contract to underwrite legal expenses insurance for CIS household contents policyhol...
Taking on the lawyers.
The phasing out of SIF means that, from 1 September, lawyers must buy their professional indemnity cover on the open market. This huge shake-up means there is plenty of business out there for brokers who are quick off the mark, says Simon Threadgold.